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Five potential transfer QB options for Mizzou

Boy, Eli Drinkwitz sure seems to be having a fun week, huh? Just hours after using his regularly-scheduled press conference to decry the state of the transfer portal, namely how tampering is rampant amongst power conference programs, he suddenly finds himself in need of a starting QB. Reports this morning say that Mizzou’s 2025 starter […]

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Mizzou QB Beau Pribula to Enter Transfer Portal

It was confirmed by numerous reports on Thursday that Missouri quarterback Beau Pribula will be entering his name into the transfer portal this offseason, CBSSports Matt Zenitz broke first. Pribula, who will be entering his final year of eligibility, spent just one season with the Tigers after a redshirt year then two-year stint with Penn […]

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Grading every defensive position group

The past couple of weeks, I’ve been grading out how the Mizzou football team performed throughout the 2025 regular season. First, I took a holistic view of the team and graded out all three sides of the ball. Last week, I dug a bit deeper into the offense and graded out the offensive position groups […]

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Commute: Ahmad Hardy is a Consensus All-American

Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking (more) about Ahmad Hardy. Another day, another All-American honor for Mizzou’s Ahmad Hardy. On Wednesday, he was named a First-Team All-American by the Sporting News. Hardy led all Power 4 running backs with 1,560 rushing yards this season. Hardy had a 300-yard, three-TD performance against Mississippi State […]

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Mizzou Gym Showcases Incredible Depth at Black & Gold Exhibition

Y’all, Friday was a great day. Stop Day for students, officially signaling the end of Fall 2025 coursework. My J-School promotion was officially announced at our faculty meeting. One of my friends signed, sealed and delivered his agreement to take an amazing [redacted] job at the University. My mom received what seems like good health […]

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Commute: Mizzou Gym opens season at No. 7

Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we are talking about Mizzou Football! For the first time ever, Mizzou Gymnastics earns a preseason rank inside the top eight, ranking seventh in the 2026 Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) preseason poll. The Tigers previous highest preseason ranking came in 2023 and 2025 where they started the season […]

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Opening Odds: Picking our way through bowl season

Bowl season is here! Well, technically it’s already been here since Saturday when South Carolina State won a 4OT thriller in the Celebration Bowl and Washington slaughtered Boise State in the… Rob Gronkowski Bowl? The gags are becoming a bit lazy these days, huh? Anyway, bowl season is a lot of fun because it’s just […]

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Better Know Your Bowl Opponent: Virginia

So! What do you – longtime Missouri fan – know about the football team at the University of Virginia? It’s ok if you don’t know much. Despite playing the sport since 1888 the Cavaliers of Virginia have typically not made a massive national impact with their football. In fact, most of their coaches with winning […]

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Commute: More All-Americans for Mizzou Football

Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Ahmad Hardy and Keagen Trost The All-American honors keep on coming for Mizzou running back Ahmad Hardy. After being the first running back in Mizzou football history to earn Walter Camp First Team-All American honors — he became the 13th overall player in Mizzou’s history to […]

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Study Hall: Mizzou 82, Bethune Cookman 60

It’s hard to believe it but a fairly workmanlike 22 point win over a SWAC team felt like a breath of fresh air for some reason. Maybe it was the last game felt like a stunted crawl even if it was still a win. Or it was the drubbing by a hated rival the game […]

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Photos of the week: 12.8.2025

In this week’s coverage of Photos of the Week, gymnastics gets the first feature of the season! The Tigers hosted their Black & Gold intrasquad meet on Friday and Team Gold took the win 158.150-157.650. Men’s basketball faced Alabama State on Thursday and Bethune-Cookman on Sunday, winning 85-77 and 82-60, respectively. My favorite part about […]

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Luther Burden’s career day interrupted by injury

Welcome to the Morning Commute For the past few weeks, Chicago Bears’ fans have been crying out to see more from Luther Burden III. The rookie receiver and former Mizzou star has been mostly kept on a tight leash by Chicago coach Ben Johnson, though not without letting spurts of action. However, Burden’s opportunity to […]

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Mizzou women’s basketball gets back on track with win at SLU

Mizzou trailed for the first six minutes after a strong Saint Louis start, looking eerily similar to the Illinois game. But the Tigers responded in a major way, taking the lead (and holding it the rest of the way) to defeat SLU on the road 82-66. Both teams made exactly 25 field goals in the […]

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Mizzou stifles Bethune-Cookman offense in 82-60 win

Missouri men’s basketball put together one of its best defensive performances of the season Sunday on the way to an 82-60 win over Bethune-Cookman in Columbia. The Tigers have limited their opponents to 60 points or less three times this year. MU turned that defense into a major portion of its offensive output, scoring 23 […]

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MBB Live Thread: Mizzou vs Bethune-Cookman

Final Score: Mizzou 82 – Bethune-Cookman 60 First Half Second Half Pregame Updates Game Info When | 1:00 p.m. CT Where | Mizzou Arena; Columbia, MO TV | SEC Network Radio | Tiger Radio Network Twitter | @MizzouHoops ESPN win probability | 95.9% chance

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Mizzou looks for second win of the week in final home game of 2025

Mizzou vs Bethune-Cookman When | 1:00 p.m. CT Where | Mizzou Arena; Columbia, MO TV | SEC Network Radio | Tiger Radio Network Twitter | @MizzouHoops ESPN win probability | 95.9% chance The Starters Mizzou (9-2) G: Anthony Robinson II (JR, 10.5 PPG) G: Annor Boateng (SO, 5.3 PPG) G: Jacob Crews (SR, 14.1 PPG) F: Mark Mitchell (SR, 18.1 PPG) C: Shawn Phillips […]

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Study Hall: Mizzou 85, Alabama State 77

It’s not always easy to know the outcome of a game before you watch it, and still be expected to create a nuanced commentary on it. For one, part of the commentary comes from being exposed to the ups and downs of the game flow. Watching the Tigers expand their lead to 18 points, on […]

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An early transfer portal wishlist

The college football transfer portal opens in a little over three weeks. Bowl games haven’t even started yet. So why do I find myself doing a daily dive on the portal websites looking for familiar or interesting names. That’s the life of a football writer these days. When you’re not tracking the thousands of players […]

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Taking a look at options for Mizzou’s next offensive coordinator

Head coach Eli Drinkwitz and the Missouri Tigers are in need of a new offensive coordinator for the first time since before the 2023 season. Kirby Moore is set to become the next head coach at Washington State, ending a three-year tenure in Columbia that coincided with one of the best stretches in program history. […]

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Bowl SZN Watchlist: How to watch each and every bowl, including the College Football playoff

December 13th is the official start of Bowl SZN and it’s hard to believe it’s already here. The Celebration Bowl takes place this morning at 11 am with Prairie View A&M taking on South Carolina State. Oddly enough two teams Missouri Basketball has played. Or maybe that shouldn’t surprise you. Missouri doesn’t play until December […]

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Mizzou OC Kirby Moore hired as Washington State head coach

Mizzou offensive coordinator Kirby Moore has been hired by Washington State as the school’s new head coach. Moore came to the Tigers ahead of the 2023 season as the first official offensive coordinator of the Eli Drinkwitz era. Moore led a dramatic turnaround for Missouri’s offense, which was one of the best and most explosive […]

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Mizzou Softball releases 2026 schedule

As the offseason is in full flung for Mizzou Softball, the Tigers released their 2026 schedule that includes 21 home games across 55 regular season contests. As usual, the Tigers will face top nonconference and conference opponents all season long, including three teams that were featured in this season’s Women’s College World Series. The Tigers […]

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Tiger Style Individual Wrestler Check-ins Ahead of Conference Play

“These are important, but it’s not the end-all,” head coach Brian Smith said about early-season competition Nov. 9. “It just gives us a lot of (time) to coach our kids for the first time.” No. 12 Mizzou wrestling came into the 2025-26 season featuring six new starters in its lineup, whether that was first-time starters […]

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