Around The Waves

In the 69th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale and Ben Schmidt welcome Mizzou Hockey's Nick Spolec. The crew begins the day with a Mizzou football preview as the Tigers have a tough task at hand this weekend against No. 5 Tennessee. Mizzou football's path to bowl eligibility this season became more difficult after last weekend's heartbreak loss against Kentucky in front of th...

In the 68th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ben Schmidt, and Ryan Waelterman begin the day with a Mizzou football preview as the Tigers return to the friendly confines to host SEC rival Kentucky. This weekend's contest marks the 13th meeting in a series, which dates to 1965. Last weekend, Mizzou reclaimed the Mayor's Cup after defeating South Carolina on the road to earn...

In the 67th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Ben Schmidt and Ryan Waelterman welcome Adam Runge onto the show. Around The Waves begins the day with a Mizzou football preview with the Battle of Columbia. In other words, the Tigers take on ranked South Carolina this weekend on the road. Missouri finally got over the SEC hump this past weekend by narrowly defeating Vanderbilt to earn thei...

In the 65th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ben Schmidt, and Ryan Waelterman begin the day with a Mizzou football preview as the Tigers host Vanderbilt for their homecoming game. Both teams are still looking for their first SEC victory. As Mizzou football kicks off the second half of the season, they hope to fix its sputtering offense against a team that has struggled def...

In the 64th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ben Schmidt, and Ryan Waelterman welcome Adam Runge onto the show.  Around The Waves begin the day with America's Pastime – the MLB playoffs. After an absolutely thrilling wild-card weekend, four teams are moving on to the Division Series, where they will face one of the four teams that received first-round byes. Ben, Ryan,...

In the 63rd episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, and Ben Schmidt begin the day with a Mizzou football preview as the Tigers travel to the swamp to take on the Florida Gators. The Tigers are still looking for their first SEC victory. Missouri had the college football world and the top-ranked and defending national champion Georgia Bulldoggs on upset alert for most of the game l...

In the 62nd episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ben Schmidt, and Ryan Waelterman welcome Mizzou Hockey's Nick Spolec. Around The Waves begins the day with a Mizzou football preview as the Tigers host the reigning national champions and No. 1 team in the country – the Georgia Bulldogs. It has been a tough week for Mizzou football players and fans because of the heartbreaking l...

In the 60th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ben Schmidt, and Ryan Waelterman begin the day with a Mizzou football preview as the Tigers return to the friendly confines to host Abilene Christian. The Tigers are coming off a brutal loss to the Kansas State Wildcats last weekend 40-12, where they couldn't generate any sort of offense. The Abilene Christian Wildcats serve as...

In the 59th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ben Schmidt, and Ryan Waelterman begin the day with a Mizzou football preview as the Tigers travel to the Little Apple to take on the Kansas State Wildcats. The last time these two schools met was on October 8th, 2011. The Wildcats won that game 24-17 in Manhattan. Both teams won their opening games last weekend in convincing fa...

In the 57th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ben Schmidt, and Ryan Waelterman begin the day with a Mizzou football preview and what they expect from Missouri head football coach Eli Drinkwitz and his team during his third season with the Tigers. Around The Waves transitions to America's pastime (The MLB) and debate if the Baltimore Orioles, one of baseball's pleasant surpr...

In the 56th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ben Schmidt, and Ryan Waelterman begin the day with the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Ryan and Luca recap the St. Louis Blues and Minnesota Wild series and its storyline. Furthermore, they discuss if the Toronto Maple Leafs can eliminate the Tampa Bay Lightning in a must-win Game 7. Toronto hasn't won a playoff series since 2004. Al...

In the 55th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ben Schmidt, and Ryan Waelterman begin the day with the "Take A Swing" segment, where they debate if Mizzou baseball can capture a crucial SEC series win against the Ole Miss Rebels on the road. The Tigers find themselves with an opportunity to make the SEC tournament with three SEC opponents remaining. The Tigers and Rebels ent...

SPORTS SATURDAY! Luca Vitale and Ryan Waelterman welcome Wilson Truong onto the show. The crew runs through the first round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.

In the 54th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ben Schmidt, and Ryan Waelterman welcome Justin Craft onto the show. The crew begins the show with the "Take A Swing" segment, where they discuss how Mizzou baseball gets back to their winning ways amid a four-game losing streak heading into the weekend. The Tigers were stunned by in-state rival Missouri State on Tuesday night w...

In the 53rd episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ben Schmidt, and Ryan Waelterman begin the show with the "Take A Swing" segment, where they debate if Mizzou baseball should be ranked with their recent success. The Tigers have hit 10 games over .500 for the season with a victory over in-state rival Missouri State 6-5 on Wednesday night. The Tigers concluded a five-game homesta...

In the 52nd episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ben Schmidt, and Ryan Waelterman welcome baseball aficionado Adam Runge onto the show. The crew begins the show with the "Take A Swing" segment, where they debate the bigger story this spring — Mizzou baseball's success or Mizzou softball's struggles. The Missouri softball team opened the season ranked No. 8 in the nation thanks...

In the 51st episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, and Ben Schmidt begin the day with the "Take A Swing" segment, where they discuss if the Missouri baseball team is for real, given their 12-2 start. Missouri heads to No. 4 Vanderbilt for the opening weekend of SEC action. Vanderbilt swept Missouri in a weekend series in 2021. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 CST. Furthermore,...

In the 50th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ben Schmidt, and Ryan Waelterman begin the day with the "Take A Swing" segment, where they discuss if the Missouri baseball team is legit, following an eighth-inning collapse against Gonzaga on Wednesday afternoon. Relievers Tony Neubeck and Ian Lohse gave up a combined 5 runs in that contest. The Tigers head out west to battle...

In the 49th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ben Schmidt, and Ryan Waelterman begin the day with the "Nothing But Net" segment, where they discuss if the Missouri men's basketball team can snap their six-game losing streak against the Georgia Bulldogs tomorrow, to end their regular season on a high note. Furthermore, the crew debates if the Mizzou women's basketball team c...

In the 48th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, and Ben Schmidt welcome Mizzou Club Hockey defenseman Shaun Carier onto the show. Around The Waves begins the day with the "Nothing But Net" segment, where they discuss if the Missouri men's basketball team needs a coaching change as the season is nearing an end. Furthermore, the crew debates what's wrong with the Mizzou women's...

In the 47th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ryan Waelterman, and Ben Schmidt begin the day with the "Nothing But Net" segment, where they discuss if the Missouri men's basketball team can earn their tenth victory of the season tomorrow against Ole Miss for the seventh annual Rally for Rhyan contest, following a self-inflicted loss against Vanderbilt on Tuesday evening. Fu...

In the 46th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ryan Waelterman, and Ben Schmidt begin the day with the "Nothing But Net" segment, where they discuss if the Missouri men's basketball team can return the favor to the Texas A&M Aggies with a victory, following a disappointing loss against Florida on Tuesday evening. Furthermore, the crew debates what the main reason was tha...

In the 44th episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale, Ryan Waelterman, and Ben Schmidt begin the day with the "Nothing But Net" segment, where they debate if the Missouri men's basketball team can ride their momentum from Tuesday's victory over Ole Miss and upset the Alabama Crimson Tide for the second time this season. Furthermore, the crew debates what the victory meant for Mizzo...

In the 43rd episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale and Ben Schmidt welcome Mickey Doolittle onto the show. Around The Waves opens the show with Mickey Doolittle and Luca Vitale listing their top 5 Super Bowl favorites. Following their Super Bowl rankings, Luca Vitale gives his Legendary List of the top 5 NFL Teams entering action into week 14. The crew then transitions to more NF...

In the 42nd episode of Around The Waves on KCOU 88.1 FM, Luca Vitale and Ben Schmidt welcome Matthew Newkirk onto the show. Around The Waves opens the show with the "Nothing But Net" segment, where Matthew provides the history of the Mizzou and Kansas rivalry. Following the history lecture, the crew debates if the Mizzou men's basketball team has a chance tomorrow against the Jayhawks. Game action...