Bernie: If Missouri Wants To Hire A New Men’s Basketball Coach, Money Shouldn’t Be An Issue.
The state of Missouri men’s basketball doesn’t make me angry. I’m not bitter. I don’t click out of Mizzou games on TV and switch to Netflix in a fit of disgust. I like coach Cuonzo Martin. I respect him. I was happy when MU chose him to lead the program. I’d be...
Bernie Bits: Congrats To Gary Pinkel, Hall of Famer. Plus Many Notes At The Start Of The Weekend.
BERNIE BITS Great news for retired Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel, who will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame class of 2022. The honor is well deserved and serves an important purpose: to remind MU fans of Pinkel’s historically prominent impact...
It’s About Time To Return Those Christmas Gifts. No Worries, I’ll Handle It For You.
Good afternoon. I’m a flea-bit peanut monkey, but do not be alarmed. That’s just Jagger singing in the background. I hope you had yourselves a merry little Christmas, filled with presents and mimosas and favorite songs and sweet memories of the olden days. Perfect for...
Bernie Bits: Last Chance In Denver For Drew Lock? What’s Up With Bradley Beal? Plus More Notes.
In the 2019 NFL Draft, the Denver Broncos invested a second-round pick, No. 42 overall, to select Missouri quarterback Drew Lock. Broncos GM John Elway was wowed by Lock’s big gun of a right arm and had visions of a franchise quarterback. Elway’s search for the new...
Bernie: It Was An 0-2 Wednesday For Missouri. Here’s The Good, The Bad, And The Sad.
Let’s get right to it: Missouri went 0-2 on Wednesday night. One performance gave us a few reasons to smile. The other performance gave us more reasons to cringe and turn away. – The football Tigers lost the Armed Forces Bowl 24-22 on a final-snap field goal by Army....
Bernie Bits: Mizzou’s Predicament, Braggin’ Rights, Cardinals Prospect Watch, Cubs Rumors + More
The Armed Forces Bowl is a lose-lose proposition for Missouri, which faces a knotty matchup with Army on Wednesday night in Fort Worth. The reaction if Mizzou defeats Army: big deal. Always nice to win, but c’mon … the Tigers beat a service-academy team that came into...
Bernie Bits: MLB Wasting Time, St. Louis Blues, Steph Curry, Paul DeJong, Curb, Mizzou + More
BERNIE BITS 1) MLB owners locked out the players on Dec. 1, escalating a huffy labor dispute that shows no signs of cooling down. Evan Drellich of the Athletic reports that Major League Baseball and the Players Association “are unlikely to talk core economics until...
Mizzou Coach Eli Drinkwitz Is A Recruiting Maniac. That’s The Only Way To Build A Winner In The SEC.
It’s exciting to see Missouri show up with some of the big boys in college football recruiting for 2022. When you’re looking for reasons to believe in coach Eli Drinkwitz and the future of the MU program, the recruiting inspires hope and raises the collective...