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Five Takeaways from Mizzou’s Pivotal 17-10 Loss to Vanderbilt

In a top-15 matchup between No. 15 Missouri and No. 10 Vanderbilt with ESPN’s College Gameday in Nashville, Mizzou had the opportunity to make a statement on the road and spoil the Vandy party. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. Saturday belonged to Commodores as they proved why they’re legitimate College Football Playoff contenders. Let’s get […]

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Beau Pribula carted off against Vanderbilt with apparent leg injury

Mizzou starting quarterback Beau Pribula was carted off the field midway through the third quarter with an apparent leg injury. The Tigers were attempting a 4th-and-goal inside the Vanderbilt 5-yard line when Pribula was bent backward by a pile of Vanderbilt defenders ahead of the goal line. Pribula laid on the ground for several minutes […]

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Live Game Thread: Mizzou faces Vanderbilt in Nashville

After a narrow double overtime victory over Auburn last week, Mizzou faces another SEC road challenge in the Vanderbilt Commodores. Vanderbilt enters Saturday’s game having one of its best seasons in decades, recently becoming a top-10 team for the first time since 1947. And the Commodores hosted College GameDay for the first time since 2008 […]

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Rock M Pick ‘Em: Week 9

Week 9 of the College Football season is here, and Mizzou will be featured in College Gameday for the first time since 2014. Too bad it’s not in COMO — but a Top-15 matchup between the Tigers and Commodores headlines the Saturday slate. Ole Miss at Oklahoma and Texas A&M at LSU are the other […]

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Five Takeaways from Missouri’s exhibition win over Kansas State

Missouri and Kansas State took the court for an exhibition basketball game Friday night, late. The tip off wasn’t until 9:00pm so you’ll forgive me if this is brief. Mizzou won the game 100-91. Here is the game sheet from StatBroadcast: I said before the game for people to not read too much into any […]

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Maya Sands Sets Career-High in 3-1 Victory Against South Carolina

With a four-game win streak in tow, Mizzou volleyball (14-7, 5-4 SEC) returned to Hearnes Center for a matchup with South Carolina (7-12, 1-8 SEC). The Tigers displayed tremendous adversity in this contest, responding to multiple opposing runs to ultimately win 3-1. Libero Maya Sands was the standout player in the match with a career-high […]

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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 […]

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Takeaways from the opening two games of Mizzou Baseball’s Fall Ball World Series

Missouri continued its fall baseball campaign this past weekend at Taylor Stadium. After playing in a pair of games, facing off against Central Methodist and traveling down to Iowa City to face off against the Hawkeyes, the Tigers renewed their yearly tradition of a Fall World Series at Taylor Stadium. This year, the titled Bronze […]

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PREGAMIN’ VANDERBILT

WELCOME BACK TO PREGAMIN’ HERE’S YOUR JAM OF THE WEEK NEED TO KEEP THOSE VIBES SKY HIGH THIS WEEK Rock M-ixology We’re back on the cocktail grind this week, folks! Just to be transparent, I haven’t been mixing myself as many cocktails these days. Not only am I trying to watch my weight, I’ve needed […]

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The ceiling for Alabama is as high as anyone in the SEC

It might be hard to fathom this but most people will consider last season a disappointment for Alabama. In the context of ‘Only March Matters’ it was a step back from the heights the Crimson Tide achieved in 2024. No matter how many times you shout about the tournament being a crap shoot, Alabama did […]

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Mizzou Volleyball looks to extend winning streak with pair of SEC home matches

The Mizzou volleyball team is riding high with four straight wins, pushing themselves soundly into the field in the vast majority of NCAA Bracketology predictions. In addition, the Tigers are slowly climbing their way up the SEC standings, currently tied-8th in the conference. Mizzou is looking to move into the top 8 for a single […]

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Commute: Five year eligibility is dead

The NCAA announced they will not give players five years of eligibility… for now. Josh Whitman made the announcement yesterday. Whitman is the Cabinet Chair and also Illinois Athletic Director. He didn’t completely close the door on the topic in the future, but at least for the next two seasons the rosters are as they’ve […]

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Mizzou’s History with ESPN’s “College GameDay”

It’s been 15 years since ESPN’s “College GameDay” crew was in Columbia, Missouri. The show was a different show then. It was 2010. The legendary crew of host Chris Fowler and analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstrait and Desmond Howard traveled to a Homecoming matchup against then-No. 3 Oklahoma. Missouri was ranked No. 18 at the […]

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Dennis Gates and Missouri hope to find consistency

In basketball the term rebound is defined by possession after a missed shot. But beyond basketball it’s typically defined as a recovery following a setback. The first item is something Mizzou struggled with for the first two seasons during Dennis Gates’ tenure. The latter defined the third. There were a lot of prognosticators who doubted […]

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Impact Player: Donovan Olugbode

The Mizzou Tigers have had an explosive offense all season long and one of their key players is only a freshman. Donovan Olugbode hails from Chicago, Illinois, but spent his high school career at IMG Academy in Florida (with a stint at Montini Catholic before the move). Out of high school he was a four […]

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What’s The Trend: Week 8

Welcome to the series, ‘What’s The Trend,‘ which highlights the biggest risers and fallers in the Mizzou Football world each week! Mizzou is coming off its first road victory of the season and stays on the road to take on No. 10 Vanderbilt this Saturday. Here are this week’s trends: On the Rise Donovan Olugbode […]

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Commute: Wednesday Night Injury Report Released for Mizzou at Vanderbilt

Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Mizzou vs Vanderbilt injury updates You know the drill. Wednesday marks the first football injury reports released within the SEC — and for the first time all season (with the exception of Sam Horn and Blake Craig) Mizzou has a clean slate on the injury front. […]

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Mizzou Volleyball Wins Five Set Thriller Against SEMO

Mizzou volleyball left the comfort of Hearnes Center with a three-game win streak under its belt for Cape Girardeau to play Southeast Missouri State. The Tigers probably didn’t expect this match to go the distance, but they still claimed the 3-2 win. There was plenty of variability in the match despite it going to five […]

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Best Bets: Week 9

Every week, Rock M Nation will post the SEC betting lines for that week’s slate of games. DISCLAIMER: Rock M Nation is not an online gambling operator, nor a gambling site of any kind. We are simply here to provide information about sports betting for entertainment purposes only. None of the staff will be using […]

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What will the Auburn Tigers look like without Bruce Pearl?

It’s hard to imagine a time of Auburn basketball without Bruce Pearl on the sidelines. A time when they were a destitute and moribund program lost to the deep confines of play in games in the SEC Tournament. Auburns history as a program is a little all over the map. The Charles Barkley years were […]

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Vanderbilt Commodores Preview

Missouri and Vanderbilt will meet as Top 15 ranked opponents for an opportunity to crash the Playoff and become one of the wildest stories in the 2025 college football zeitgeist. Mizzou has been in this spotlight before but, even though Vanderbilt hasn’t, don’t rely on that aspect for anything. Clark Lea and Diego Pavia have […]

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Should the buzz around Drinkwitz’ name cause concern?

Silly season seems to start earlier and earlier every season, as disgruntled donors and administrations of P4 programs are more and more likely to can coaches mid-season than ever before. Silly season takes on particular significance when blue blood programs have job openings in the middle of the year, which is the case this season […]

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