1. Most of the 800-thousand federal workers furloughed through the government shutdown are receiving paychecks today. 2. The NCAA released a statement Thursday morning stating a former Mizzou tutor violated ethical conduct, academic misconduct and extra benefit rules when she completed work for 12 student-athletes.

The NCAA has hit Mizzou football with a 2019 postseason ban due to academic tutor misconduct pic.twitter.com/2447MuVPkK

— Bleacher Report CFB (@BR_CFB) January 31, 2019

3. A big announcement was made just earlier today as the Blues NEW flagship station will be on our sister Station 101 ESPN for the 2019-20 season.