Missouri won’t be invited to compete in the first 12-team national college football postseason tournament. The Tigers are not up to standard. Horrible losses to Texas A&M and Alabama ruined the Tigers’ chances, but Mizzou can still have a positive season. Was...
As a sportswriter and passionate fan of college football, one of my fondest experiences in this business was watching coach Gary Pinkel’s Missouri football team win consecutive SEC East championships in 2013 and 2014. Though the MU lost in both years, the memories...
By now, I’m numb to Mizzou’s notorious losing streak in SEC basketball. I have no emotions … and no solutions, either. This historic skid is so ridiculous, so remarkable, that I’ve come to appreciate the longshot magnitude of it all. You have to be spectacularly bad...
It’s a wonderful time to be a Missouri football fan. For older Mizzou fans, the 2023 season has taken us back to happier times, reminiscent of the glory days under legendary coaches Dan Devine and Gary Pinkel. Younger fans don’t have to revisit the past; this...
Sunday was just another day in College Football Inc. The fires of hell raged across the land after the selection committee chose the four teams to compete in the annual playoff that determines the national champion. Michigan (13-0) and Washington (13-0) were easy...
The Committee loves Mizzou! That was among the national from the third posting of the Top 25 College Football Playoff rankings. The Tigers (8-2) catapulted five spots, jumping from No. 14 last week to No. 9 on the updated listing. They also leaped over a one-loss...
Here are my Pick-Six opinions in the aftermath of Missouri’s 36-7 beatdown of the visitors from Tennessee on Saturday at Faurot Field. The dominating win before a fourth consecutive home sellout crowd boosted Mizzou to 8-2 overall and 4-2 in SEC play. This is...
Missouri – and its momentum – will encounter a blockade manned by the second most talented roster in college football on Saturday afternoon in Athens. That would be the Georgia Bulldogs, rated No. 2 in the national talent composite charted by 247 Sports. Missouri is...
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...
