Eye on the Tigers

First-year Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz has coached his Tigers to four wins in their last five games. The Tigers are getting some love in the national coaches' poll, and could creep into the AP Top-25 and perhaps even the College Football Playoff rankings with a strong finish. In this episode of the Eye On The Tigers Podcast, Post-Dispatch Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter and sports colu...

Down a defensive coordinator and more than a few players, the Missouri football team found a way to win a road game at South Carolina after a 20-day COVID-caused delay. What would have been a big game against Arkansas has been shifted back due to the Razorbacks' COVID situation, meaning the Tigers now shift gears to Vanderbilt. In this edition of the Eye On The Tigers Podcast, Mizzou beat writer D...

A Missouri football team that has been sidelined due to COVID-19 protocols since its loss at Florida on Oct. 31 is hoping to be back in action at South Carolina on Saturday. In this edition of the Eye On The Tigers Podcast, Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter and sports columnist Ben Frederickson break down where things stand as of Thursday morning in terms of the latest COVID testing. The duo also dis...

In this edition of the Eye On The Tigers Podcast, Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter ​and sports columnist Ben Frederickson break down a busy week in Missouri sports that included a football postponement, a basketball coin flip and the addition of Cuonzo Martin's latest recruiting class. Matter updates listeners on the football team's latest COVID-19 situation and more. See omnystudio.com/li...

Dan Mullen and his Florida Gators football team were once considered a contender for the SEC East. After a two-week shutdown due to a COVID outbreak, is that still the case? In this edition of the Eye On The Tigers Podcast, Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter and sports columnist Ben Frederickson review the Tigers' second consecutive win and look ahead to the showdown in the Swamp. That's if there's a...

If that headline sounds familiar, it should. The Missouri football team has not beaten the football Wildcats in five seasons. In this edition of the Eye On The Tigers Podcast, Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter and sports columnist Ben Frederickson break down the keys that could help first-year Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz snap the trend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tigers first-year coach Eli Drinkwitz's signature win against defending champion LSU was still fresh when the team found out its next game against Vanderbilt was postponed due to the Commodores' COVID situation. In this edition of the Eye On The Tigers Podcast, Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter and sports columnist Ben Frederickson share their final thoughts on Saturday's upset and discuss if there c...

Mizzou's night game against No. 17 LSU has been changed into a day game in CoMo. In this edition of the Eye On The Tigers Podcast, Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter and sports columnist Ben Frederickson break down the hurricane implications that led to the change, and the scramble it created on both campuses. The two also dive into Mizzou's loss to Tennessee and LSU's 1-1 start after winning las...

A ranked Tennessee team got an early Halloween scare on the road against unranked South Carolina in week one of SEC football action. In this week's Eye On The Tigers Podcast, Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter and sports columnist Ben Frederickson discuss if Mizzou can turn the positives it showed in a season-opening defeat to Alabama into an upset in Knoxville. The two also break down the latest...

What are fair expectations for Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz's first season? That's the topic of this week's Eye On The Tigers Podcast as Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter and sports columnist Ben Frederickson introduce the Tigers' powerful season-opening opponent, and explore the unknowns of a COVID-impacted 2020 SEC season. Don't miss Matter's weekly pick of the SEC's most interesti...

The Big Ten's rush to punt football this fall resulted in almost immediate backpedaling. Now four of the five Power-5 conferences will play. Meanwhile the Tigers are becoming an example of how COVID can impact roster depth due how testing protocols sideline players for weeks due to positive tests, or just interactions with a potential positive teammate. In this edition of the Eye On The Tiger...

TCU transfer Shawn Robinson is impressing Mizzou coaches with his quarterback play, Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter reports in this week's Eye on the Tigers podcast. Columnist Ben Frederickson and Matter break down the Tigers' latest COVID-related challenge, dive into the offensive line depth chart and discuss the strengths of Robinson, who could be leading Mizzou onto the field against Alabama See...

In this edition of the Eye on the Tigers Podcast, Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter and sports columnist Ben Frederickson discuss how Tigers football coach Eli Drinkwitz and basketball coach Cuonzo Martin are handling both the COVID-19 pandemic and our nation's ongoing dialogue about racial inequalities. Mizzou athletes have planned a social justice demonstration for Wednesday, and Matter details wha...

In this edition of the Eye on the Tigers Podcast, Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter and sports columnist Ben Frederickson break down the Tigers' all-SEC schedule, introduce fans to two new receivers they need to know and handicap the mysterious and ongoing QB competition. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The college landscape is going to look a lot different this fall, but the past two weeks have shown the Power 5 programs are going to give it a shot when it comes to playing through the pandemic. In this episode of the Eye on the Tigers Podcast, Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter and sports columnist Ben Frederickson discuss the biggest news of the week on the college football front, including player-...

The time for happy talk is over. In this edition of the Eye on the Tigers podcast, sports columnist Ben Frederickson and Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter discuss the shift college football leaders have made, from crossing their fingers and hoping for the best, to getting real about the changes that will hopefully give the sport its best chance to happen in 2020. What would college sports look like i...