100 Days! And plenty of HFC (hot football content) to hold you over until then

It’s only 100 days ‘til Mizzou Football’s season opener! Who’s excited?!?

To hold yourself over while waiting for that glorious day, please visit one of MANY great posts on Rock M Nation’s site.

Need to get up to speed on the teams the Tigers will be facing? See Nate “the Great” Edward’s game previews: Central Arkansas & Vanderbilt. These will continually post every Tuesday until (checks calendar)... August 4.

Is analyzing film more your thing? If you would like to familiarize yourself with what you might see Coach Walters’ defense do out there, tune in to Coach Tim Bussen’s Film Rooms! Part 1 (Fronts) — Part 2 (Stunts) — Part 3 (Cover 1)— Part 4 (Cover 0). This a 7-part series that will run every Weds/Thurs until June 10. Then, in July, he’ll be back with MORE FILM!

We’ve got SO MUCH coverage for you over here at Rock M.

On to the Links. Happy Friday!

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Yesterday at Rock M

• Coach Bussen continued his defensive film room series with Part 4.
• Rock M’s basketball overlords were back with a new Dive Cuts pod, and they brought a NEW FRIEND— Mr. Ken Pomeroy, creator of the greatest basketball statistics site out there, KenPom.com. (yes, dad, he’s a real human). Recap for you non-listeners here
• COMING UP: A few members of the masthead (me included!) wrote about the times Mizzou made us cry; it’ll be up by lunchtime. Bring your tissues.

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More Links:

Football

• STL Today: On the heals of his virtual Zoom event last night, Dave Matter was back with a new chat! Read the Q&A! (mostly football)
• KC Star: Vahe Gregorian wrote about how longtime Mizzou coach, Andy Hill, has a new start with his former NFL team that once cut him, the Kansas City Chiefs.
• PowerMizzou ($$): Matt Hamilton analyzed RB commit Taj Butts’ film.
• The Athletic: Peter Baugh took a painful look into the ones that got away (from Mizzou Football) and decided to play elsewhere. Sigh.

Hoops, Etc.

• Women’s Hoops will host TCU in the SEC/BIG 12 Challenge! (more on MUTigers.com)

• New offers! Hey, 6’10 center Cesare Edwards (2021) from Hartsville, SC!

• Allow us some time to reminisce about Phil Pressey and Keion Bell (smiles fondly)

• And this highlight of the Mayor of Columbia, Miss Sophie Cunningham:

• Word of a new regional non-con opponent came out, courtesy of (are we sure he’s not a robot) Jon Rothstein:

• Our own Matthew J Harris had this to say about how the schedule is shaping up:

• KC Star: Souichi Terada wrote that all eyes may be on football’s return, but the other Mizzou falls sports have to navigate their own paths. Good stuff.
• PowerMizzou (free): Gabe and Mitchell were back with some hot taeks in their Blowing Smoke, Presented by Weston Tobacco series. They’ve included several Mizzou Football predictions, as well as thoughts on the PGA and Major League Baseball. Check it out.
• Mizzou Athletics continues their MizzouPix Photo of the Year contest, and next is up a hoops dual— # 14 JaMari Ward vs. # 5 Dru Smith. Who ya got? (X won Wednesday’s contest, btw, by all of TWO votes over AB)

Interesting/Non-Mizzou News

These are a few of the best sports stories & tidbits I found regarding some goings-on in sports and the world— Enjoy!

• Howard Frendrich of the Associated Press (via the Missourian) wrote that athletes are weary about the virus and testing upon return.
• Missed the first virtual St. Louis Sports on Tap event on Wednesday night? (I didn’t) Check it out here for your Mizzou, SLU, Blues, & Cards content from your favorite STL P-D columnists!
• The new E60 film on Roy Halladay debuts tonight at 8pm CST on ESPN. It’s premiering on the 10th anniversary of Halladay’s perfect game against the Marlins. Jeremy Schaap spoke with former Cardinal (and one of my all-time faves) Chris Carpenter about his friendship with Halladay for Outside the Lines. Carp also was interviewed in an article for CBS Sports by RJ Anderson prior to the premiere.

• On the new Scoops with Danny Mac, he chatted with hometown World Series legend, David Freese about what St. Louis means to him and much, much more. Love Freeser.

• Speaking of baseball, man, they are really screwing over a lot of minor leaguers, aren’t they? According to reports by Jeff Passan, hundreds of minor leaguers were cut on Thursday and lost their jobs, and MANY more are coming. Here was former Mizzou Tiger Trey Harris’ comments:

• Benjamin Hochman of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch examined some of the “zany” things that could happen in the NHL’s proposed postseason.
• And I’ll leave with this video of a VERY ferocious dog, courtesy of the greatest Twitter follow ever, Rex Chapman.

• And what the hell? Here’s one more, featuring some teddy bears on a roller coaster. Are we sure they aren’t... alive?

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