Brad and Matt take a look back at the ten best dates for Mizzou Athletics in the 2023-2024 season across all sports, and then a look at the top ten changes coming to college football in the much-anticipated 2024 campaign. (Spoiler alert: not all of the changes may need to be taken literally)

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In the latest episode of “Mizzou Storytellers,” Nikki Barry and Dave Matter welcome newly hired Mizzou Director of Athletics Laird Veatch into the studio to tell his story – from speedy youth track star in Manhattan, Kansas, to Big Eight linebacker at Kansas State, to an athletics administrator on college sport’s biggest stage. Laird shares stories about his decision to play football for Kansas State over Mizzou; his start in college athletics administration at Texas; and working alongside several future leaders across the industry as part of “Alden’s Army” at Mizzou. He talks about the career choices he’s made along the way – Missouri, Iowa State, Learfield, Kansas State, Florida, Memphis – seizing second-chance opportunities and the unexpected CoMo homecoming that’s brought him and his family back to Mizzou, back where he took some of his first major steps along the journey.

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In this week’s episode of “Mizzou Storytellers,” Nikki Barry and Dave Matter invited gymnastics coach Shannon Welker into the studio to talk about his roots in suburban St. Louis, his Hall of Fame collegiate career and how his love for the sport pulled him into coaching. Shannon reflects on the Missouri gymnastics program’s growth under his watch in the last 12 years and his heightened expectations for 2024-25 and beyond.

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