Tigers Tailgates and Friends

You’ll discover how Mizzou football and Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries formed a partnership to put smiles on the faces of children. Joe Knight development director shares the story of how wonderful this program is for the community. Find out how you can help this program what it means to the kids and foster parents.

Shannon Welker, Head Coach of Mizzou Gymnastics gets the very best from his athletes. Learn how he made his way to Mizzou and developed this team into a national power. He’ll talk recruiting, work ethics and passion. Find out why he is A master of coaching and has all-Americans, SEC champions and national champions in his program.

We talk with the Director of Culinary Performances Services at Mizzou Alan Petersen. Find out the ins and outs of feeding the Tiger Athletes at two locations. Learn the whys behind the different foods served and why this isn’t just basic 3 meals a day. You’ll learn why the stock market and weather patterns affect the food service.

My guest is Associate Athletic Director for Strategic Communications, Dave Matter. We’ll explore the early years of Dave covering Mizzou as a newspaper reporter. Then how he got into the position he’s in now and how he works with the outstanding group of Sports information directors under his watch. We’ll talk about the great books he’s written and you’ll find out why he’s as good as it gets. Bein...

My guests today are two of the best high school pitchers in St. Louis. Junior LHP Jackson Smith from Festus High School who is committed to to the Michigan Wolverines of the Big10 and Senior RHP JD Dohrmann from Vianney High School who is committed to Mizzou. You get an inside look at these phenomenal arms “and what makes them tick” we”ll also have our 1st in a 4 part episode on how to plan for a...

My guest is Tiger style NCAA 2-time national champion and 2- time world champion and the newest member of the Mizzou Tigerstyle wrestling coaching staff, Mr. Keegan Otoole. We’ll discuss his introduction to wrestling as a youth and how he trained and readied himself to become a Tiger. We’ll touch on how much harder it is to be a collegiate wrestler and what Ben Askren means to Keegan. We’ll revisi...

My guest is Carlie Isbell, Festus HS and St. Louis Chaos softball player. Focused, driven and committed barely describes this elite softball talent. Find out what makes this young lady tick and how she went from an infielder to one of the best catchers in the area. What drives her and what her goals are for the future. You don’t want to miss the inside scoop on this rising softball athlete.

We’ll give you an update on the north endzone expansion progress. You’ll get an inside look at recruiting and closing the deal. Getting to Como in the fall could be a challenge and we’ll tell you why.

My guest is the Assistant Director of Athletics/ Marketing, Josh Moore. You’ll find out how he made his way to Mizzou and how he prepares for athletic contests at Mizzou. From marketing to songs during timeouts. He’ll even share some comedic moments during tense times at hoops games.

My guest Mizzou Tigerstyle head coach Brian Smith talks about his wrestling program, the championships, the All-Americans and Tigerstyle and the basis for this extraordinary program and what makes the Tigers so successful. He’ll discuss how this program can work as a model for not only sports but in the business world. He’ll talk about his book as well. I’ll also have our recipe of the week and ou...

My guest is Brad Larrondo, Chief Executive Officer of Every True Tiger Foundation. a NIL marketing and branding agency servicing Mizzou Athletics. He’ll tell you all about NIL - what it is and how it works. The truths,the misconceptions, how and where NIL money comes from. At the end he graciously answers many questions from our listeners.

We’ll have an interview about a billboard with the weekly Mizzou football game prediction. We’ll catch up with Tiger Softball, the Mizzou Hall of Fame inductees as well as spring football talk from Drink. We’ll also let you in on a lawsuit involving 2 Mizzou athletes. Well fill you in on Viking softball finish and Tigers in the UFL.

We’ll discuss the end of the regular season of Jeffco Viking softball and the first round of the NJCAA playoffs that the Vikings won. i’ll introduce you to one of the best baseball and softball umpires in the Midwest, Mr. Charles Underwood. You’ll hear of his advancement from the beginning days to working in professional baseball. You’ll find out about an event that was the first of its kind in sp...

Today we’ll discuss the last week of the Viking Softball regular season season and the start of the NJCAA playoffs. We’ll spotlight one of the best junior college pitchers in the area. In the Viking Minute we’ll feature interviews with: a softball dad with important ties to the program, Viking freshman catcher Alexia Chevrolet from Canada,and players of the game from last weekend. Also we’ll have...

Today we share the career, honors, successes and the how he accomplished it all. My guest, Festus High School Baseball and Softball coach Jeff Montgomery will bring us up to date on this outstanding career.

Join me in prayers for the family and friends of Andy Lock, who passed away this past week. I discuss how to meet anxiety head on and give you the tools to live a fuller existence. We’ll give you life quotes to change your mindset. And I’ll share the Best motivational advice shared with me as well as four key things to stop doing immediately to gain a major foothold on your life.

This week we discuss with Viking coach Starkey, giving signs: numerical vs. traditional touch. Pregame bat inspections and the Jeffco softball uniforms. We’ll have more sophomore spotlights, injury update on OFer Camryn Sharp, player of the game and Coach Starkeys post game comments. I have a special interview about “The Wall” and what it means to sophomore players. And as always, our recipe of th...

Join me with my guest Olympic Sports NutritionIst Holly McKee of Mizzou. We’ll discuss the how’s and why’s of feeding high level Tiger athletes, and what it takes to keep these motors running and in tip top performance shape. We’ll catch up with several sports teams and see how they did this past week. As always our recipe of the week and quote of the day.

We’ll revisit the Viking week with player of the game interviews, as well as a new segment The Sophomore Spotlight,where we’ll talk with each sophomore player over the next few episodes. We’ll reveal the results of the preseason poll to find out who’s the worst singer, best dancer and who has the best chatter. We’ll let you know some of the upcoming features as well as our quote of the day and our...

Join us as I reveal,the cost of revenue and what college football has become. My guest today is a victim of what is happening. Find out why the days of walk-on players is over and the toll it’s taken. He’ll share his story and how he’s landed on his feet, what he’s doin and what he will become. We’ll also have our quote of the day and as usual, our recipe of the week.

Join us as we journey through the football career of Mizzou “True Son” QB Brady Cook. They’ll share the beginning as a young Tiger wanna be, when they realized he might just play at the next level. We’ll discuss the early days of taxing QB competition, the emotional highs and lows that a QB’s parents in the SEC have to endure. Find out what they learned about their son and what he’s meant to so ma...

Join me as we go on an emotional ride with a True Son,Brock Olivo and share our journey from a youth in Herman and Washington, Mo, his family of NFL players and his introduction to Larry Smith and the rejuvenation of the Mizzou Football Program. You’ll find out why Brock was so important to Mizzou Football. We travel with him to his days of coaching Italian football and explore his Italian culture...

Today we have the Viking minute with updates from the past week in Jeffco softball and what’s in store for the coming week. My guest, Brett Sarver and I will discuss and bring you up to date on Mizzou Football recruiting and rules from the transfer portal. As always we’ll have our recipe of the week and our always popular quote of the day

Today we kickoff the weekly update of Jeffco Viking Softball. We also have interviews with an unsung hero of the team,bullpen catcher Landon Funderberg. We’ll also speak with Taylor Pannell, Madison Uptegrove, Abby Hay and head coach Larissa Anderson. We’ll share our latest recipe and more in this special softball edison

Each Monday evening thought the season I’ll post a short bonus episode with exclusive content on Jeffco Viking Softball. We’ll recap the previous weeks games and preview the week ahead.