WELCOME BACK TO PREGAMIN’ HERE’S YOUR JAM OF THE WEEK
(just go with this new format, please, we’ll pretend like this is how we’ve always done it)
Rock-M-ixology
By popular demand (that one guy in the first Pregamin’ I think?) Rock-M-ixology is back. I suppose its more fun making cocktails and drinking beer than it is writing about college football costumes, anyway.
I need to restock on some stuff before we get to the recipes next weekend. So for the bye week, I’m just going to bump a really tasty beer I enjoyed recently.
Just a perfectly pleasant fruited sour. Not too tart, not overly sweet, just a touch yeasty. Great for saying goodbye to these late-late summer afternoons.
- “Four” is the only number that is spelled with the same number of letters as itself.
- John Steinbeck’s original manuscript for Of Mice and Men was eaten by his dog, Toby.
- “J” was the last letter added to the English alphabet in 1524.
- Hippopotamuses sweat red liquid which acts as a natural sunblock and prevents bacterial growth on their skin. Gross!
- In Switzerland it’s illegal to own exactly one guinea pig, as the government has deemed it animal abuse due to the guinea pigs being a social species.
WELCOME TO THE BYE WEEK, where you can do anything you want except for watch Mizzou Football. What’s your favorite non-Mizzou Football/college football related activity to enjoy in the absence of our beloved Tigers?
Josh Matejka, Deputy Site Manager: When Arsenal aren’t playing, you know there’s only one thing to do in the fall. OH YEAH, time to put on my coziest sweater in the morning and then unceremoniously rip it off by 8:30 am because it’s too damn hot. Oil speculators, I hope you all fall in the deep part of the ocean.
Matthew Gustafson: Being a Chicago native and a die-hard Cubs fan, I am going to be locked in to October baseball this year. That includes Saturday, when the Cubs have game one of the NLDS against the Brewers up in Milwaukee at Wrigley North – ahem – I mean American Family Field.
Sammy Stava, Staff Writer: Mizzou Volleyball has some critical matches at Hearnes this weekend as they need to get back on track in SEC play. Other than that, I’m covering some high school football, and watching some playoff baseball. Sometimes I hate bye weeks, but it’ll be stress-free from watching Mizzou Football.
Karen Steger, Madam Editor: There’s nothing I enjoy more than watching other Mizzou sports in the absence of my football team. This weekend, I will be watching not one but TWO volleyball games at Hearnes — thanks for shouting it out, Sammy — and I am super excited to see the Fightin Dawn Sullivans, as they have spent the entirety of this season (minus Stanford) on the road. I will also be attending the Fall Ball SB game against that team from the west with fellow Rock M’er Dylan Heinrich and hopefully they will open the press box for us so my computer is actionally functional.
And I would be absolutely remiss not to mention that I will celebrating the release of the new album of Miss Taylor Alison Swift by playing hookie from work and going to watch her album release show this weekend. (Actually, as I’m writing this the new album has dropped so gotta go.)
We spend way too much time thinking about the good moments of Mizzou Football. What’s been the dumbest moment of the season so far?
Josh Matejka: Beau Pribula bounce-passing the ball to a kU linebacker in the first quarter of the Border War game. I’ve seen Mizzou Hoops players with less accurate passes. Practically fed him the scoop-and-score.
Matthew Gustafson: Probably the strangest moment in Tigers football this season came against Louisiana, when it briefly appeared like the Ragin’ Cajuns took a fumble by Marquis Johnson 98 yards for a touchdown. Replay confirmed that a touchdown had been scored – BUT, Johnson reached the ball across the goal line before the fumble, creating a 12 point swing as Mizzou got the score instead. Oh, and all of this happened on a day where it was so hot, Marching Mizzou had to wear their casual uniforms. So two things occurred that day that I’d never seen before.
Sammy Stava: Probably what Matthew said. Or it was probably Beau Pribula’s interception against UMass that led to the Minutemen’s first passing TD of the season.
Karen Steger: Not playing Mr. Brightside at Homecoming. All these people respond to the Call of the Columns (I think that was the theme, right?) and then they don’t even get to hear the sweet, sweet melodies of F$%& kU?! Blasphemy.
It’s starting to get colder — it’s actually not, but let’s pretend — which means it’s everybody’s favorite time of year: SOUP SZN. What’s stewing in your pot this week?
Josh Matejka: Spicy turkey chili or zuppa toscana, MAMMA MIA, THAT’S A SPICY OLIVE GARDEN COPYCAT RECIPE.
Matthew Gustafson: I love basically any and all kinds of soup. My favorite, though, is, and always will be, cream of chicken rice soup. So simple, yet so delicious.
Sammy Stava: It is actually NOT getting colder yet in Missouri. I love cold weather (rather than hot). As long as there is chicken soup (I love me some buffalo chicken) sign me up.
Karen Steger: First off, like Sammy said, it’s hot as hell in MO, so soup is not on the menu. I do love a tomato basil with croutons in it paired with a perfectly toasted grilled cheese, but my favorite soup is clam chowder (New England style only, Boston chowder is for monsters). I also have never made soup, but I do make a mean buffalo chicken dip in my baby crock pot.
FINE. ONE COLLEGE FOOTBALL QUESTION. Which game do you have your eye on this weekend? And you can’t pick Vandy vs. ‘Bama.
Josh Matejka: Texas vs. Florida so I can vociferously root for the Gators to win, knocking Texas out of the CFP debate and convincing the boosters in Gainesville to keep Billy Napier around a little longer.
Matthew Gustafson: Both of my parents and over half a dozen of my relatives attended college in DeKalb, Illinois, so I’ll have my eyes on the NIU Huskies as they take on Miami of Ohio. Thomas Hammock’s team has gotten off to a very slow start, including a 6-3 loss last week against San Diego State. This should be a great matchup for all the college football sickos out there.
Sammy Stava: This week’s slate of games kind of suck, and it’s not because of Mizzou’s bye week. There’s just not much to get excited about. But I’ll go with the Miami at Florida State rivalry. The Seminoles are coming off a loss to Virginia, so they’ll be motivated and desperate. Should be intriguing.
Karen Steger: I will have no eyes on college football this weekend. I will watch the Chiefs on Sunday if I can and hope Nicky Bolts starts to turn it around; he’s off to a weird start this season. But it will be a CFB-free weekend for Karen (as it always is when Mizzou isn’t playing).
