{"id":9446,"date":"2023-12-04T16:24:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T21:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=9446"},"modified":"2023-12-04T16:24:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T21:24:19","slug":"tigers-bowl-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2023\/12\/04\/tigers-bowl-bound\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers bowl bound\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/GAjC8qxXYAAw3gK.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/GAjC8qxXYAAw3gK-240x300.jpeg\" alt=\"A photo illustration of Head Coach Eliah Drinkwtiz, who was named by The Associated Press as SEC Coach of the Year.\" class=\"wp-image-9463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/GAjC8qxXYAAw3gK-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/GAjC8qxXYAAw3gK-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/GAjC8qxXYAAw3gK-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/GAjC8qxXYAAw3gK-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/GAjC8qxXYAAw3gK.jpeg 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Associated Press named Mizzou Football Head Coach Eliah Drinkwitz as SEC Coach of the Year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mizzou Football is headed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/mutigers.com\/feature\/BowlGame2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cotton Bowl<\/a>! On Dec. 29, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cottonbowl.com\/\">Tigers will face the Ohio State Buckeyes at AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington, Texas<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team ended the regular season with an incredible 10-2 record and ranked #9 in the country. We\u2019re ready to keep the momentum going and bring home a historic win. If you want to cheer on our Tigers in-person, the Mizzou Alumni Association is offering great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mizzou.com\/athletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">travel and tailgate packages for fans<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/20231203_NY6reveal-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231203_NY6reveal-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"President Choi, Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois, Coach Eli Drinkwitz, University of Missouri Board of Curators Vice Chair Robin Wenneker and UM Board Chair Michael Williams.\" class=\"wp-image-9447\" style=\"width:290px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Left to right) President Choi, Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois, Coach Drinkwitz, University of Missouri Board of Curators Vice Chair Robin Wenneker and UM Board Chair Michael Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re proud of our student-athletes and their hard work on the field and in the classroom. Players are regularly named to the SEC honor roll, and quarterback Brady Cook was recently selected as <a href=\"https:\/\/mutigers.com\/news\/2023\/11\/30\/cook-named-sec-football-scholar-athlete-of-the-year.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEC Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year<\/a>. Cook is the second MU player to earn that honor in three years after <a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/tyler-badie-named-scholar-athlete-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tyler Badie<\/a> in 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tiger running back Cody Schrader was just named <a href=\"https:\/\/mutigers.com\/news\/2023\/12\/4\/football-schrader-named-2023-burlsworth-trophy-winner.aspx\">winner of the Burlsworth Trophy<\/a>, recognizing an outstanding player who started as a walk-on. The Associated Press also named Coach Drinkwitz as SEC Coach of the Year and selected several players to AP All-SEC teams:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First team, offense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Luther Burden III<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Javon Foster<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cody Schrader<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>First team, defense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Darius Robinson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kris Abrams-Draine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Second team, offense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cam\u2019Ron Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harrison Mevis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to our student-athletes, Coach Drinkwitz and the entire team. I also want to thank our fans for their support.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M-I-Z!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mizzou Football is headed to the Cotton Bowl! On Dec. 29, the Tigers will face the Ohio State Buckeyes at AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9446","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\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}