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Mizzou baseball finishes fall slate strong in Show-Me Diamond Duel
Freshman Milo Burton launched a two-run homer and Eric Maisonet added a solo shot in an explosive three-run seventh inning to propel Missouri baseball to a 6-2 victory over Southeast Missouri State in the second game of the Show-Me Diamond Duel. Coming off a 3-3 tie in their tournament opener, the Tigers broke free in […]
GameDay: College Football Week 8
It’s a beautiful day in late October, Mizzou Football has a bye. So… let’s watch some college football? I likely won’t be watching, but only because Mizzou Football has taken up so many Saturdays to this point, it’s left so many other parts of my home life unattended. Things that need tending. Like lawns! But […]
Five Takeaways from Mizzou’s 71-67 exhibition win at Kansas State
Mizzou Basketball won an exhibition game in Manhattan, Kansas tonight. Even though the game didn’t count, the last time a win in Bramlage happened for the Tigers was in February of 2004. So 22 years is a minute. I don’t mean to bring that up to make it a bigger deal than it is. Bramlage […]
Live Thread and Game Preview: Exhibition against Kansas State
Yay basketball! I beg you, it’s an exhibition game, do not read too much into any results. Kansas State brings their shade of lavender back to Mizzou Arena for the first time since a 10 point loss to the Wildcats in 2012. If you forgot, Mizzou was pretty awesome that season but Frank Martin’s K-State […]
PREGAMIN’ THE BYE WEEK
Hello, esteemed friends. Welcome back to Pregaming. Here’s your melody of the week. Relax. Take a breathe. Notice where there’s tension in your body. Don’t think about Mizzou Football for a few days. Rock M-ixology No alcohol this week, gang. We’re adults. We know the human necessity to hydrate. So drink a glass of water […]
SBN Reats: Mizzou Football Has Met Expectations
Entering their bye week, the Missouri Tigers are 5-2 (2-2 SEC) on the season and are ranked No. 22 in the latest AP Top 25 poll. It’s been a solid season for Eli Drinkwitz’s team, but a 31-3 loss last Saturday at Ole Miss has erased some momentum the Tigers have built up in the […]
John Calipari is loaded up with NBA level talent again
The revival of John Calipari has happened in Razorback Red. After his first season, there were still some question marks as the Razorbacks stumbled through the season, but played well enough down the stretch to make the NCAA Tournament, where they got a favorable draw and went to the Sweet 16. A year ago most […]
From 40 miles a week to 100, Freiner’s journey at Mizzou
Tyler Freiner has seen the Missouri roster turn over since he joined the squad in fall 2022. Now the Wentzville, Mo., native is one of the veterans the Tigers lean on. The fifth-year senior is also having a notable fall season. Freiner took sixth in the men’s 6K at the Cyclone Preview with a time […]
2026-27 Mizzou Men’s Basketball Preview: Combo Guards
Previous position previews: Point guards Dennis Gates is in the process of a full backcourt overhaul. He found his cornerstone facilitator in Jason Crowe Jr., but the players he brought in to run alongside him provide a mix of slashing and shooting to replace former contributors. Jayden Stone was the team’s primary combo guard last […]
Commute: Mizzou MBB in the NIL competition
The Tigers are in the ‘Third Tier’ of spending for high major basketball. Dennis Gates made headlines with some comments last week at SEC Media days, where he talked about Missouri not having the most to spend with NIL. Gates can make interesting comments at times, and I’ve often advised people to pay less attention […]
Mizzou soccer overcomes early deficit to keep tournament hopes alive
With postseason hopes hanging in the balance, Mizzou soccer returned home with two games left, needing big results to secure an SEC Tournament spot. Instead, the Tigers conceded twice in the first seven minutes to a Texas A&M team that entered the night 0-7-1 in conference play. Aggies forward Ireland Churchill did the damage. She […]
Mizzou Men’s Golf places fifth at Abilene Christian Intercollegiate
Mizzou concluded its fall season with a 12-over team score, placing fifth out of nine teams at Halbert National Golf Club. The Tigers played Oct. 19-21 in Granbury, Texas, on the ultra-private golf course owned by biotech billionaire David Halbert. The team played best in the first round, starting with a 2-under team score before […]
Race for the CFP Week 8: Chaos Ensues
In perhaps the wildest weekend in College Football history, five of the top 7 teams in the AP Top 25 lost on the same day for the first time ever. In a 31-3 loss to Ole Miss on Saturday, the Missouri Tigers missed an opportunity to establish themselves as playoff contenders. After being uncompetitive in […]
Nate Oats is going to have his hands full
Before last season it looked like the Tide might be hitting their first real reset since the 2022 season. But at the last minute, Labaron Philon turned down a late 1st round or early second round draft grade to play one more season in Tuscaloosa. That decision might have saved Nate Oats a down year, […]
Why Jude James earned a larger role in Mizzou’s offense
Jude James was the next man up for Mizzou against Mississippi. James played the most snaps in his collegiate career (40), resulting in the most productive receiving performance by a Missouri tight end this season. With Brett Norfleet out due to injury against the Rebels, James was the third-most targeted Tigers receiver (5) in a […]
Strength in Variety: How Mizzou’s frontcourt protects the paint by committee
Under coach Dennis Gates, patience defined Missouri’s search for a center. When the transfer portal opened, the Tigers’ staff devoted early resources elsewhere to shore up or reboot their roster. Then, usually in late April or May, the program would rummage around for an affordable veteran, a process that turned up the likes of Connor […]
Commute: Austin Simmons Planning to Return in 2027
Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Mizzou Football Some good news for Mizzou Football on this bye week. According to a report from Ryan Roberts — Austin Simmons is planning to return for 2027. Per a source, Simmons and his family are working toward a return to Missouri. In fact, they have […]
Mark Byington and Tyler Tanner are changing Vanderbilt
For a moment early in the 2025-26 season it looked like Vanderbilt might not ever lose again. Mark Byington stacked the non-conference schedule a very manageable group of games and the Commodores followed suit by winning, and winning by a lot. They climbed all the way up to 5th in the analytics before finally taking […]
Columns and Courts: Mizzou Tennis takeaways
Missouri women’s tennis has spent the opening months of its fall season adjusting to a new coaching staff, evaluating its roster and building chemistry as the Tigers prepare for the spring dual-match schedule. Head coach Robin Goodman, who was hired in May 2026, has used the fall tournaments to establish his expectations and learn more […]
Bye Week Breakdown: Offense
With the completion of Mizzou’s first half (ish) of the 2026 season, I felt like it would be a good time to take a look at how the Tigers’ offense and defense ranks nationally. And not just in your standard stats like total rushing yards or whatever. No. We’re going deeper. Here’s what I got […]
Mizzou is 5-2. Have they met expectations?
At 5-2 heading into its bye week, Mizzou is exactly where I (and many others) predicted the Tigers would be when I mapped out the 2026 season prior to the season kickoff. While the midseason record is right where I expected it to be, the path to 5-2 has had several unexpected twists and turns. […]
Commute: Four Mizzou football players named Midseason AP All-Americans
Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Mizzou Football The Associated Press released its midseason All-American team. Four Mizzou players made an appearance. Running back Jamal Roberts and linebacker Nicholas Rodriguez were named first-team selections. Roberts leads the SEC with 867 yards, while Rodriguez leads the SEC with 76 total tackles. Cayden Green […]
Mark Pope needs a big year to put a wild offseason behind him
The preseason excitement for Big Blue Nation a season ago was through the roof. Mark Pope had assembled college basketballs most expensive roster where he feasted on anyone he wanted out of the transfer portal. But while year one saw Mark Pope and his roster overachieve to expectations, last season they were severe underachievers. Kentucky […]
2026 Mizzou Men’s Basketball Preview: Meet Your Point Guards
After uneven performances from the position hindered Mizzou down its stretch run last season, head coach Dennis Gates hit the hard reset button at point guard. T.O. Barrett and Anthony Robinson II hit the transfer portal, taking all of the Tigers’ production at the position with them. MU’s new duo running the point has the […]
Mizzou Women’s Golf wraps up fall season with second-place finish at Jim West Challenge
The Tigers finished second at their final tournament of the fall season, marking their fourth consecutive top-three finish. The team competed Oct. 18-19 at Kissing Tree Golf Club in San Marcos, Texas. They recorded rounds of eight-under-par, par and four-under to finish 12-under as a team. Junior Alexandra Berglund shot a 65 opening round on […]
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