Eye on the Tigers

Episode 58 • From the Kelly Bryant Effect, to which receivers and pass rushers might emerge, fall camp offers some fascinating story lines for Barry Odom’s Mizzou football team. In this edition of the Eye on the Tigers podcast, Post-Dispatch Mizzou beat w

Episode 57 • Mizzou fans who are eager to see new Tigers quarterback Kelly Bryant in action -- so, every Mizzou fan -- will get their first chance during Saturday's Black & Gold scrimmage. In this edition of the Eye on the Tigers podcast, Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter and Ben Frederickson break down their spring football observations and highlight key story lines to observe as the season-opener at Wyoming approaches. Bryant is the big story, but he's not the only one. Matter and Frederickson point to players who must emerge to make a difference, and reflect on how head coach Barry Odom has adapted during his time on the job.

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Episode 57 • Mizzou fans who are eager to see new Tigers quarterback Kelly Bryant in action -- so, every Mizzou fan -- will get their first chance during Saturday's Black & Gold scrimmage. In this edition of the Eye on the Tigers podcast, Mizzou beat writ

Episode 56 • Mizzou men's basketball sharpshooter Mark Smith is out for the rest of the season, and the Tigers basketball team seems to be running on empty. Good thing football is right around the corner. In this edition of the Eye on the Tigers podcast, Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter and sports columnist Ben Frederickson preview the Tigers' upcoming spring practices and set the stage for quarterback Kelly Bryant's one-and-done season with the team, a season that will now move forward beneath the clouds of NCAA uncertainty. The two also discuss Smith's setback and Sophie Cunningham's senior day. All that and more on this week's edition of the Eye on the Tigers podcast.

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Episode 56 • Mizzou men's basketball sharpshooter Mark Smith is out for the rest of the season, and the Tigers basketball team seems to be running on empty. Good thing football is right around the corner. In this edition of the Eye on the Tigers podcast,

Episode 55 • Legendary Mizzou basketball coach Norm Stewart once said helping him land star recruit (and budding broadcast student) Derrick Chievous was about the only good thing the Missouri School of Journalism did for him during his coaching career. But this podcast should count as two. In this edition of the Eye on the Tigers podcast, Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter and sports columnist Ben Frederickson revisit Chievous' rise to stardom as a Tiger before his number is retired during the upcoming basketball game between Mizzou and Tennessee. The two also talk Tigers hoops, men's and women's. And then the conversation turns toward a detailed breakdown of Mizzou's ongoing appeal of the NCAA sanctions handed down from the academic fraud case. Matter answers the biggest questions about the appeal, of which there are many.

Episode 55 • Legendary Mizzou basketball coach Norm Stewart once said helping him land star recruit (and budding broadcast student) Derrick Chievous was about the only good thing the Missouri School of Journalism did for him during his coaching career. Bu

Episode 54 •

They lost? Really? How? In this edition of the Eye on the Tigers podcast, sports columnist Ben Frederickson and Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter recap how the Missouri men's basketball team let a big win against No. 25 LSU get away late. It took a combination of mistakes, injuries, foul trouble and at least one whistle that still makes little sense. The duo also discuss Drew Lock's draft standing after last weekend's Senior Bowl. Like what you hear? Please consider subscribing.

Episode 54 • They lost? Really? How? In this edition of the Eye on the Tigers podcast, sports columnist Ben Frederickson and Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter recap how the Missouri men's basketball team let a big win against No. 25 LSU get away late. It too

Episode 53 • Jeremiah Tilmon has played about 30 minutes in each of the Missouri men's basketball team's past three games combined.

That's not going to cut it.

How do the Tigers keep their foul-prone sophomore center on the court?

In this edition of the Eye on the Tigers podcast, sports columnist Ben Frederickson and Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter dive into Tilmon's foul trouble, and how to fix and/or work around it.

After the conversation switches to football, the two share their understanding of linebacker coach Brian Odom, Barry's brother, departing for the same job at Oklahoma.​

Jeff Thomas and Albert O. also come up.