It's South Dakota week. Columbia Missourian Mizzou football beat writer Wendell Shepherd joins the show to give his takes on what he's seen at fall camp, the QB battle, the WR room, the defense, injuries including LB Chad Bailey's timeline and a ton more. He also gives his thoughts on Williams Nwaneri's Oklahoma gear & subsequent freakout by Mizzou fans and a unique situation with a fake commit. We also talked a little Mizzou men's hoops as the Tigers finalized their non-conference schedule with a very funny video announcement & and another iconic Sean East soundbite (00:00:00-00:40:27).

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Mizzou football is six days away from its opening game against South Dakota. We talk watchlists after six Tigers were selected to the Preseason Coaches All-SEC teams and several earned a spot on the watch list for the Senior Bowl. We also talk about Mizzou's 13th commit in the Class of 2024, DE Jaylen Brown, other recruiting news for football, baseball, a Futurecast for men's hoops' five-star 2024 target Jayden Quaintance and a quick recap of Mizzou soccer's second win of the season (00:00:00-00:29:48)

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Mizzou's QB competition continues to heat up as Brady Cook and Sam Horn battle for the job. We break down what we learned from the Tigers' open practice at Faurot Field on Saturday, some awesome news for walk-on Ben Straatmann & not so good news about Dre Kirkpatrick Jr., injury updates and who Mizzou's captains will be. We also talk Mizzou hoops as 2024 five-star center Jayden Quaintance & three-star prospect Trent Burns will both take visits next month + Mizzou soccer smoked SEMO 4-0 in its opening game of the season (00:00:00-00:26:35).

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Eli Drinkwitz has done it. Mizzou football successfully landed five-star defensive lineman Williams Nwaneri. We talk all about his commitment, what it means for Drink, the future of the program and other top 2024 recruits that Mizzou is chasing including Ryan Wingo & Dre Kirkpatrick Jr. We break down some Mizzou fall camp updates including a probable starting O-Line in 2023 that features a couple of surprises. We talk Mizzou hoops after the Tigers landed in the top eight for 2024 four-star PF Ryan Jones and the date for the Braggin' Rights game is set. We also talk a little Mizzou baseball after Kerrick Jackson hired two newcomers to his coaching staff (00:00:00-00:29:50).

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We finish the show with Max doing a Mount Rushmore of fast food chains (1:41:18-2:28:31).

After Jeremiah McClellan unsurprisingly announced his commitment to Ohio State we got some big predictions in favor of Mizzou for another of their top targets, Williams Nwaneri. Plus updates from fall camp including Drinkwitz making a few subtle comments on the QB battle and some big news for Payton's favorite center Connor Tollison. We also had some Tigers in the NFL this weekend and a recent price drop on concessions at Memorial Stadium has the boys upset. We also talk Mizzou men's hoops including the Tigers' confirmed non-conference games & their jump in the 2024 recruiting rankings after Dennis Gates landed another four-star commit and it doesn't seem like he's done yet (00:00:00-00:37:05).

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As Mizzou football still searches for its QB1 the candidates got a chance to throw in front of some Tiger royalty this week after Chase Daniel came to visit. We talk about that as well as the latest in recruiting for Mizzou baseball & men's hoops as Dennis Gates has a chance to lock down possibly the best recruiting class in school history (00:00:00-00:17:34).

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247Sports Midwest Recruiting Analyst Allen Trieu joins the show to talk about his crystal ball for Ryan Wingo to Mizzou, the Tigers' chances to land Williams Nwaneri & Jeremiah McClellan and how Eli Drinkwitz and co have helped Mizzou football compete for big recruits. We also talk about the state of recruiting in the era of NIL and realignment, what it's like to be a recruiting analyst, Allen's comedy career & opening for Hannibal Buress and his future in the world of pickleball (00:49:43-1:26:32).

We finish the show with a Mount Rushmore of non-sports video games (1:26:32-1:43:01).

Dennis Gates landed his second commit in the Class of 2024 as four-star forward Marcus Allen announced he would join the Tigers. We talk about his commitment, where Mizzou stands in college basketball for 2024 recruiting and a third 2024 commit that could be coming to COMO, four-star center Peyton Marshall. We also talk a little Mizzou football recruiting and some Mizzou track & field as a Tiger became a champion (00:00:00-00:19:12).

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Fall camp is underway for Mizzou football. We break down the stories, including the Tigers' new indoor facility, the QB battle and Harrison Mevis. We also got a lot of recruiting news for football and men's basketball, including the dates for football targets Jeremiah McClellan, Williams Nwaneri and Dre Kirkpatrick Jr. and hoops targets Marcus Allen and Peyton Marshall. We talk about where Mizzou stands for each guy and who will most likely join Dennis Gates' and Eli Drinkwitz's squads (00:00:00-00:32:23).

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Mizzou football is set to begin fall camp. We preview the main storylines including the race to win the QB job, the expectations for the Wide Receiver core and Offensive Line and personnel changes on defense as Blake Baker and co. look to build off of an impressive season in 2022. We give an update on football recruiting targets Williams Nwaneri and Jeremiah McClellan after Nwaneri picked up Mizzou predictions from two Rivals recruiting analysts and McClellan took a visit to MU (00:00:00-00:22:11).

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Mizzou football has turned up the heat on recruiting five-star DL Williams Nwaneri and WR Ryan Wingo. We discuss the Twitter (X) hype from Eli Drinkwitz, other staff members and current Mizzou commit James Madison II, what it all means, where Mizzou stands and when we can expect decisions to be made by the two in-state products. We also talk some Mizzou men's hoops including D'Moi Hodge's return to the British Virgin Islands after becoming the first player from the BVI to sign with an NBA team when he inked a two-way deal with the Lakers. We also talk a bit of recruiting as Dennis Gates continues to be linked to plenty of future talent including the two sons of a former NBA great (00:00:00-00:22:35).

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