Some good news in the NFL involving a former Missouri Tiger.

The league announced on Wednesday afternoon that defensive end Aldon Smith has been reinstated, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

Back on April 1st, Aldon Smith agreed to a one-year deal with the Dallas Cowboys.

Congrats to Aldon and good luck this upcoming season in the Big D!

And Mizzou Homecoming released an AWESOME video, unveiling the 2020 Homecoming Theme and Logo, titled “Timeless and True”.

Mizzou’s Homecoming game this season is set for October 24th against Kentucky. Let’s hope it happens!

And with Xavier Pinson expected back next season, Matt Harris lays out what Mizzou’s returning production looks like next season in the SEC. It’s looking... pretty promising?

Let’s head over to the links!

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Yesterday at Rock M

• Film Room: Defense 2020 Part One — Fronts, by Tim Bussen
• Check out who Nate Edwards and Brandon Kiley have selected in The Missouri Tigers Legends Draft: Round XVIII!
• PODCAST: Before The Box Score Takes a Trip to Florida, with Nate Edwards and Brandon Kiley

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More Links:

(PowerMizzou)

• ($$) Read up on the latest edition of Gabe DeArmond’s mailbag
• ($$) Mitchell Forde has Version 4.0 of The Perfect Class 2021
• From Rivals recruiting analyst Chad Simmons, Favorites have emerged for Georgia DE Khristian Zachary

(STLToday)

• Other sports in danger with college football revenue at risk, writes Dave Matter
• The latest Eye of the Tigers Podcast is out, with Dave Matter and Ben Frederickson

(KC Star)

• Souichi Terada writes about Drew Buggs and Ed Chang, and how Cuonzo Martin intends to use them

(The Athletic)

• ($$) The thinking behind Mizzou’s plan to play perhaps 3 points guards together, writes CJ Moore

(Columbia Missourian)

• Columbia rec baseball to return in June, writes Andy Kimball

(Miscellaneous/Tweets)

• Here is a good trivia question... which former Missouri Tiger has the most career points in the NBA? That would be Larry Drew!

• COMO! No. 5 on College Football’s Greatest College Towns

• Welcome to Mizzou, Jayla Kelly! Catch up on the latest #MIZZOOM episode with Mizzou commit Jayla Kelly, interviewed by Micah Linthacum

• It’s time to vote for the 5 vs 12 match up between Mizzou Baseball and Mizzou Women’s Basketball for the Mizzou Pix photo of the year bracket!

• James Graham, a 2021 small forward from Milwaukee, Wisconsin has received an offer from Mizzou

• Another offer! Peyton Watson is a 2021 five-star small forward from Long Beach, California. And from the same high school as Drew Buggs!

• Mizzou has made the Top six cut for Carrollton, Georgia defensive end Khristian Zachary.

• Some good news regarding college football, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball, according to Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel

• From CFB o nFOX, here are the SEC’s returning starters. Mizzou has 13, which is tied for South Carolina for fourth-most in the league.

• From Joseph Goodman of AL.com, Coronavirus cluster slows construction at Bryant-Denny Stadium
• NBA teams expecting guidelines around June 1 for players’ return, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports
• From ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski, NHL discussing 24-team, conference based playoff format
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