The football team at Missouri Southern State University has struggled over the past three seasons, with an overall record of 3-30 under Head Coach Denver Johnson. They enter the 2018 season on a 13-game losing streak, losing the final two games of the 2016 season and going winless (0-11) in 2017. Is the 2018 season going to he year that the Lion break their losing streak and turn things around? On Thursdays ‘Focus On The Four States’ we heard from the Joplin Globe’s high school and college sports reporter Adam Burns who gave us a preview of Missouri Southern Football for the 2018 season.

You can hear Adam Burns during Morning Edition on KRPS throughout the football season. You can also follow him on Twitter @AdamBurnsJG