When you’ve emerged from an extensive blah-blah–blah period of mediocrity and irrelevancy to become a semi-famous college football team, benefits come with the unforeseen 7-1 record. You have a brand new identity. Impressed voters notice the change and rank you...
Here are my Pick-Six opinions in reaction to Missouri’s 34-12 scuttling of South Carolina on Saturday at Faurot Field … 1. This is great. Just great. Mizzou has a 7-1 record for the first time since Gary Pinkel’s 2013 Tigers did the same through the first eight...
Welcome to my Pick-Six Opinions as I review Missouri’s impressive 38-21 victory over Kentucky on Saturday night in Lexington. The win lifted Mizzou to 6-1 on the season overall, and the Tigers are tied for third in the SEC East. Here are the top four records in the...
Here are my Pick-Six Opinions from Missouri’s disappointing 49-39 loss to LSU on a beautiful, festive day at Faurot Field… 1. Mizzou squandered a fast start, a 15-point lead, a marvelous home field advantage, and a grand opportunity to build a 5-0 season and enhance...
PICK-SIX OPINIONS Let’s hit on six things about Mizzou’s 38-21 victory over Vanderbilt. With the win, the Tigers are 5-0 to start the season for the first time since 2013. And before I jump in, let’s get the usual qualifiers out of the way: it’s still relatively...
My Pick Six opinions on Missouri’s 34-27 victory over Memphis at the dome in St. Louis … 1. Missouri plays entertaining football. Enjoyable football. Now that the offense has been opened up, it’s bubbling like champagne. The Tigers are fun to watch. It’s been a while....
BERNIE BITS Opening Remarks: All Hail St. Louis City SC. Perfect. St. Louis City SC is perfect. I’m not talking about their record (15-10-5) on the pitch. But in the much larger view, I can’t think of a way that their inaugural season could have gone better. The 2023...
THE PICK SIX Here are my six opinions on Mizzou’s 30-23 victory over 15th-ranked Kansas State: 1. Obviously, this was a big win for coach Eli Drinkwitz and his program. “Sometimes it’s not always as fast as everybody wants it to be or I want it to be, but I think this...
PICK SIX A good Sunday to you. I’ve picked these six opinions to discuss Missouri’s uninspired 23-19 victory over Middle Tennessee State on Saturday night at Faurot Field … 1. Missouri was a 21-point favorite in this game and had to hold off a MTSU program that’s 4-17...