Basketball live thread: Texas A&M at Missouri
What: Mizzou BasketballWho: Texas A&M Aggies (17-12, 8-8) at Missouri Tigers (20-9, 8-8)Where: Mizzou Arena (15,061)When: 7:00 p.m. CTTV: Nope!Radio: Tigers Radio NetworkOnline: ESPN3It's Senior...
View ArticleMizzou Links, 3-6-14: Ross makes Senior Night memorable and the Pingetons fall
Mizzou survives Texas A&M by the thinnest of margins, five football players choose to graduate and leave Mizzou, the 10-second rule dies a fiery death, and the Fightin' Pingetons lose a...
View ArticleThe big 2014 CMU football preview: Reversing an unhappy trend
The Dan Enos era will not be one of mystery for much longer. The Chippewas return about as many starters as any team in the country, including a star at wide receiver. Can they take advantage and crack...
View ArticleMissouri 57, Texas A&M 56: Study Hall
Your Trifecta: Brown-Williams-Jones.NCAA Basketball StatsThis was the "Adding '...In Bed' to the End of Every Fortune Cookie" game of the season. Everything I can think to say should be followed by...
View ArticleMizzou Links, 3-7-14: Pinkel's staff gets paid, and it's a big weekend for a...
Mizzou basketball, softball, and wrestling all face big weekend, all away from home. Plus: Pinkel's new contract is finalized, and spring football starts next week. 1. Pretty big game tomorrowThe Trib...
View ArticleThe big 2014 Western Michigan football preview: Now Fleck has to coach 'em up
WMU's 2014 recruiting class might be the best in MAC history, but that might not mean much for a 2014 Bronco squad that is completely rebuilding at the skill positions and in the defensive front seven....
View ArticleMissouri at Tennessee preview: Tigers' list of ifs is a lot longer than Vols'
Last TimeNCAA BasketballFrom Study Hall:If you had told me that Tennessee was going to be almost +5 in terms of expected rebounds, and that Jordan Clarkson was going to have a mostly terrible (by his...
View ArticleSaturday live thread
There is plenty of huge basketball on today, and Mizzou Softball and Baseball go for series wins early in the afternoon. Let's talk about it!Things are happening! Lots going on in the world of college...
View ArticleBasketball live thread: Missouri at Tennessee
What: Mizzou BasketballWho: Missouri Tigers (21-9, 9-8) at Tennessee Volunteers (19-11, 10-7)When: 3:00 p.m. CTWhere: Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678)TV: ESPN (Mark Jones, Jimmy Dykes)Radio: Tiger Radio...
View ArticleTennessee 72, Missouri 45: Study Hall
On stinking and setting no-purpose picks 22 feet from the basket.Your Trifecta: Rosburg-Clarkson-Clark. Yeah, that's a "You got drubbed" trifecta if I've ever seen one.NCAA BasketballI'm not exactly...
View ArticleMizzou Links, 3-10-14: MAC Champs, Michael Sam, and a decent diamond weekend
Mizzou Wrestling wins its third straight conference championship (second in the MAC in our first two seasons), Mizzou Softball almost squeezes out a series win in College Station, Mizzou Baseball...
View ArticleThe big 2014 Ball State football preview: Captain Lembo has the Cardinals flying
Pete Lembo is one hell of a program pilot, but as he enters his fourth year as Ball State's head coach, he faces a pretty stiff challenge: life without quarterback Keith Wenning. If a quarterback...
View ArticleNCAA Basketball Tournament projections, 3-10-14: Rock-M-Tology
So here's the good news: Missouri might not have to win the SEC Tournament to get in. The draw the Tigers got ensured a potential quarterfinal matchup with conference champion (and all-but-guaranteed...
View ArticleState of Football Analytics: DELETED SCENES
Must Reads THE STATE OF FOOTBALL STATSBill ConnellyHow to build a better Sloan and improve the conversation about analytics. Must Reads THE STATE OF FOOTBALL STATSMy Sloan Sports Analytics Conference...
View ArticleThe state of football stats: How to build a better Sloan, and improve the...
The first time you attend the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston, the annual rah-rah hub for the sports analytics movement, you're intrigued by the "What's next?" talks and the stature of the...
View ArticleMizzou Links, 3-11-14: Criswell out for SEC tourney, and Brown-Clarkson stay...
Tony Criswell is out for the SEC Tournament because of eviction (!), and the Jordan Clarkson/Jabari Brown duo will likely stay at Mizzou or go pro together. 1. I believe this is what we call a...
View Article2014 Missouri spring football: Pinkel's 14th Mizzou spring begins on Tuesday
Gary Pinkel's 14th spring as Missouri's head football coach begins on Tuesday. His Tigers return quite a few proven play-makers but have plenty of questions to answer as practice gets underway.The Trib...
View ArticleThe big 2014 Ohio football preview: Bobcats freshening up
Under Frank Solich, Ohio has established a higher level of play than at any time in its FBS history, but with frustrating November collapses in each of the last two years. We'll see if the Bobcats can...
View Article2014 Missouri spring football: Tigers release pre-spring depth chart
I swear, they were waiting for me to post my pre-spring thoughts before sending this out, ahem, but regardless, Mizzou just released its pre-spring depth chart for the world to see (PDF). So we don't...
View ArticleMizzou Links, 3-12-14: Brown and Clarkson are all-SEC, and diamond sports sweep
Jabari Brown was named first-team All-SEC on Tuesday, while Jordan Clarkson made the second team. Meanwhile, Mizzou Softball swept Evansville, and Mizzou Baseball swept Alcorn State between...
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