Let’s talk some college football. We have to wonder why the College Football Playoff Committee ranked Michigan (No. 1) ahead of Washington (No. 2) when setting the semifinal matchups. Both teams are 13-0, but Washington ranks No. 1 in the nation in strength of...
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....
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 The MLB lockout won’t stop me from talking ball. At some point the lockout will be over, and we’ll be talking about moves the Cardinals should make, or not make, to upgrade the roster. If, in fact, the Cardinals are serious about improving the roster...
BERNIE BITSÂ 1) The people who run MLB are more absurd than ever in their thinking. Labor battles can be unpleasant, but to what extent? As soon as the owners imposed a player lockout to officially start the skirmish for a new collective bargaining agreement, MLB...
BERNIE BITS 1) Is Mizzou still an SEC team? Of course. But the stature of the MU program inside the conference was revealed Sunday during the posting of the conference’s bowl-game lineup. With a conference-record 13 SEC teams qualifying for a bowl game, Mizzou became...
