ATHENS, Ga. – Missouri’s football team didn’t get much done in last month’s 9-6 loss at Georgia, managing just six first downs and 164 yards.
The Tigers worked together to accomplish much, much more this past Saturday, opting to boycott this week’s game against BYU in Kansas City unless school president Tim Wolfe stepped down. Missouri coach Gary Pinkel offered support Sunday for his players, and by Monday Wolfe was offering his resignation.
“As college athletes, we do hold a platform that a lot of people idolize, and we can make differences out in the world and not just on the field,” Georgia junior safety Quincy Mauger said Tuesday. “What differences you make is what you decide them to be.”
Missouri players joined students who felt that Wolfe was not reacting quickly enough to racial incidents occurring on campus. Had the Tigers not played BYU this weekend, the university would have lost more than $1 million.
“With issues that are really sensitive, when a team does come together and stands up for what they believe in, things can be done,” senior linebacker Jake Ganus said.