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Missouri receiver Danario Alexander, top, slips past Baylor's Byron Landor, bottom, after a reception during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov.

Kansas State's offense has started out slowly against Missouri -- a game the Wildcats need to win to remain in first place in the North Division.

On Saturday, the Missouri Tigers walked off Faurot Field to the sound of boos. The next morning, boos were replaced by a silence that was no less haunting.

Each is just a moment. Some are beginnings, others are culminations, each a still reminder of the greatness of last season's class of stars.

There are some who wont be satisfied with the answers given to the questions posed.There are probably some who wouldnt be too pleased that the questions were posed in the first place.But when it comes to Missouri losing four of its last five games including, of all things, to Baylor 40-32 last Saturday the resurrected bottom-line reaction of ...

They are a dynamic team, especially in the first half. If you look at the tape, regardless of which half it is, you can tell that they are a pretty good team.

The second half has been a concern for Missouri football in Big 12 play. Saturday's game against Baylor was the most recent example, as the Tigers blew an 11-point halftime lead and lost 40-32. Five games into conference play, Missouri has yet to score a second-half touchdown.

In retrospect, I can think of endless ways in which I could have better spent my Saturday afternoon.

In a season on the verge of being precisely half empty-half full, the Mizzou football team faces the prospect of becoming a have-not because of its half of nots: its stupefying second-half offensive ineptitude in Big 12 play.

Kansas State, currently atop the Big 12 North standings with two games remaining, wraps up the 2009 home slate on Saturday as the Missouri Tigers visit Bill Snyder Family Stadium for Senior Day.

Out: QB Robert Griffin , CB Mikail Baker , CB Antareis Bryan MISSOURI Out: LB Luke Lambert Probable: LG Jayson Palmgren , CB Munir Prince FOUR QUESTIONS 1. Do the Tigers run to victory? Only twice since 2006 has Missouri pounded the ball more times than last week's 45-carry day at Colorado.

DATE & TIME: Saturday, November 7th, 2:00 p.m. . FACTS & STATS: Site: Faurot Field -- Columbia, Missouri.

The Halloween homecoming at Missouri St. featured more tricks than treats for the up and down Bruins.

All summer long the Mizzou secondary talked about how their simplified game plan and increased accountability under new defensive coordinator Dave Steckel would improve their horrid pass defense from a year ago.

Posted November 4, 2009 at 7:19 p.m. On paper, this one looks like a mismatch, thanks mostly to Baylor's punchless offense.

Two years ago, the day after Oklahoma handed Missouri its first defeat of the 2007 season, MU coach Gary Pinkel gathered his players around and delivered a message that defied conventional wisdom.No talk about taking it one game at a time.

If Danario Alexander never sees the inside of a hospital room again, it'll be too soon.

If there was EVER a Big 12 game Missouri was gonna win by blasting an opponent, it's tomorrows game against the lowly Baylor Bears.

Missouri coach Gary Pinkel was singing the praises of running back Derrick Washington on Monday and how Washington had raised his game against Colorado last Saturday.

Baylor coach Art Briles would like to bottle up the defensive effort his team gave against Nebraska and take it on the road to Missouri Saturday.