FRISCO, Texas (KY3) — Former Missouri State football players who wore the maroon and white decades ago are among the proudest supporters watching the Bears play Arkansas State in the Xbox Bowl on Thursday night. The bowl game represents a milestone that seemed impossible when many of these alumni played for the program in the 1970s and 1980s.

However, Beard's old role reportedly will not stay vacant for long. Missouri State is naming SMU offensive coordinator Casey Woods its next coach on a five-year contract, according to a Thursday afternoon report from Pete Thamel of ESPN.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo–The Missouri State Bears will kick off their first ever FBS bowl game in less than three hours in Frisco, Texas. But there’s off the field news concerning the Bears

With Missouri State football clinching a spot in a bowl game, here's where the Bears could end up in bowl season.

ESPN’s Pete Thamel is reporting that Missouri State University is finalizing a deal to hire SMU offensive coordinator Casey Woods as its next head coach.

Depending on the results of Missouri State's coaching search, the Xbox Bowl could be the end of the Petrino family era at MSU. They changed everything