Big MO State weekend

The Bears travel to C-dale to take on them Ugly Dawgs Saturday afternoon. It will be interesting for sure. MO State had three good days of practice in preparation for Sam Houston State before Hurricane Rita forced cancellation of what would've been a stellar shootout, a rematch of last year's come-from-behind thriller the Bears took 33-31 on Kaya Farris' TD catch in the closing seconds. Will the open Saturday help or hurt the Bears?

It will be televised LIVE on Mediacom Connections Channel 14.

If hockey's your thing, MO State will be in Jeff City for a showdown with Missouri University-Columbia, the first athletic meeting between MSU and MU-C. Those games are becoming less and less common. Both women's basketball and volleyball have stopped competing...and it wasn't MO State's idea. Men's basketball wouldn't think of playing us, though a football meeting could be down the road, maybe sometime after '08.

That leaves us with baseball and other non-revenue sports. I don't want to say the UM-C is hiding from MSU in revenue sports, but they're hiding from MSU in revenue sports.

Back to the subject at hand. These should be some intense games in Jeff City. UM-C was solid last year, going unbeaten in MACHA play before bowing out in the league tournament. MO State is still relatively young, though they finally have some solid senior leadership. They split games at Bradley last weekend, a team UM-C swept.

These games will be broadcast LIVE on the internet by WebSportsRadio.com. Dan Lee and Steve Casson do a good job and actually have some hockey experience under their belts. WSR is a fledgling venture that could bring some live, free high school and college sports to those with internet access and has given good exposure for MO State hockey. Listen live if you can and support their advertisers.

Listening to: Apollo Sunshine - "Today is the Day"