BERNIE BITS 1. The Future Of Missouri Football: The Mizzou administration provided security for football coach Eli Drinkwitz in the form of a contract extension that included a generous raise. Surely these people were smart enough to set aside money to pay Drinkwitz...
In sports we hear and read a lot about team culture, and chemistry and identity. Another cliche is “playing for each other.” These words and terms are overused to the point of becoming trivial and redundant. We don’t need to talk about these things as much as we do....
BERNIE BITS Cardinals … Blues … Mizzou football. Let’s go! ST. LOUIS BLUES: The Note didn’t have much to offer Monday night in losing to the Dallas Stars, 4-1, at Enterprise Center. They had only 44 percent of the shot attempts at 5-on-5, and only 38% of the scoring...
BERNIE BITS 1. Let’s begin with the Blues, who pulled themselves out of the sewage-disposal tank to begin a cleanup process that produced consecutive wins over San Jose and Las Vegas over a 48-hour period. After losing eight straight in extreme, non-competitive...
The contract extension for football coach Eli Drinkwitz fits nicely into the familiar category of “Mizzou is gonna Mizzou.” And I’m not even opposed to the idea of giving Drinkwitz more time, and to give the program more stability, because I don’t want members of the...
Missouri won a football game in the SEC, holding off the reliably beatable Vanderbilt Commodores for a 17-14 victory that impressed no one … except maybe the players’ parents. And I’m not so sure about that. The Tigers were quite gracious, trying to give Vandy what...
The pressure is on Mizzou football at homecoming this weekend against Vanderbilt. Is Drinkwitz on the hotseat if they don’t win this one? We talk it over with Ben Frederickson. We also get into the playoff format for MLB. Is the first-round bye a blessing or a...
Let me state up front that I’m not a moral-victory spin doctor. You win or you lose. And when games are close, and you have the opportunity to win, then you better bag some wins. That especially applies to every college football team that needs oxygen as it tries to...
Our weekly visit with ben Frederickson here talking Mizzou Football and Cardinals baseball. The Tigers looked good after the half last night with Brady Cook and Luther Burden showing well. Ben talks about the team’s revolving running backs and the punt returns....
