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Both Sides of Passing Game Falter in Mizzou’s Pyrrhic Victory Over Troy
Mizzou’s final non-conference game of the season was about as nightmarish as it could get. The 27-17 win felt more like a loss with a 4-0 Mississippi State team looming. It was clear coming into the game that there were kinks to work out, but new problems arose. Frustrations began on the defensive side, but […]
Live Game Thread: Mizzou Celebrates Memorial Stadium’s 100th Anniversary Against Troy
Missouri officially celebrates Memorial Stadium’s centennial season Saturday night as the Tigers take on Troy to wrap up the nonconference schedule. In fact, it’s a double celebration in CoMo: Mizzou Athletics is also honoring the 1960 squad that was recognized as national champions in a U.S. Senate resolution that passed unanimously in August. To add […]
Mizzou Volleyball Outlasts Bowling Green in Four-Set Thriller
Coming off a frustrating pair of five-set losses the day prior, Missouri volleyball desperately needed a bounce-back win. With a rescheduled date against No. 1 Nebraska looming ahead, Dawn Sullivan’s squad showed up and showed out, holding off the Falcons in four sets (25-16, 24-26, 25-20, 25-23). Led by freshmen Lydia Stahley (11 kills) and […]
What can we learn from Mizzou before SEC play?
Wrapping up non-conference play, Mizzou welcomes Troy for Faurot Field’s 100th anniversary game, where the Tigers will be wearing some awesome uniforms. MU’s opponent, Troy, is an interesting one. Yes, the Tigers are more talented than the Trojans and have been in every matchup (even the one they lost in 2004). But Troy has found […]
Rock M Pick ‘Em: Week 3
It’s GAME DAY, and happy Week 3 of the College Football season! Mizzou actually plays their first Saturday game of the year in their final non-conference game against Sun Belt opponent Troy. SEC play gets underway in full swing, plus SMU at Louisville and LSU at Ole Miss highlight the ranked matchups of the day. […]
The Fifth Set: Tigers Push Two Matches to the Limit, Leave Empty-Handed
Mizzou volleyball spent Friday evening living in the fifth set. Twice, the Tigers found themselves one set away from a victory. Twice, they came up short. Missouri dropped a pair of five-set thrillers to Dayton and Toledo at the Bowling Green/Toledo Invitational on Friday, falling to Dayton 3-2 before Toledo handed the Tigers another 3-2 […]
Tigers cannot hold off Wildcats, falling 2-1 in SEC home opener
Mizzou soccer hosted the red-hot Kentucky Wildcats in its SEC home opener on Friday. Kentucky entered with 31 goals on the season, third in the SEC. The Tigers held the Wildcats’ attack in check for long stretches but still fell 2-1 at Walton Stadium. Kentucky scored on the first shot of the game. In the […]
PREGAMIN’ TROY
WELCOME BACK TO PREGAMIN’, HERE’S YOUR JAM OF THE WEEK I’LL ADMIT, IT’S LESS OF A JAM AND MORE OF A VIBE, BUT IT STILL RIPS Rock M-ixology Guess what, there is no shortage of Odyssey-themed cocktails online these days. Who would’ve guessed? My bar, being not as stocked these days, is short of Greek […]
Mizzou XC Takes Home Pair of Runner-Up Team Scores at Billiken Invite
Behind a handful of top-10 individual performances, both Missouri cross country squads claimed second place overall at the Billiken XC Invite on Friday in Saint Louis. Yeomans’ Top-3 Finish Leads Mizzou The women’s squad secured a second-place finish in the 6K on Friday, piling up 48 team points. Morgan Yeomans led the charge for the […]
Mizzou fans should prepare for (and accept) a season without Ahmad Hardy
Can I be honest about something that will likely get me in trouble? … I don’t always like rooting for the underdog. In fact, sometimes I actively root for the favorite to win. Call me crazy, but I’ve always loved the idea that I’m watching greatness in real time. After my St. Louis NFL allegiances […]
SBN Reacts: Mizzou Fans Love the Throwback Uniforms
20th-ranked Mizzou Football will host Sun Belt opponent Troy tomorrow night in their final non-conference game of the season before the nine-game SEC slate. It will also be the 100th year anniversary of Memorial Stadium, and Missouri will be celebrating it in style. The Tigers will be wearing some good-looking throwback uniforms under the lights […]
Non-Conference Preview: Cleveland State
We are counting down the days to the start of the college basketball season. If you’re reading this on the day is was published, we have 47 days to the official start of College Basketball, and 36 days until we can see the team in action against K-State (presuming it’s televised). The Full Non-Conference Schedule: […]
Missouri vs Troy football Game Week: info, where to watch, predictions
We have always been at war with Troy. And no this isn’t another introspection on the Odyssey, I’m strictly talking about the war between Missouri football, and the Troy Trojans from Southeastern Alabama. A war that dates back to 2002, the first time these two teams played a game of football. You know, the ancient […]
Commute: Preseason Hoops kicks off today
It’s a slow build, but we’re beginning the preseason preview for Mizzou MBB in 2026-27 Sammy already posted about Field of 68s offseason review yesterday, and Rob Dauster thinks the Tigers might have what’s approaching a top 10 team. You can watch the YouTube video with friend of the site Jim Root: Root is, in […]
Preview: Mizzou Cross Country Heads East for Billiken XC Invite
Missouri cross country is back on the road and looking to keep its early-season footing this Friday, Sept. 18, traveling to the Quail Creek Golf Club in Saint Louis for the Billiken XC Invitational. This marks the Tigers’ second meet of their 2026 campaign following stellar results at the Cyclone Preview in Ames, Iowa, on […]
Mizzou Football Stock Risers and Fallers from Week 2
Mizzou Football went into Lawrence and made a statement last Friday. The Tigers defeated the Jayhawks 38-21 to improve to 2-0 on the young season. Against a Power Four opponent, it provided a much better level of competition than a team from the FCS. It revealed a lot of things, both good and bad, that […]
Mizzou Men’s Golf takes 5th at Canadian Collegiate Invitational
The Missouri men fought through a rainy third round to keep their fifth-place rank at the Canadian Collegiate Invitational, hosted Sept. 13-15 at Öviinbyrd Golf Club. Mizzou climbed from seventh place after the first round and held even for the next two to tie with Rutgers. The Tigers shot a collective 9-over in the first […]
Mizzou’s Linebackers Continuing Trend of Greatness
The Tigers’ defense entered the season with questions at linebacker after losing key contributors from the best defense of the Eli Drinkwitz era, such as Josiah Trotter and Triston Newton. Two games into the season, those questions are beginning to look more like answers. Nicholas Rodriguez and Robert Woodyard Jr. have quickly established themselves as […]
Commute: Mizzou Basketball Offseason Grades
Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Mizzou Hoops There are high hopes surrounding Mizzou Basketball this upcoming season. Not just from the fanbase, but from the national media as well. According to the Field of 68’s offseason grades — Dennis Gates’ Tigers received a resounding A. In the Blue Ribbon Yearbook’s Top […]
Mizzou wrestling announces 2026-27 schedule
The Tigers announced their 2026-27 schedule with seven home events at Hearnes Center, including a pair of early-season tournaments and five duals. Mizzou will begin its season Nov. 2 by hosting the second annual Missouri Duals. Central Missouri, Central Methodist, Avila, Drury and Maryville will travel to Columbia. The Tigers will remain at Hearnes Center […]
Troy Trojans Preview
Whatever you do, don’t head into this game thinking that nothing bad can happen. I will cite my deep dive from earlier this year. Whether it’s injuring star players or defeating darkhorse championship teams, Troy find a way to ruin Missouri’s season in one way or another. The hope, then, is that Missouri takes care […]
Columns and Courts: A New Era Gets Its First Test
Throughout the summer and beginning of the year, we have well documents how Mizzou tennis enters the season without the luxury of knowing exactly what it has. That is not necessarily a bad thing. It is simply new. With Robin Goodman taking over the program this offseason, the Tigers are still figuring out what their […]
Race for the CFP Week 3: Plenty of Changes in Latest Top 25 Rankings
Week 2 of the College Football season provided plenty of results that shook up the latest Top 25 — including Oklahoma State’s shocking upset over then No. 6 Oregon. In the SEC vs Big Ten blockbuster games, Michigan pulled off the minor upset over Oklahoma, and Texas came back for a statement win over top-ranked […]
Memorial Stadium: 10 games, 100 years of history
As Mizzou prepares to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the venerable Memorial Stadium against Troy this week, I thought it would be appropriate to take a look back into the past at 10 of the best and/or most important games played at the corner of Providence Road and Stadium Boulevard since 1926. One hundred years […]
Commute: Mizzou Football officially sold out for Texas A&M
Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Mizzou Football It’s official. Mizzou Athletics announced Tuesday afternoon that the Tigers officially sold out of single-game tickets against Texas A&M on Oct. 10. Limited hill tickets remain, but it will be a packed house in a rematch from last year, when Mizzou lost 38-17 to […]
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