Missouri has another night game on the home schedule, with the Sept. 19 matchup against Troy now set for a 6:00 p.m. CST kickoff. The school announced the change on Wednesday, and the game will still air on SEC Network Plus.
The Troy game will double as Missouri’s 100th anniversary Memorial Stadium celebration game. It also gives the Tigers their first Saturday game of the season.
With the move, Mizzou now has evening home games scheduled against Arkansas Pine-Bluff on 9/3, Troy on 9/19 and Kentucky on 11/21. The Homecoming game against Florida on Oct. 3 could also wind up in the evening slot, depending on flex TV options.
That puts the program one week away from kickoff.
Elsewhere around Rock M, the conversation has also turned to SEC rules and their impact on Mark Mitchell’s pursuit of a spot on Kentucky’s basketball roster. Under the new rules, multiple reports indicate he would still be eligible to play for the Wildcats because he did not sign an Exhibit 10 contract.
There was also a look at Missouri’s secondary, where Santana Banner is back as one of the team’s most productive defenders. His value goes beyond production, too, with past snaps in the box, at slot, at cornerback and at free safety giving him a rare kind of versatility.
On the tennis side, Alex Ackman is stepping into a bigger role fast. Now in her second year in Columbia, she enters the Robin Goodman era as the only returning player from last season’s roster after a coaching change, departures and a busy offseason reshaped Missouri tennis. What was once a freshman finding her footing is now the closest thing the Tigers have to a bridge to what came before.
And with college football officially back, Week Zero is here - along with Nathan Hurst’s 2026 Best Bets. This marks year three of the segment, which started with a 35-26-1 record in year one and followed with a 2025 finish of 30-27 on Best Bets and 59-52 overall on picks.
Rock M Radio’s Dive Cuts also touched on Mitchell’s exit and the growing 2027 recruiting picture.
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