I have two great tickets for BC in the Walsworth Columns Club that I cannot use.

I would like to trade these two for similar tickets to a future game (Vanderbilt, Auburn, Oklahoma, or Arkansas).

Preferably remaining in the same club, but also open to Tiger Lounge or Show Me Club.

I have 4 tickets in section 104 for sale. Row 51 seats 21 and 22 and row 52 seats 22 and 23. All seats come with a chair back. Lot P pass also available. $400 for all

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Drink has got an open bar tab of up to $1100 for the people in attendance at Bud's Classic BBQ tonight.

Speaks glowingly of DC Corey Batoon for how he called the game despite not knowing what to expect. Also, said the special teams did well.

The passing offense isn't where "we want it to be from a rhythm standpoint."

The positive from Brady's overthrows is he's making the right read and he knows where the ball is going to go. He reiterated that he thinks Brady was a little excited and working on a celebration instead of following through on the throw. He said no one was more disappointed than him, but Drink said Cook had a great camp passing the ball and didn't seem worried about Cook moving forward.

Jeremiah Beasley, Brian Huff and Nic Rodriguez played well. Drink is high on Trajen Greco. Every time freshmen come up, he is the first name.

Greco was a late add for the team. He's doing what the team expects him to do which is compete for special teams and defensive reps. He has immense athleticism and can jump high. He pays attention to detail well.

Drink thinks Nic DeLoach did a really good job.

Story on Schrader: He's disappointed to get cut by the Niners and then the next day he's going to sign a practice squad contract with the Niners. Before he gets to SF's facility, the Rams don't even call his agent. They call Schrader and let him know they want to sign him to their 53-man roster and he was at practice a day later.

Drink is really proud of Sam Williams. He's a guy who has made the rotation and Drink seemed overjoyed by his progress.

Jamal Roberts does a nice job of knowing the offense and playing fast.

Jones is good with the ball in his hands and knows

Kewan is explosive with the ball in his hands but he came in June. He needs to learn the playbook more. Also, protect the ball. He fumbled on Thursday but Mizzou recovered.

"We're going to need all five of those guys (running backs) this year."

that may be standard the rest of the year

Sorry, not sorry. Pretty funny


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Section 106
Row 31
Seats 11 & 12

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DB Ja’Marion Wayne, WR Theo Wease and TE Jordon Harris all dressed out in normal practice attire. Didn’t see TE Brett Norfleet.

What a puss. Writing checks he can’t cash.

With Laurence Bowers out and Nick Garner leaving to go to work for Two Circles, how does Mizzou's NIL work now? I assume everything goes through Every True Tiger Brands, but what does that look like?

Does the athletic department more or less use ETTB as the middle man to make deals w/ the athletes? And is anyone replacing those two?

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Gonna have to boost the volume, especially on Tollison, who speaks very quietly

Drink starts by thanking fans for being in the seats. It's the sixth-largest home opener in school history. First time the team held a team to under 100 yards since 2019.

The last drive was all freshmen.

It took the Tigers 4 plays for Mizzou to figure out Murray State. They were expecting a lot of short stuff.

Corey Flagg and Marvin Burks jumped out on film.

Was impressed with the offensive line.

Thought the QB sneak stop on fourth and inches was huge. Said Toriano Pride had a good camp and it was awesome for him to see Pride get that INT TD.

Noel and Carroll did what Drinkwitz expected. He was pleased with how they complemented each other.

He says Brett Norfleet and Luther Burden should be fine.

Was happy with red zone offense and couldn't find issue with the red zone offense although he said he has to look at the film. Team went 7-of-7 in the red zone with four TDs.

"We're where we want to be and now we have to keep improving."

Thought Drew Pyne had a good game outside of that QB run in the red zone (he's joking about his athleticism).

Impressed by kicker Blake Craig, thought he did well.

Helmet communication breakdown at the end of the first half was coaches telling Cook to go and Cook thought to make an adjustment at the line.

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Welcome to Four Down Territory where I’ll give you three thoughts on Missouri football or college football in general. Then, the last thought will be whatever I want it to be.

1. Tigers did what they needed to do and the depth is as advertised.

There was only so much to learn from a Murray State-Mizzou game. My most notable observation was that there were no true slip-ups. It wasn't like last year versus South Dakota and MTSU where you could tell the Tigers were holding back or trying to figure out who they were or what they wanted to put on film.

That wasn’t the case in Week 1.

Brady Cook didn't have his best game, but he still had an adequate showing by completing 19-of-30 passes for 218 yards and a touchdown. The third-year starting quarterback helped lead the team to four scoring drives (three touchdowns) in his two and a half quarters of action. He did leave some points on the board with some overthrown passes but he has one more week to work on that before Mizzou hosts Boston College in Week 3.

His backup Drew Pyne went 10-of-11 for 82 yards and led three scoring drives (one touchdown). Running backs Nate Noel and Marcus Carroll showed they will be a formidable duo out of the backfield to replace Cody Schrader.

The wide receiver group looked good and even though it was Murray State, it's a good sign that a player like Daniel Bood led the team in receptions and receiving yards. How often will the sixth or seventh receiver lead the team in receiving this year? Probably not many more times but it lets you know that the team has actual depth.

On defense, it was even better. The team held the Racers to 85 total yards and no points. I couldn't tell the difference between a first-string defender and a second-team defender.

Starting WILL linebacker Triston Newson had five tackles and a tackle for loss and starting MIKE linebacker Chuck Hicks had two tackles.

Backup MIKE Corey Flagg also had five tackles and a tackle for loss while backup WILL Khalil Jacobs had two tackles and a tackle for loss and Chuck Hicks had two tackles.

Do you see how the production of the linebackers didn't drop off? That's how it felt at every position. The Racers didn't prove to be the most formidable opponent but at least the Racers didn't show signs of life once platoon swaps were made.

During fall camp, head coach Eli Drinkwitzsaid something along the lines of having a real two-deep that he’s happy about, and I see why. It’s only the first week, but could this team be better than last year’s Cotton Bowl team that had six NFL draftees?

2. Apparently, Mizzou's season starts in Week 3.

On my Week 1 bingo card, I didn't have Virginia Tech being upset by Vanderbilt.

The Hokies were supposed to be an upper-echelon ACC team and still might be but losing to Vanderbilt is just something you can't do if you’re trying to compete in the conference.

Virginia Tech received five votes to win the conference in the preseason poll and was selected to finish sixth out of 17 teams. Fortunately for the Hokies, it's 2024. They can lose one game, and win their conference to make the College Football Playoff. They probably can't lose again and still have a road game against Miami (FL) and a home game versus Clemson.

On the flip side, how about Vanderbilt? I’ve been saying, ‘Mizzou’s season doesn't get started until Week 6 at Texas A&M.’ The Commodores shut that narrative down by upsetting a decent Virginia Tech team, meaning when they roll into Columbia in Week 4 they'll likely be 3-0 with a credible win.

Boston College also proved last night that I shouldn’t be overlooking them with their showing versus Florida State. Part of that could be that Florida State is not a good team but the Eagles still had to go to Tallahassee and do the job.

So, Mizzou’s next two opponents following Buffalo are better than I thought. Do I think either of them will beat Missouri? No. But Mizzou has to show up. I don’t think they can sleepwalk to wins.

I’m willing to bet most people (myself included) believe that Vandy was a glorified Group of 5 team disguised as an SEC team. Some may still think that and I don't know if that's wise.

Quarterback Diego Pavia looked the part. He completed 12-of-16 passes for 190 yards and two touchdowns. He also had 26 rushes for 104 yards and the game-winning touchdown in overtime. I don’t know how well Vandy will do, but it probably won’t be the dumpster fire most people expect it to be with the reigning SEC Player of the Week at the helm.

This is why I’m glad the games are played on the field and not on paper.

3. True ballers I noticed over the weekend.

Contrary to popular belief, I don’t get to see too many college football games live because I’m at Missouri’s games. Fortunately, Mizzou played on Thursday and I watched college football on one of my last three free Saturdays until the end of the regular season.

I got to see some people ball out and I just wanted to talk about who caught my eye.

Miami quarterback Cam Ward, Vanderbilt’s Pavia, USC quarterback Miller Moss and wide receiver Kyron Hudson, LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier and wide receiver Kyren Lacy.

I’ve seen Ward highlights from his time at Washington State but I’m not going to lie and tell you I stayed up late after a Mizzou game to watch him. So, watching his debut for Miami (FL) at Florida was my true introduction and I was impressed.

His game is effortlessly smooth. He’d break a run for about 10-15 yards and get to the sidelines and basically walk out of bounds. He just seemed self-aware at all times and can sling the ball.

Ward completed 26-of-35 passes for 385 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. He also had three carries for 33 yards in the 41-17 win in Gainesville.

I already talked about Pavia but again, I was thoroughly impressed. I know it’s one game but he seems like he can be a real problem for teams in the future.

Moss was phenomenal in USC's 27-20 win over LSU. He completed 27-of-36 passes for 378 yards and a touchdown. He completed 12 passes that were 15 yards or more and more impressively, he didn’t look like a guy making his first regular-season start.

On that final drive, he helped walk LSU down beautifully. He completed 5-of-6 passes for 49 yards on that drive, which included the sideline throw to Hudson, who made his second one-handed catch of the game for a first down plus the extra 15 yards to put the Trojans in field goal range following the targeting penalty.

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Speaking of Hudson, he looked awesome. He started the game by making a one-handed catch in double coverage for a 24-yard gain. He led the Trojans with five receptions for 83 yards.

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On the other side, I was impressed by Nussmeier. Another quarterback who made his first regular-season start. He played well and gave his team a chance to win that's all you can ask for when he's following up a Heisman-winning quarterback.

He completed 29-of-38 passes for 304 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. I won’t weigh the interception as much because it came on LSU’s final offensive play in what would’ve likely not resulted in a touchdown, anyway.

He was efficient and he was dropping dimes.

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However, Lacy popped on my TV immediately. He finished the game with a game-high seven receptions for 94 yards and a touchdown. Four of his receptions came on the opening drive, including the touchdown (and yes, his penalty was dumb after the play). Also, six of his receptions resulted in first downs.

I don’t know if he will be as good as Malik Nabers, Justin Jefferson or Ja’Marr Chase but when I watched him play I said, ‘ Oh, he’s the new No. 1 receiver. He’s the next wide receiver up for them.’

I think he's going to be really good.

4. What's the superior three-day weekend? Friday-Sunday or Saturday-Monday?

Labor Day weekend just passed and it has me thinking about what is the better three-day weekend, Friday-Saturday or Saturday-Monday.

The first one feels like a luxury. Most people will do whatever they want after school or work on Fridays anyway, but who is going to turn down an opportunity to get the fun started a few hours earlier? Plus, the finish line of the week just got shorter if the work week or business week ends on Thursday.

For Saturday-Monday, it really feels like a four-day weekend and it shorts the next week. So, we just discussed what happens on Friday regardless of if it's an off day or not. Saturday is Saturday (I hope I'm not supposed to tell you how good Saturdays are) and now Sunday becomes another Saturday. Monday becomes a recovery day or something where you do something small and simple. Plus, when you go back to work or school you're 20% closer to the end of the workweek/business week being completed.

Personally, I’ll take having Monday off over Fridays.

Which is the best three-day weekend for you? And no, you can’t say both.

Drink thanks fans again for fans last Thursday and the student section for being great and it helped the team start fast.

He thought Luke Bauer and Blake Craig had great games. He called this Bauer's best game punting.

He thought the offense started fast but needs to be more efficient in the passing game.

Called Buffalo HC Pete Lembo one of the great program rebuilders.

The challenge this week will be stopping the zone read and option reads to limit Buffalo's QB.

Drink was happy with how the defense played from start to finish last week vs. MSU. A lot of people earned opportunities to play. There has been some moves on the special teams depth chart to get some guys to play. Named Nic Rodriguez and Trajen Greco as a couple of players who stood out.

Said Cook has to be more accurate and it starts with his fundamentals and the same goes with the WRs.

3-1-7 defense package is a third down package to be able to have the most speed on the field and allows the team to play man-to-man and have someone guard the slot.

Expect starters to play the whole game coming up this weekend and he expects it to be a dogfight. Last week, when it became 35-0 he saw enough of what he needed to see. Saw enough from Brady Cook, Theo Wease was already a bit banged up and Tollison has had enough snaps.

Front 7 of Mizzou's defense, Drink feels really good about the depth. He thinks that rotation will continue and doesn't see a drop-off in production. Think the team is six deep at DT. Sam Williams has earned a spot in the rotation.

Blake Craig was tagged as the guy to follow Mevis in fall camp last year. he repped with the first team sometime last year to send a message to Mevis. The same thing happened with Craig this camp with Nick Quadrini.

He thought the helmet communication was fine.

Injury report will be updated on Wednesday.

In order to be good offensively you have to have a good starting 5 OL. "They have to work backward and move immovable objects."

Luther Burden's fumble was supposed to be a pitch so it could've been incomplete but LB3 went through the hands of the quarterback instead of being one yard in front of the QB.

Shaun Dolac is the reigning MAC DPOTW he was a first-team All-MAC selection in 2022. He's consistent with what they see in the SEC and he can do things in the box and get in the backfield but Mizzou also has to watch out for him in the pass game. He had 11 tackles, two TFLs, a sack and an interception vs Lafayette.

Approach hasn't changed to using starters vs. FCS teams. Won't hold people out of games because of the non-conference schedule. The question was because of what happened to Florida State QB Jordan Travis vs. an FCS opponent last year, would Drink consider holding some players out in non-conference games. But Drink is playing to win and injuries happen.

We’ve cracked the top-10. Doesn’t mean much this early in the season, but it’s nice to see.

No other real surprises. A&M dropping out is kind of funny.

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What the hell happened?

Zollers finished 7-of-18 for 88 yards with three interceptions.