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COLUMBIA, Mo. 鈥� A little more than three months after starting its search for a corporate partner and a little over three months away from the start of the 2026 college football season, the University of Missouri has not yet found a corporate buyer for the naming rights to its football stadium.

And while the search for a sponsor is ongoing, it鈥檚 at this point unlikely that MU鈥檚 Memorial Stadium will be introduced as anything different when the Tigers kick off Sept. 3 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

COLUMBIA, Mo. 鈥� Spring was not a pretty season around the University of Missouri鈥檚 ballparks.

The school鈥檚 diamond sports once again struggled in 2026, raising questions of coaching changes and what鈥檚 to come for Mizzou baseball and softball in a conference that values both sports.

Another coach might get the benefit of the doubt. Someone else might get to spin it that he鈥檚 taking things to a ridiculous level to point out the farcical nature of the larger system. By shining the spotlight on college basketball and making everyone take a hard look at the current climate, he鈥檚 forcing change.

However, LSU鈥檚 Will Wade isn鈥檛 that guy. His track record hardly presents him up as a champion of the greater good. He鈥檚 the coaching embodiment of a term popularized by late comedian and actor Charlie Murphy on 鈥淐happelle鈥檚 Show.鈥� Wade is the definition of a 鈥渉abitual line stepper.鈥�