T&L SEC Spring Wraparound: Dave Matter of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Preview Missouri

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🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Missouri has treaded water in the SEC the past few seasons, now appears to be a make or break year for Coach Eli Drinkwitz. Brian Hadad speaks with Dave Matter, who covers the Tigers for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, about what they're expecting from Mizzou this upcoming season. Brian Hadad of SportsTalk Mississippi and Robbie Faulk of 24/7 give you the best insight into Mississippi State athletics. We cover the Bulldogs like no one else. This show is a production of SuperTalk Mississippi Media. Learn more at SuperTalk.FM Brought to you by... Strange Brew Coffeehouse - https://strangebrewcoffeehouse.myshopify.com/ College Corner - https://collegecornerstore.com/ Restaurant Tyler - https://www.eatlocalstarkville.com/restaurant-tyler Mississippi Beef Council - https://www.msbeef.org/ Two Brothers - https://www.twobrotherssmokedmeats.com/ Advantage Business Systems - https://www.absms.com/ The Rogue - https://www.therogue.com/ PriorityOne Bank - https://priorityonebank.com/ Dolce Gelato Treats - https://www.facebook.com/dolcestarkville/

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0:00.0	A Super Talk, Mississippi Media Production.
0:04.6	Let's head back to the SEC East in this edition of our SEC Spring Rapparound.
0:09.8	Today we're talking with Dave Madder.
0:10.9	He covers Missouri for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, has been covering the Tigers for quite a long time.
0:17.5	With this Missouri team, last year, they had some really good wins.
0:21.6	They beat South Carolina,
0:24.4	beat Florida, sorry, didn't beat Florida, but had some decent wins, but had some
0:27.9	head-scratching losses.
0:29.7	The loss to Auburn is the one that really stands out to me.
0:32.3	It feels like this is going to be another team in the conference that needs to find more
0:35.9	consistency this year.
0:37.1	Has that been a big watchword thus far this spring?
0:40.7	Yeah, you know, they're just a program that needs to turn the corner.
0:43.7	They've been sitting at 500 for a long time now.
0:47.0	And, you know, Barry Odom was the head coach for four years.
0:49.6	He left with a 500 record.
0:51.9	If you look at just regular season games, Eli Drinkwitz through three years has been 17 and 17.
0:57.5	So they've had some promising wins, and I think that South Carolina won last year definitely
1:03.9	is part of that.
1:05.9	Promising performances that didn't end up in wins, and they played Georgia as well as anybody last year.
1:11.8	But, you know, at the end of the day, close losses don't really amount to much.
1:15.8	That Auburn game, they had won two or three times late, and they found ways to lose.
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