National Signing Day 2.0 has come and gone, and as per usual with the new early signing period, it was a rather uneventful event for Missouri (and all of College Football in general).
There were, however, a couple of surprises. Unfortunately, Missouri couldn’t seal the deal with Omaha, Nebraska OT Deshawn Woods due to grade situations, and now he’s Wyoming bound.
OT
— Wyoming Cowboy Football (@wyo_football) February 2, 2022
✍️ @Deshawnwoods8 #NSD22 • #RideForTheBrand pic.twitter.com/IZnUWic5HR
Woods, a four-star recruit is a tough one to lose who would’ve been a pretty big addition to Mizzou’s offensive line, but sometimes things just don’t work out.
Though, Missouri didn’t come away empty handed at the position as offensive lineman Curtis Peagler has officially committed. Peagler is ranked as a three-star on 247Sports and Rivals from Demopolis, Alabama.
Snow day? No way!
— Mizzou Football (@MizzouFootball) February 2, 2022
Comin' in hot ... welcome @PeaglerCurtis!#Zou22 x #MIZ pic.twitter.com/Lx7Z2x8RVX
Mizzou also officially announced the previous commitment signings of Ty’ron Hopper , Ian Mathews, Tyler Stephens, and Carmycah Class.
So, where does Missouri’s 2022 recruiting class currently rank among certain services?
- On Rivals, the Tigers are 17th in the country.
- On 247Sports, they rank 14th, (and 11th in the transfer rankings).
- From On3 Recruits: 15th in the country
- ($$) And from ESPN: 11th in the country
Basically, the best recruiting class in program history? Sign me up!
#Mizzou currently has the 17th ranked recruiting class in the country, according to Rivals. That would go down as the best class for MU since Rivals began tracking such things 20 years ago.
— Brandon Kiley (@BKSportsTalk) February 3, 2022
It’s also the 8th ranked class in the SEC & would be 10th if you include Texas & OU.
Moving on, it was fun to see some random Wednesday afternoon basketball. But man, once again, it was another tough, tough loss.
Final. pic.twitter.com/1wyO3fSP5O
— Mizzou Hoops (@MizzouHoops) February 2, 2022
This one hurts. Mizzou is 0-3 in their last three home games, and those three losses have come by a combined five points. So.....yes, they’re close, but at some point — they need to turn it into wins. A home game against an average Florida team without Colin Castleton is certainly a missed opportunity.
Cuonzo certainly appreciated the effort to get the game in.
Tough, tough loss today.
— Cuonzo Martin (@CuonzoMartin) February 3, 2022
Special, special thank you to our @mizzou athletics, facilities and fans, and the road crew for making it possible. Stay safe!
Onto the links. M-I-Z!
Yesterday at Rock M
- Josh Matejka had the Mizzou Hoops Preview of Florida
- In Brandon Kiley’s 2022 Mizzou Football Recruiting Class Superlatives, he writes that The Most Important Recruiting Victory is Sam Horn
- Kortay Vincent had the Game Thread of Mizzou vs Florida
- Game Story from Kortay Vincent: Appleby’s Late Game Heroics Overpower Tigers
More Links:
(STLToday)
- From remade staff to transfer surge, changes galore for Mizzou in Drinkwitz’s third season, writes Dave Matter
- Game story from Dave Matter: Another late-game collapse dooms Mizzou at home
(KCStar)
- Missouri Tigers football signs historic 2022 recruiting class. Lila Bromberg takes a look at who’s on board
- Game story from Lila Bromberg: Missouri Tigers give up another lead and lose to Florida in final seconds
(Columbia Missourian)
- WBB from Shannon Mia Belt: MU hosts the Rebels in home conference match up
- Jones’ stellar first half for Florida downs MU men’s basketball, writes Anthony Kristensen
- From Kenny Van Doren: MU men’s track and field breaks into Top 25
- In Jack Soble’s latest notebook: Drinkwitz discusses transfers, more at Signing Day news conference
- Late-game lead yet again not safe in Missouri’s loss to Florida, writes Matt Brolley
(Columbia Daily Tribune)
- Chris Kwiecinski writes how Mizzou eased losing a 4-star prospect on signing day, and why the transfers are exciting
- From Chris Kwiecinski: Takeaways from Mizzou Basketball’s 66-65 loss to Florida in snowy matinee
(Miscellaneous/Tweets)
- On the latest Inside Mizzou Athletics Podcast, Mizzou Wrestling Head Coach Brian Smith joined Matt Michaels and Brad Trenago. Give it a listen!
- Mizzou Men’s Track and Field comes in at No. 18 in the latest polls!
— Mizzou Track & Field (@MizzouTFXC) February 2, 2022
Our men's team broke into the - in this week's national USTFCCCA poll #Compete4Missouri pic.twitter.com/30S7dFbx3r
- This is honestly pretty incredible to see
Mizzou Football #10 National Signing Day ranking. pic.twitter.com/c4VmLoKjUA
— Harold R. Kuntz (@HaroldRKuntz3) February 2, 2022
- ANOTHER BASKETBALL GAME TIME CHANGE: Ole Miss at Mizzou Women’s Basketball will now tip-off at 4:00 p.m. CT this afternoon. It was originally scheduled for 6.
TIME CHANGE
— Mizzou Basketball (@MizzouWBB) February 3, 2022
We will now tip-off at 4 p.m. tomorrow vs. No. 25 Ole Miss.
Students will receive free admission by showing student ID at the door.#OurTownOurTeam pic.twitter.com/en3dQlKEsu
- Hey, if Coach Drink wants you to show up this afternoon, then do it!
Calling ALL STUDENTS. 4pm tomorrow for @MizzouWBB game! SHOW UP & SHOW OUT! #MIZ pic.twitter.com/dUPgLyd1vZ
— Eliah Drinkwitz (@CoachDrinkwitz) February 3, 2022
- Mizzou Women’s Basketball and Robin Pingeton have landed an in-commitment from Ashton Judd, who is from West Plains High School.
BEYOND excited for this next chapter!! #COMMITTED @ericjudd21 @deaunjudd21 @2022assassins @MissouriPhenom @MizzouWBB @CoachPingeton @MizzouCoachPut @ChrisBracey10 pic.twitter.com/3wLf4ieScT
— ashton judd (@ashton_judd) February 3, 2022
- Pretty cool connection here between former Mizzou and now LA Rams TE Kendall Blanton with Kevin Pendleton
This is a true story my dog @KevinP_71 a real one! And @MizzouFootball showed a lot of love this off-season https://t.co/pG97QDOmNg
— KB (@TheKspecial_) February 2, 2022
- ICYMI from Tuesday night: Dave Matter joined Brendan Wiese on The Big 550 KTRS to discuss all things Mizzou Football and Basketball
- Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day from Mizzou Athletics. Some good stuff here.
Celebrating the achievements of women in sports and what is still to come
— Mizzou Swim & Dive (@MizzouSwimDive) February 2, 2022
Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day!#MIZ x #NGWSD pic.twitter.com/OVCOEb6GL7
We’ve come so far thanks to those before us, but there’s more work to do!
— Michaela Transue, M.S. (@MichaelaTransue) February 2, 2022
Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day. #NGWSD https://t.co/rHUPILC1bF
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