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Colorado hasn't played on Halloween since 1992, and hasn't played at home on Halloween since 1970.

Why the Wildcats can win the North: They have Bill Snyder on the sideline and a favorable schedule down the stretch.

Missouri wide receiver Danario Alexander. The film is a little easier to look at this season as coaches and players on the Colorado football team study their opponent this week, particularly for the Buffs on defense.

Colorado football coach Dan Hawkins This isn`t how they envisioned Missouri week inside the Colorado football program back in August when the unusual step was taken to make it a team goal to beat the Tigers.

As soon as Gary Pinkel finished the opening remarks of his weekly appearance before the media, the biggest question floating around the Missouri football program resurfaced.

Blaine Gabbert's numbers have plummeted the last two weeks while he's been hobbled by a sprained right ankle.

Gary Pinkel said it wasnt fair to compare Danario Alexander to Jeremy Maclin, the two-time All-American at Missouri who now plays wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles.Then Pinkel made just that comparison.

Missouris coaches admitted Monday what other Big 12 Conference coaches have maintained for years.The Tigers other than a designation on a depth chart have no tight end.Never mind that Martin Rucker and Chase Coffman won All-America honors as tight ends the last two college seasons.

Now, it finally can be said: Nebraska is back. There's no way Bill Callahan's Nebraska teams come back from a 12-0, fourth-quarter deficit to win.

Kansas City, MO a ' If you turned on the news earlyA Thursday evening, all the talk was of two things: the rainy weather and the traffic heading down I-70, on its way to Columbia for the Missouri-Nebraska game.

Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert leads the Big 12 in passing efficiency and has 1,161 yards, 11 TDs and zero interceptions.

Mike McNeill is a native of Kirkwood, Mo., but he'll expect no friendliness when he returns to his home state this week to take on Missouri.

University of Missouri senior WR Danario Alexander has been named the Big 12 Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week, for his outstanding performance in helping lead Mizzou to a 31-21 win last Friday at Nevada.

Is anyone else glad that Bo Pelini and Jeff Jamrog are working on beefing up Nebraska's non-conference schedule the next few years? After watching the Huskers win the Sun Belt title Saturday with their defeat of the ULL Ragin Cajuns, fans of the Big Red can now turn their attention to the conference slate, where we will finally find out just how ...

Comment: Either the Fresno State offense is pretty good or the Boise State defense has a chink in its armor.

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin Here's a look at some of those who are sizzling and fizzling across the Big 12 after the first three weeks of the season.

The good news is quarterback Chase Daniel, receiver Jeremy Maclin and tight end Chase Coffman are gone.

Wide receiver Jared Perry has had ups and downs during his career at Missouri, but for his senior season, he's emerging as one of the Tigers' biggest threats.

For Jared Perry, the wait is finally over.On a warm Saturday afternoon when Perry felt the sun was shining just for him, the slender senior wide receiver they once called Toothpick caught seven passes for 161 yards and hauled in touchdown catches of 48 and 40 yards in Missouris 52-12 ramble past Furman.What made it all the better was that one of ...

FIRST QUARTER Key play: A one-play, seven-second drive. Blaine Gabbert over the top for 48 yards and a touchdown to Jared Perry.