{"id":13047,"date":"2026-05-26T10:04:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/?p=13047"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:05:53","slug":"kicking-off-a-centennial-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2026\/05\/26\/kicking-off-a-centennial-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Kicking off a centennial season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Memorial-Stadium-Centennial--1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Construction progress on Memorial Stadium\" class=\"wp-image-13049\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Memorial-Stadium-Centennial--1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Memorial-Stadium-Centennial--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Memorial-Stadium-Centennial--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Memorial-Stadium-Centennial-.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Construction progress on Memorial Stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are just 100 days from the start of Mizzou Football! Coach Drinkwitz and the team will lead Mizzou to a historic season! I know you\u2019re as excited as I am, and I can\u2019t wait to welcome our alumni back to campus to celebrate 100 years of Memorial Stadium.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m thrilled that our transformative&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mutigers.com\/sports\/2025\/4\/7\/memorial-stadium-centennial-project?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=mizzou_momentum&amp;utm_content=text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Memorial Stadium Centennial Project<\/a>&nbsp;is on track for completion in time for the first home game on Thursday, September 3, against the University of Arkansas &#8211; Pine Bluff Golden Lions. The day before, on September 2, we\u2019ll hold the official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the North End Zone project. Then on Saturday, September 19, we\u2019ll celebrate a special 100th anniversary game when the Tigers take on the Troy University Trojans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new Memorial Stadium will provide an unmatched game-day experience for Tiger fans. We\u2019ve also preserved proud traditions, including the Rock M in the North End Zone, which is filled with the same rocks as before. Continuing another longstanding tradition, incoming students will again get the opportunity to Paint the M on the hill this August during Welcome Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark your calendars now, and I\u2019ll see you for game day in Columbia this September!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are just 100 days from the start of Mizzou Football! Coach Drinkwitz and the team will lead Mizzou to a historic season! I know you\u2019re as excited as I am, and I can\u2019t wait to welcome our alumni back to campus to celebrate 100 years of Memorial Stadium.&nbsp; I\u2019m thrilled that our transformative&nbsp;Memorial Stadium [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13047"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13052,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13047\/revisions\/13052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}