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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 […]
Tiger Talk Notes and Quotes: Troy Edition
Eli Drinkwitz and Mike Kelly returned to Harpo’s Tuesday night for Tiger Talk following Missouri’s win in the Border War and ahead of the Memorial Stadium 100th Anniversary Game against Troy. Here’s what Drinkwitz, alongside wide receiver Donovan Olugbode and edge rusher Darris Smith, had to say: Head Coach Eli Drinkwitz Wide Receiver Donovan Olugbode […]
Mizzou Looks to Build on Kansas Win by Cleaning up Mistakes Against Troy
Mizzou overcame an early deficit against Kansas and pulled away in the second half for a 38-21 victory, improving to 2-0 on the season. Now, with undefeated Troy coming to Columbia, Drinkwitz is emphasizing what Mizzou did wrong just as much as what it did right. “We’re one week away from being humble,” Drinkwitz said […]
Beyond The Box Score: Bleedin’
When you play one of the oldest football rivalries in the sport on a Friday night it means that amount of the college football zeitgeist is paying attention to your game. That can be great if you win and bad if you lose. But it is nice to have a good amount of eyeballs paying […]
The Revue: Tigers conquer the great evil
Do you want to know one of my favorite things about the Lord of the Rings movies? Of the many things I love about that trilogy of films, the care in designing location is up near the top of the list. The realm of Middle Earth is vast and weird and varied, and I love […]
Commute: Mizzou Football Racks Up SEC Player of the Week Honors
Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Mizzou Football SEC Weekly Awards After Friday night’s 38-21 win in the Border War, Mizzou Football received some well-deserved weekly awards from the SEC. Austin Simmons was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week after his performance of 19/29, 292 passing yards, 3 touchdowns, and zero […]
SBN Reacts: What Do You Think of Mizzou’s 100th Year Anniversary of Memorial Stadium Throwback Uniforms?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Missouri fans and fans across the country. It’s game-week for the 20th ranked Missouri Tigers — who host Sun Belt opponent Troy in the third game of the regular season — looking to […]
Tiger Top Spin: A world away, a new beginning
Mizzou tennis is preparing for a new season, but this year’s team is bringing something different to Columbia. Different accents. Different backgrounds. Different paths to the same place. As the Tigers prepare to open their fall schedule at the Husker Invitational from Sept. 25-27, Mizzou’s rebuild under first-year head coach Robin Goodman has become more […]
First Serve: Sweep Dreams and Road Tests: Mizzou Volleyball Keeps Building
The road to SEC play is getting shorter, but Mizzou volleyball still has one more weekend of nonconference work ahead. After facing No. 1 Nebraska and No. 5 Louisville earlier in the week, the Tigers returned home and took care of business at the Mizzou Invitational, finishing the weekend 3-0 against their tournament competition. The […]
How Robert Woodyard Jr. helped Mizzou punch back vs. KU
Way to cement your legacy in the Border Showdown, Robert Woodyard Jr. One or two plays can change the outcome of an entire game, and a fumble and an interception within three minutes of game time helped Mizzou go the distance in a 38-21 win over Kansas to remain undefeated in the young season. Prior […]
MV3: Austin Simmons Carries Mizzou to 38-21 Border War Win
After what was a shaky start on Friday night in Lawrence, Missouri proved to be the better overall team over kansas, outscoring the Jayhawks 24-7 in the second half for a 38-21 victory. With the win, it marks Mizzou’s fifth consecutive victory in the Border War rivalry and the Tigers improved to 2-0 on the […]
Josiah Trotter’s big day
Welcome to the Morning Commute. Today we’re talking about Josiah Trotter. After yesterday, how can you not? Sunday was the NFL debut for a few former Missouri Tigers, but only one really got to lay claim to the day. Even in the midst of his team’s 33-27 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, Josiah Trotter was […]
Mizzou Volleyball Defends Home Floor, Claims Victory Over FGCU in Four Sets
Missouri women’s volleyball claimed its final win of the Mizzou Tournament on Sunday afternoon, taking down Florida Gulf Coast University in four sets (25-14, 16-25, 25-17, 25-18) at Hearnes Center. Head coach Dawn Sullivan’s squad finished a dominant weekend stretch on their home floor, going 3-0 against the field and dropping just two total sets […]
Pourover: Austin Simmons answers the Quarterback question
I didn’t know what to expect going into the game on Friday night. I had more nerves than usual, and a lot of it came down to the unknowns around this football team. And if I’m being completely honest, I think there are still a lot of unknowns about them. But one thing is known […]
Preview: Men’s Golf Heads North
The Missouri men are swinging back into action after last week’s season opener in Knoxville, but this time, they’ll be playing a bit further North. The Tigers are crossing the border to Foot’s Bay, Ontario, for the Canadian Collegiate Invitational held Sept. 13-15. The tournament is hosted at Öviinbyrd Golf Club by Golf Canada in […]
Selected Shots Sunday: Dan Takes Lawrence
A new Mizzou Athletics sports season is officially upon us! While the last few years I’ve assigned this written piece to one of our talented photographers, I’m taking it over this year, and will be selecting my favorites of the week. Since I am not a photographer at heart, my analysis will be more surface […]
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