Lions Baseball Ranked 12th, Leading MIAA

To understand what makes the next two series for the Missouri Southern baseball team so important, you need to understand what's been happening for the team so far this year. The Lions have ridden strong pitching and power hitting to a 21-7 start to the 2019 campaign and find themselves ranked No. 12 in the …

MIAA TOURNAMENT: MSSU vs Pitt State LiveThread

Keep a tab open on your computer and hit refresh regularly... This will be a stream of consciousness thread during the Lions' first round matchup vs the school to the west.   2:28pm- "I saw both games, Southern is NOT that good!" -Pitt State fan behind me... Southern won both matchups this season by an …

2019 MIAA Tournament Preview: Men’s Bracket Edition

The MIAA Tournament starts on Wednesday at historic Municipal Auditorium in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.

Could non-conference football return to the MIAA?

Non-conference play is something that fans from all around the league have wondered about since 2013 when the league moved to the closed format scheduling. Suddenly, it looks like it may be closer than we all thought. This week, the MIAA announced that they had formed a task force to explore the feasibility of adding …

Resurrecting the Lions: Offseason

It’s been a rough go for the Missouri Southern football program for the last… let’s just say a long time. I could throw absurd numbers at you to illustrate this point but, if you’ve found your way to this blog you don’t need them; you already know. The word that could best be used to …

2019 N&D Preseason All-MIAA Baseball Team

In 2018, Missouri Southern allowed the least hits and runs of any team in the MIAA. So it isn’t surprising to see a pair of Lions’ pitchers on the Newman & Duquesne Preseason All-MIAA Team to start the 2019 season. Zac Shoemaker probably would have been the MIAA Freshman of the Year last year if …

“He’s Legit.”: MSSU names Jeff Sims new head football coach

  Sometimes in life, timing is everything. After applying for the head coaching job at Missouri Southern four years ago, Jeff Sims was named the 13th head coach in program history on Sunday after applying for the gig a second time. This time, he applied at the end of a highly successful four-year stint as …

Denver is out, where does MSSU look for the next head coach?

Denver Johnson resigned as head football coach at Missouri Southern Tuesday morning. While it comes as a bit of a surprise that it happened in the middle of the season (and with two very tough contests coming up), the writing appears to have been on the wall after a winless 2017 campaign was followed up …

MSSUFB: Same book, new chapter as Lions handled by Lindenwood

Here is the N&D wrap-up of another upsetting performance by Missouri Southern last Saturday vs. Lindenwood. SUMMARY: In the second quarter, MSSU got something going on offense for the first time in what felt like a LONG time. But a nightmarish stretch of less than two minutes on the game clock saw the game go …

MSSUFB- Wrapping up a disappointing night in Kearney

Here is the N&D wrap-up of what was an upsetting showing for the Lions in Kearney, Neb., Thursday night. SUMMARY: The Lions losing streak extended to 14 straight games dating back to 2016. Nebraska-Kearney imposed its will on both sides of the ball, dominating the Lion defense with their triple option running attack and completely …