ARLINGTON, Texas – All season long, the Missouri football team played under the motto, "Something To Prove."

For the No. 9 Missouri Tigers (10-2, 6-2 Southeastern Conference), the final opportunity to cap an improbable 2023 campaign awaits in the 88^th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.

The Tigers will face the No. 7 Ohio State Buckeyes (11-1, 8-1 Big Ten Conference) Friday, December 29^th at 7 p.m. on ESPN.

Missouri held its final practice Thursday afternoon at AT&T Stadium, concluding a week of workouts and Classic festivities here in North Texas.

"It's been exactly what you would hope the bowl experience would be – a celebration and culmination of the season," said Missouri Head Coach Eliah Drinkwitz. "A lot of hard work has been put in. Now, it's showtime for us to put on and display to the rest of the world who we really are. For this brotherhood, it's an opportunity for us to finish the season the right way."

In the first of the New Year's Six Bowl games, all eyes will be on the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Friday night. For the Tigers of the Show-Me State, a concluding chapter of 2023 is on the horizon to be written.

"It's a chance for us to leave our legacy in Mizzou football history," Drinkwitz said. "This is an opportunity in time we'll never get back. So, we have to seize the moment."

The 88th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic is Friday, Dec. 29 at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN and ESPN Radio. Kickoff is slated for 7:10 p.m. 
 
This year's Classic is a part of the ESPN bowl lineup for the 10th straight year. Dave Pasch and Dusty Dvoracek are set to the call the action from the booth with Tom Luginbill reporting from the sidelines. 
 
ESPN Radio returns as the Classic's national radio partner for the tenth consecutive year with Brad Sham and Kirk Morrison in the booth and Taylor McGregor on the sidelines to describe all the action from AT&T Stadium. 

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