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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Here comes December, college football’s messy blend of postseason, offseason and preseason.

Twelve teams will make the College Football Playoff, while a handful more are playing in conference championship games. Several dozen more will play bowl games that are more about getting an early look at next year’s contributors than anything else. Through it all, coaches will move jobs, and players will prep for the transfer portal’s Jan. 2 opening.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Who's up for a bowl game?

Missouri finished the regular season 8-4 overall and 4-4 against Southeastern Conference opponents following the Tigers' 31-17 win over Arkansas on Saturday.Ìý

Mizzou's win over Arkansas that closed out the regular season wasn't much to write home about. And at this stage of the season, there isn't a ton to learn from the advanced stats, either.

But from the effectiveness of tailback Ahmad Hardy to a lack of defensive rotation, there are still some takeaways to be had within Pro Football Focus' trove of grades and snapcounts.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — This is a tale of what happened in two football stadium tunnels 250 miles and one week apart, the story of how Missouri kept its football coach and what comes next for him.

Eli Drinkwitz went for a ride Saturday, fresh off signing a six-year, $64.5 million contract extension earlier in the week. After his Tigers beat Arkansas 31-17 for the fourth consecutive year to retain the Battle Line Trophy, he climbed aboard as defensive end Zion Young wheeled the colossal bit of collateral put on the line for each regular-season finale toward the tunnel.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — There was a moment early in the second quarter of Saturday’s regular-season finale between Missouri and Arkansas when the game looked to be slipping away from the Tigers.

It turns out that was actually the moment MU finally grasped what it needed to do to win.

Mizzou's men's basketball team is off to an 8-0 start, but seven of those wins have come over teams ranked 300th or worse by Ken Pomeroy's rankings

The schedule toughens up starting Tuesday with a game at Notre Dame as part of theÌýACC/SEC Challenge.Ìý

Mizzou used its ground attack to beat Arkansas on Saturday in the season finale.Ìý

Here's what head coach Eli Drinkwitz said afterwards about the game as well as why he chose to stay at Mizzou.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Missouri won in the mess.

The Tigers overcame ball-security errors and an invisible passing game to beat Arkansas 31-17 on Saturday, winning the regular season finale.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri men's basketball scored the first 23 points of the game en route to an 86-59 thumping of Cleveland State on Friday, giving Tigers coach Dennis Gates a win over his former school.

Mizzou held a 23-0 lead over the Vikings — who are coached by former MU assistant Rob Summers — at the 11:13 point in the first half and cruised the rest of the way to a victory.