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 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...
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 BITS 1) I find it interesting that all but one coach from Mike Shildt’s staff were committed to staying on and working with new manager Oli Marmol. True, multiple coaches were under contract for 2022 including pitching coach Mike Maddux and batting coach Jeff...
Ben Fred talks this morning about the potential warning lights coming from the Cardinals starting pitching. We’ve also learned that Justin WIlliams will have one more year in the minor leagues and Harrison Bader will start the season on the IL. So who will be...
BERNIE BITS Cardinals manager Mike Shildt seems inclined to roll out a regular lineup that has Tommy Edman leading off, Paul Goldschmidt batting second, and Nolan Arenado hitting in the No. 3 spot. Let’s just assume that Shildty will go with this and ask the obvious...
Chris welcomes Sam Snelling (@SamTSnelling) of RockMNation (@RockMNation) & former Tiger Jarrett Sutton (@JarrettSutton) to the show for a NCAA Tournament/Mizzou deep dive. How do the guys feel about the Tigers’ seeding, and the job the Selection Committee...
Ryan Fagan of Sporting News (@ryanfagan) joins Chris to break down the bracket. Was Mizzou over or under-seeded? What about Illinois? Ryan gives us a couple of things to keep in mind for each region and helps us avoid “overthinking” our picks. Plus, what...
