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All Eyes on Matt Zollers

Statistically, the Missouri Tigers are still in the running for the College Football Playoff. While the lights may be starting to dim and the doubters are coming out, all attention will turn to Matt Zollers this Saturday as the Aggies come to town looking to end Missouri’s playoff hopes and test their resilience. In eight […]

4 months ago | 1 read

Commute: Wednesday Injury Report Released for Mizzou vs Texas A&M

Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Mizzou vs Texas A&M injury updates The initial injury reports across the SEC on Wednesday night. For Mizzou vs Texas A&M on Saturday — the concern is the latest development on tight end Brett Norfleet. He has been ruled as questionable. Other than Pribula, Horn, and […]

4 months ago | 1 read

Best Bets: Week 11

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 […]

4 months ago | 3 reads

Texas A&M Aggies Preview

It’s been 11 years since Missouri last beat Texas A&M. Now, to be fair, there has only been two meetings since that time; once in Eli Drinkwitz’s first non-COVID season and then last year’s debacle that we don’t need to relive. In fact, despite sharing a conference for 29 years, the Tigers and the Aggies […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

SBN Reacts: What Will Be the Outcome of Mizzou vs Texas A&M?

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. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Missouri’s College Football Playoff hopes are on the line on Saturday. With true freshman quarterback Matt […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

It’s Mizzou’s biggest game of the year. For the third time.

For the third time this season, Missouri football finds itself on the brink. The Tigers’ upcoming showdown with No. 3 Texas A&M on Saturday isn’t just another SEC match up. It is the latest, and perhaps final, defining moment in a 2025 season that has already been full of them. We’ve called games of this […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

Commute: Mizzou checks in at No. 22 in first CFB poll

Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we are talking about Mizzou Football! With college football reaching Week 11, the College Football Playoff committee dropped its first official ranking, putting the Tigers at No. 22. Pretty expected, being in the 18-24 range, but there’s plenty of opportunity for Mizzou to jump up as it faces No. […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

Tiger Talk Notes and Quotes: Texas A&M edition

Eli Drinkwitz and Mike Kelly returned to Tiger Talk Tuesday night in a new location, the Walsworth Family Columns Club at Memorial Stadium, as part of the Taste of the Tigers event benefitting The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri. Here’s what Drinkwitz, alongside safety Jalen Catalon and right tackle Keagen Trost, had to […]

4 months ago | 3 reads

Mizzou Photos of the week: 10.27.2025

We’re back to your regularly scheduled programming this week! This week’s coverage (pushed back a day to include women’s basketball) includes photos from swim and dive’s meet against Vanderbilt and McKendree and women’s basketball’s season opener win against Central Arkansas. Coach Grevers is known to be very animated during meets, and keeping that in mind, […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

Study Hall: Mizzou 88, Howard 67

Sometimes it’s best if you just accept you’re going to be uncomfortable. The moment I saw this game on the schedule, I immediately grimaced and shifted in my seat. Not because I was pulling some woe-is-me Mizzou’d sad-sack fandom thing, but because I knew that going on the road to a place like Howard was […]

4 months ago | 3 reads

Bye Week Breakdown 2: Defense

Last week I did a deeper dive on Missouri’s offense through four games. You can find it here. This week we do the same for the defense. Here we go! Let’s start with the big reveal: Missouri’s defense actually got BETTER after the last three games than the previous five-game sample set! They went from 11th […]

4 months ago | 3 reads

Recruiting Reset: Brody Jones’s ceiling is off the charts

If Eli Drinkwitz has any plans to leave Mizzou at the end of the year for another program, his recruiting momentum certainly isn’t giving anything away. After much hand-wringing this fall about Drink’s 2026 class, the staff has been on a heater over the past few weeks, adding half a dozen new commitments since the […]

4 months ago | 3 reads

Commute: Mizzou Men’s and Women’s Basketball Start the Season 1-0

Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Mizzou Hoops! College basketball season is officially underway with Mizzou men’s and women’s hoops getting their seasons started with wins on Monday night. On the men’s side, Mizzou is off to a 1-0 start with an 88-67 road win over Howard. In a double-double performance, Shawn […]

4 months ago | 3 reads

Mizzou women’s basketball survives Central Arkansas, starts season 1-0

Mizzou women’s basketball started the Kellie Harper era with a nail-biting victory over Central Arkansas 78-71. Much like the exhibition game, Mizzou women’s basketball was in a dogfight to a much smaller team. With less than 90 seconds left, the two teams were tied at 71 points apiece. The Tigers had the ball, drawing up […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

Mizzou pulls away in second half, defeats Howard in Washington D.C.

Washington D.C. is one of America’s most prominent melting pots. High diversity exists in the city’s people, food and other major aspects. 15 minutes north of the U.S. Capitol, high diversity existed in Mizzou men’s basketball’s 88-67 victory over Howard. All nine players who saw the floor scored, and Shawn Phillips II led the way with […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

MBB Preview and Live Thread: Mizzou opens season at Howard

Final: Mizzou 88 – Howard 67 First Half Second Half Pregame Updates Mizzou will be without two rotation members for its season opener. Here is the first official starting five of the season for Mizzou, the same group the Tigers ran with during the exhibition against Kansas State: Missouri @ Howard When | 6:00 p.m. […]

4 months ago | 4 reads

Week 11 Opening Odds: A Top 5 opponent awaits

No more bye weeks. It’s now or never for Mizzou’s fledgling College Football Playoff hopes. Realistically, I know what I just typed isn’t feasible. It might not be fair. Mizzou is down two captains and starting-caliber QBs. They’re down to their third stringer and, as much as we love Matt Zollers and can see a […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

Recruiting Reset: Mizzou adds top defensive lineman in Tajh Overton

It would be different if the Tigers were getting their numbers up late in the recruiting trail with low-end three star recruits just to fill numbers. But that’s not what’s happening. In the past month, Mizzou has added its top four recruits according to 247Sports and On3, and have shown no signs of slowing down. […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

MIZZOU HOOPS IS BACK

Welcome to the Morning Commute Mizzou Hoops is back. Let us all rejoice. The Tigers kick off their season in DC tonight against the Howard Bison in what’s sure to be a big season for Gates, who’s still looking for an extended run into the NCAA Tournament. Can Anthony Robinson II make the leap from […]

4 months ago | 1 read

Mizzou Wrestling Opens the Season With Three Wins in the Missouri Duals

No. 18 Mizzou wrestling opened its 2025-26 schedule with the Missouri Duals at the Hearnes Center. The Tigers competed against Division II programs, Drury and Maryville, and an NAIA program in Central Methodist. Let’s look at some of the biggest highlights from each dual. All rankings are according to InterMat. Drury Dual 125lbs: NR Luqman […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

Mizzou shocked in road loss to Vanderbilt

As the clocks fall back, Mizzou volleyball fell flat on its face in a 3-2 loss against Vanderbilt 24-26, 25-13, 25-23, 25-21, 14-16; a team that had previously only won a single SEC match. The Tigers were playing from behind all match with a two-set deficit, and they just didn’t have enough left in the […]

4 months ago | 1 read

Pourover: Mizzou Hoops Count the ‘Ifs’

I guess I’m turning this into an annual tradition. Bill C. used to do a ‘Count the Ifs’ post before each football season, and once Nate came on board he took it over and has kept the tradition going with aplomb. Last year, I wanted to try the same for basketball. Missouri was coming off […]

4 months ago | 3 reads

Double Dual: Mizzou sweeps Vandy, McKendree

The Missouri Tigers welcomed in conference opponent Vanderbilt (women) and D2 McKendree (men/women) to the gorgeous Mizzou Aquatic Center — I love that place and have such fond memories of it from my coaching days — on November 1, and came away with a very convincing sweep in the double dual, with the men beating […]

4 months ago | 2 reads