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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 […]

3 months ago | 0 reads

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 […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

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 […]

3 months ago | 1 read

Disrespectful Play Index: Zion Young obliterates the hot mic

During his weekly press conference, one of the first questions Eli Drinkwitz was asked was about Zion Young, who logged two sacks in extra time against Auburn, helping Mizzou slug out a win on the Plains. Drinkwitz’s answer addressed how Young’s energy was contagious: There’s benefits and negatives to having microphones everywhere. Like, this game […]

3 months ago | 1 read

Commute: Drinkwitz Addresses Win, Prepares for Vandy

Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we are talking about Mizzou Football! Eli Drinkwitz and players spoke to media today following its first road victory of the season. Despite getting the job done, and as much resilience as the Tigers showed, Drinkwitz as per usual, is right back to work. “I thought our team was […]

3 months ago | 1 read

Tiger Talk Notes and Quotes: Vandy Edition

Eli Drinkwitz and Mike Kelly returned to Harpo’s for Tiger Talk Tuesday night ahead of Mizzou’s top-15 matchup against Vanderbilt in Nashville – a game that will be preceded by College GameDay. Here’s what Drinkwitz, alongside edge rusher Zion Young and wide receiver Joshua Manning, had to say: Eli Drinkwitz Zion Young Joshua Manning

3 months ago | 1 read

New Beginnings: Takeaways from women’s basketball media day

The basketball season has snuck up on us once again, as November is nearly here. New Mizzou women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper and her roster spoke to the media to give us an inside look at the last several months as they continue to prepare for the 2025-26 season. Here are our main takeaways from […]

3 months ago | 1 read

Mizzou Arena: The New Home for Mizzou Gymnastics

Fresh off the best season imaginable– I mean, could it have gotten any better?!? — the Missouri Tigers, who return 13 members of the 2024-25 squad, including four WCGA All-Americans, will have a new gymnastics home, Mizzou Arena. The Happiest Place on Earth. No, that’s not Disney World, c’mon now. The countdown has been masterful, […]

3 months ago | 0 reads

Texas restarts under the leadership of Sean Miller

I doubt you’d find many people who thought the Rodney Terry experiment would last very long in Austin. When Chris Beard was fired for cause in December of 2022, and Terry took over, he handled the change and process well. He forced AD Chris Del Conte’s hand as much as an interim coach can, but […]

3 months ago | 3 reads

Beyond The Box Score: U-G-L-Y

In any season, but especially in a college football season in 2025, the old axiom of “They don’t ask how, they ask how many” is the correct approach to football victories in the SEC. The talent is more spread out so that we don’t have dreadnaught programs like Alabama and Georgia rolling blue-chippers out three-deep, […]

3 months ago | 3 reads

The Revue: Mizzou comes out victorious in ugly fight

Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless sports blog is another second off your life. Don’t you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can’t think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you […]

3 months ago | 1 read

Commute: Zion Young Named SEC Co-Defensive Lineman of the Week

Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Zion Young. Mizzou’s Zion Young topped our latest MV3 following the double-overtime road win over Auburn. He put together a stat-line of five total tackles (3 s0l0), two sacks, and 2.5 TFLs. To no one’s surprise, that earned him SEC Co-Defensive Lineman of the Week honors […]

3 months ago | 0 reads

Rock M Photos of the Week

With Hannah out of town, we reached out to other Mizzou J-Schoolers for photography help for a couple of Olympic Sports contests. On Friday, Corinna Utterback shot the Mizzou-Ole Miss volleyball game, and on Sunday, freshman Margo Jenkins shot what will be the first of many events for us as she went to the Mizzou-Arkansas […]

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MV3: Zion Young Makes a Statement in Much-Needed Road Win Over Auburn

The Missouri Tigers suffered their first loss of the season at home vs Alabama last weekend in a 27-24 defeat to the Crimson Tide. In the loss, Zion Young had some costly penalties in the Crimson Tide opening drive which changed the momentum of the game. Having said that, the senior defensive captain responded in […]

3 months ago | 1 read

Photos of the week: 10.13.2025

Welcome to a special edition of photos of the week! Last week I mentioned that I’d be unavailable to cover more events until Nov. 1, so this week and next week will be a bit different than usual. Today’s coverage is somewhat of an “outtakes” version, using photos that I kept but didn’t use and […]

3 months ago | 4 reads

Could Florida poach Eli Drinkwitz from Mizzou?

Welcome to the Morning Commute It’s going to be a talking point over the next few months, so we might as well rip the band-aid off here. Florida fired Billy Napier yesterday, making it the second high profile coaching job to open up in the past week. Unlike Penn State, however, Florida has been heavily […]

3 months ago | 11 reads

Week 9 Opening Odds: A CFP bid on the line in Nashville?

Remember last night? I’m trying not to. Feel like I got drunk and then someone hit me over the head with a brick. And then made me watch an Auburn football game. After the ugliest and wackiest series of drives I can recall in recent Mizzou Football history, the Tigers somehow walked away from Jordan-Hare […]

3 months ago | 1 read

Mizzou Soccer’s Senior Day ends in 0-0 draw against no. 11 Arkansas

Although Mizzou soccer (4-10-2, 1-7-1 SEC) did not win its match against No. 11 Arkansas (8-3-4, 6-1-2 SEC), the losing streak is no more after a 0-0 tie. If there is such a thing as a statement tie, this was it. Hopes for a conference tournament berth are basically out the window, but it’s a […]

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Mizzou volleyball overcomes LSU in display of resilience

Trailing 24-16 in set three with practically no momentum, Mizzou was staring down a 2-1 deficit with LSU on a roll. But Mizzou refused to quit, fitting off eight straight set points before eventually winning in extras 27-25. This propelled Mizzou to a win over LSU in four sets 25-19, 20-25, 27-25, 25-19. While the […]

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Mizzou women’s basketball adds Jada Maples to 2026 recruiting class

New head coach Kellie Harper continues to revolutionize the Mizzou women’s basketball recruiting landscape with the addition of combination guard Jada Maples. She is a 5-10 combo guard, considered by Rivals as a 4-star prospect and top 100 in the class; making her the second highest Mizzou recruit behind Natalya Hodge. Rivals also voted Maples […]

3 months ago | 1 read