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Missouri linebacker Nicholas Rodriguez celebrates after taking down Kansas running back Leshon Williams in the second-half Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in Columbia, Mo.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — This is a story about the next nine months of stories, an introduction to one of the questions that’s going to keep coming up for Missouri football between now and the start of the 2026 season. In that way, this question is relevant to the long-term of the program, but it’s also pressingly pertinent to the next couple of weeks.

Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz speaks with the media on Saturday, Nov.