Hello everyone, I’m Dan Lucy on the Ozarks First digital desk. A week from Thursday night the Missouri State Bears will kick ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo–Ryan Beard’s tenure at Missouri State is over. Beard turned the Bears program around, transitioned the team ...

The Missouri State Bears' coach Ryan Beard is embracing an underdog mindset ahead of the season opener against the USC Trojans. Speaking from Springfield, Beard said his Bears have nothing to lose ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo–Lets talk about Missouri State football. The Bears are ripping a path through Conference USA in their first year in the league. Saturday afternoon, Missouri State rallied to win it’s ...

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SPRINGFIELD–I’d bet you all the gold in Fort Knox that if you told ANYONE in the Ozarks, before the Covid Pandemic, that Missouri State’s football team would go from consistent loser to Bowl game ...

Achievement unlocked — new bowl game created. The Xbox Bowl debuts in Frisco, TX on Thursday night, serving as the effective replacement of the former Bahamas Bowl, which although fun for fans and ...