Missouri set to rent empty dorm rooms to fans for football weekends

Homecoming could be taken to another level at Missouri this fall with a chance for Tigers fans to actually spend a weekend in their old dorm rooms. As part of an effort to make up several budget shortfalls and adjust to dwindling freshman enrollment, Mizzou revealed plans this week to rent out unused dorm rooms in residence halls for football games and other campus events. The St. Louis Post Dispatch adds that the concept has been in the works for some time and a mind-boggling seven residence halls have been taken offline in the wake of a huge drop in the number of students following a number of serious issues at the Columbia campus. Guests who want to bypass a local hotel for games and sign

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  Mizzou’s gonna rent out dorm rooms for home games, and I’d totally stay in one

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The SEC's best linebacker duos in 2017

Edward Aschoff ESPN Staff Writer Close ESPN.com SEC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2011. Graduated from the University of Florida. Follow on Twitter We continue our look at the SEC's best tag teams by staying on the defensive side of the ball. Today, we take a look at the top linebacker duos. 1. Alabama: Shaun Dion Hamilton and Rashaan Evans. It's going to be tough to find two more athletic middle linebackers together on the same defense. Hamilton had 64 tackles, including 9.5 for loss, and two interceptions last year; he will be coming off an ACL injury, but should be ready for the season. Evans did well when needed in the middle, registering 53 tackles and four sacks. Both are sideline-to-sideline

The message behind Tyreke Smith’s ‘I Hope I Don't Get Killed For Being Black Today' T-shirt

High school football prospect Tyreke Smith raised attention to the epidemic of blacks being killed at an alarming rate. Four-star 2018 defensive end recruit Tyreke Smith attended Ohio State’s one-day camp Saturday with an offer from the Buckeyes already in hand. With little more to prove to the college football programs on the field — he has an offer from essentially every powerhouse in America — it was what he wore while participating that grabbed headlines.

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