Traffic is already picking up across Columbia, ahead of the upcoming Mizzou graduation weekend. More than 6,000 students will receive degrees at Mizzou’s spring commencement ceremonies, which begin Friday at 1 pm. Ceremonies will continue all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday at MU. Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) director Amy Schneider tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” that most hotel rooms are already full for this weekend. She also tells listeners that tourism employs more than 10,000 people in Boone County, with tourism having a $499-million impact on the economy in Columbia/Boone County:
(AUDIO): Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) director Amy Schneider discusses Mizzou graduation and tourism dollars on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Traffic is already picking up across Columbia, ahead of the upcoming Mizzou graduation weekend. More than 6,000 students will receive degrees at Mizzou’s spring commencement ceremonies, which begin Friday at 1 pm. Ceremonies will continue all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday at MU. Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) director Amy Schneider tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” that most hotel rooms are already full for this weekend. She also tells listeners that tourism employs more than 10,000 people in Boone County, with tourism having a $499-million impact on the economy in Columbia/Boone County:
(AUDIO): Surreal is how former Mizzou star Tony Temple describes upcoming induction into Cotton Bowl Classic Hall of Fame
A former Mizzou star running back will travel to Arlington, Texas for Thursday’s enshrinement ceremonies for the Cotton Bowl Classic Hall of Fame.
Rockhurst product Tony Temple played for Mizzou from 2004-2007, and rushed for 281 yards and scored four touchdowns in the 2008 Cotton Bowl against Arkansas. The 37-year-old Temple tells 939 the Eagle that it’s surreal to him.
“It just feels like such an honor to just be in a position to highlight that amazing team, that 2007 team. And not to mention to be a part of a legendary Hall of Fame Coach Gary Pinkel, as he gets his opportunity to get his acknowledgment of how great he was,” Temple says.
Mizzou’s 2007 team was ranked first in the nation for one week and finished the season ranked fourth nationally. Temple and former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel will be inducted into the Cotton Bowl Classic Hall of Fame together. Former Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning and four others will also be inducted.
Temple remembers the 2008 classic vividly, as Mizzou beat a solid 25th ranked Arkansas team 38-7.
“I remember this game being such a mentally strong game for our team. Not only were we feeling like we were one of the best teams in the nation, we wanted to be a BCS team just to show that. We didn’t lack anything that day, that Arkansas team went on to beat the national champions (LSU) that won that year,” says Temple.
Houston Nutt’s Razorbacks beat #1 LSU 50-48 in three overtimes on Thanksgiving Friday in 2007, in Death Valley.
What many fans forget is that Tony Temple had a tweaked hamstring that day. He says while he and his teammates always focused on the team first, they realized late in the game that the Cotton Bowl rushing record was within reach.
“They rallied behind me and you wouldn’t believe what they were doing trying to get me to those, it was 40 yards at that time to just get to that record. And I tell you I’ll never forget (wide receiver) Tommy Saunders (from Kearney) saying Tony, this is it and me looking at him and saying I have one play. And honestly the rest is history from there,” Temple says.
That run broke the Cotton Bowl Classic’s 54-year-old rushing record. Tomorrow’s other four inductees will include:
** former Florida State defensive back Terrell Buckley
** former Texas A&M quarterback Edd Hargett
** former Auburn linebacker Will Herring
** Past CBAA chairman Fred McClure
(AUDIO): Surreal is how former Mizzou star Tony Temple describes upcoming induction into Cotton Bowl Classic Hall of Fame
A former Mizzou star running back will travel to Arlington, Texas for Thursday’s enshrinement ceremonies for the Cotton Bowl Classic Hall of Fame.
Rockhurst product Tony Temple played for Mizzou from 2004-2007, and rushed for 281 yards and scored four touchdowns in the 2008 Cotton Bowl against Arkansas. The 37-year-old Temple tells 939 the Eagle that it’s surreal to him.
“It just feels like such an honor to just be in a position to highlight that amazing team, that 2007 team. And not to mention to be a part of a legendary Hall of Fame Coach Gary Pinkel, as he gets his opportunity to get his acknowledgment of how great he was,” Temple says.
Mizzou’s 2007 team was ranked first in the nation for one week and finished the season ranked fourth nationally. Temple and former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel will be inducted into the Cotton Bowl Classic Hall of Fame together. Former Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning and four others will also be inducted.
Temple remembers the 2008 classic vividly, as Mizzou beat a solid 25th ranked Arkansas team 38-7.
“I remember this game being such a mentally strong game for our team. Not only were we feeling like we were one of the best teams in the nation, we wanted to be a BCS team just to show that. We didn’t lack anything that day, that Arkansas team went on to beat the national champions (LSU) that won that year,” says Temple.
Houston Nutt’s Razorbacks beat #1 LSU 50-48 in three overtimes on Thanksgiving Friday in 2007, in Death Valley.
What many fans forget is that Tony Temple had a tweaked hamstring that day. He says while he and his teammates always focused on the team first, they realized late in the game that the Cotton Bowl rushing record was within reach.
“They rallied behind me and you wouldn’t believe what they were doing trying to get me to those, it was 40 yards at that time to just get to that record. And I tell you I’ll never forget (wide receiver) Tommy Saunders (from Kearney) saying Tony, this is it and me looking at him and saying I have one play. And honestly the rest is history from there,” Temple says.
That run broke the Cotton Bowl Classic’s 54-year-old rushing record. Tomorrow’s other four inductees will include:
** former Florida State defensive back Terrell Buckley
** former Texas A&M quarterback Edd Hargett
** former Auburn linebacker Will Herring
** Past CBAA chairman Fred McClure
(AUDIO): Missouri’s House Speaker doesn’t believe special session will be necessary; anti-hazing bill appears to be dead
Missouri’s House Speaker is pleased with the 2023 legislative session, which wraps up Friday evening at 6 in Jefferson City.
Speaker Dean Plocher (R-Town and Country) notes House Republicans have a 111-51 supermajority, and tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” they should lead like they have a supermajority. Plocher notes he outlined House GOP priorities in early January.
“We wanted some tax cuts, we wanted initiative petition reform, we were going to work on the transgender anomaly that’s hitting this country for some social reason. We’re going to talk about open enrollment, reducing personal property taxes. We outlined all of that in January and I think come the end of the week here, we have four days to go, I think people are going to be very happy with what we deliver,” Plocher says.
The House also voted 154-2 this week to pass a bipartisan bill that would end state taxes on Social Security benefits starting in 2024. That bill is now on the governor’s desk. Speaker Plocher predicts the Legislature will pass transgender-related legislation by Friday evening. He tells “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” that he doesn’t believe a special session will be necessary, based on what he anticipates will happen this week in Jefferson City.
“I know we’re going to hit the transgender issues. Whether we hit them up to everybody’s satisfaction remains to be seen. But we’re going to pass some stuff. Hopefully the governor (Mike Parson) finds it satisfactory, I think he should. I think the people will,” says Plocher.
Meantime, anti-hazing legislation in the Missouri House appears to be dead, over language concerns about the bill. House Bill 240 from State Rep. Travis Smith (R-Dora) says any person who renders aid to a hazing victim or is the first to call 911 or campus security is immune from prosecution. Speaker Plocher doesn’t like the bill’s wording.
“I don’t want to grant immunity just because you call 911. What if you’re the perpetrator. I mean you can shoot somebody or haze them in some capacity and then you call 911 and then you’re immune? I think it’s a duty for people to help each other,” Speaker Plocher says.
Representative Smith, a Mizzou graduate, has said he wants to prevent another situation like Danny Santulli’s from happening again. Santulli’s family members say he’s blind and unable to walk, after an alleged October 2021 hazing incident at a Mizzou fraternity house.
Republicans have supermajorities in both chambers: 24-10 in the Missouri Senate and 111-51 in the Missouri House. You can hear the full interview with Speaker Plocher here.
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