Tiger Tracker

Spoon Finalist For Butkus

Vahe Gregorian — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:07:37 +0000

Mizzou senior linebacker Sean Weatherspoon on Friday was named one of five finalists for the Butkus Award, given annually to the nation’s top linebacker. Weatherspoon leads the Tigers with 93 tackles, including 12 for loss, and has helped ratchet up…

Tiller sidelined by foot injury

Mike Smith — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:40:54 +0000

Mizzou Tigers basketball captain J.T. Tiller has a bone contusion to his left foot and will sit out Sunday’s home game against Texas-Pan American.

Tiller limped off the court early in the second half of Tuesday’s 83-68 win over Tennessee-Martin. He…

MU adds San Diego State to complete 2010 football schedule

Reid Laymance — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:10:06 +0000

San Diego State is the last piece of the puzzle for the 2010 Missouri football schedule after the schools agreed one a one-year deal for San Diego State to play in Columbia on Sept. 18.

The full schedule, which doesn’t look…

MU hoops signs Tony Mitchell from Dallas

Reid Laymance — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:27:20 +0000

The Tigers wrapped up the early signing period by landing Tony Mitchell (6-8, 220) of Dallas.

Mitchell is the fourth member of Mizzou’s recruiting class, joining Kadeem Green (Charlotte, N.C./United Faith), Rick Kreklow (Columbia, Mo. / Rock Bridge) and Phil Pressey…

Intrigue at KU and football coach Mangino

Reid Laymance — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:30:23 +0000

This story from the Associated Press out of Lawrence will be worth tracking today:

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - The University of Kansas said Tuesday it is investigating what it calls a personnel matter concerning football coach Mark Mangino, whose team is…

MU and the bowls: A trip to Arizona for the Insight Bowl?

Reid Laymance — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:58:22 +0000

Now that the Tigers are bowl eligible, the fun can begin on predicting which game they will travel to. With wins over Iowa State and Kansas, the Tigers could be 8-4. How high up the Big 12 food chain that…

Missouri wide receiver Jared Perry out for next two games

Reid Laymance — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:23:55 +0000

Senior WR Jared Perry will miss the remainder of the regular season because of a slight fracture of his right tibia. The injury was suffered in the second quarter of Mizzou’s 38-12 win at Kansas State when he took an…

Pinkel looks for first back-to-back wins since September

Reid Laymance — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:59:52 +0000

Gary Pinkel again is focusing on consistency for his team as it comes to face Iowa State and put together back-to-back wins for first time since September.

“Now it’s about consistency,” he said Monday. “That’s been the story of our team.…

Tigers sign three to basketball letters of intent

Reid Laymance — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:13:50 +0000

Missouri officially signed three players to basketball letters of intent today:

– Kadeem Green (Charlotte, N.C./United Faith), 6-9, 210 power forward

– Rick Kreklow (Columbia, Mo. / Rock Bridge), 6-5, 185 shooting guard.

– Phil Pressey (Dallas, Texas / Episcopal), 5-10, 160, point…

Mizzou women’s soccer team snubbed

Kathleen Nelson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:09:57 +0000

Mizzou’s women’s soccer team became the first regular-season champion in the Big 12 Conference to be excluded from the NCAA Division I tournament.Mizzou failed to secure one of the 34 at-large bids in the 64-team field.

The Tigers (13-6-3, 7-1-2) won…