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Posted November 29, 2009 at 7:21 p.m. Parker Eshelman photo Missouri kicker Grant Ressel begins his joyride at Arrowhead Stadium.

The agonizing vividness of that photo is still freshly branded in my brain. Down by two scores to unranked Kansas early in the third quarter of last season's Border Showdown, No.

Thirty-three flicks of the clock were left when Kansas lined up on fourth and 7 at the Missouri 26-yard line, trailing 37-33 at Arrowhead Stadium last year.

College football action from Arrowhead on Saturday, November 29th, 2008 between Kansas and Missouri.

This Saturday's Border Showdown between Missouri and Kansas hardly features the same implications for the teams involved as their 2007 matchup.

The misty-eyed seniors were all down on the grass hill behind the north end zone at Faurot Field shopping for rocks on the Big M like old men at a fruit stand.

Gary Pinkel's Missouri offense seemed to be at the top of the class. With stars like quarterback Chase Daniel and receiver Jeremy Maclin , the Tigers appeared unstoppable.

Colt McCoy remembers the Year of the Quarterback in the Big 12 last season. It's no mystery to him why the league's offenses haven't been able to keep up the blistering scoring pace this year.

Missouri Tigers wide receiver Danario Alexander has back-to-back 200 receiving yard games.

Alexander continued his surge for All-American honors with another monster performance in helping lead Mizzou to a huge 38-12 win at North Division-leading Kansas State on Saturday.

Heading into the 2009 college football season, the majority of media outlets believed that the Big XII North Division would be won by either Kansas or Nebraska.

KANSAS CITY, Kan . I'll level with you, I bounced back and forth on whether the subject was worth exploring through an entire column.

Just another ho-hum Saturday in the Big 12 North, right? Every turn we take we get another slap back to the non-reality that the entire division is.

We all heard the reasons why Bill Snyder Part II wouldn't work. He was too old. His philosophies wouldn't translate in the age of the spread.

Missouri at Colorado When: Today, 11:30 a.m. TV/Radio: FSN/KOA-AM The series: Missouri leads 39-31-3. Missouri has won four of the past five, including the past two by a combined score of 113-10. In the spotlight: CU - QB Tyler Hansen: It's impossible not to put Hansen in the spotlight.

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

Colorado's Rodney Stewart celebrates after his touchdown over Kansas State in the first quarter with Keenan Stevens, left, in Manhattan, Kan., on Saturday.

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

The eyes of Texas are upon ... Saturday, October 24, 2009 Three Tigers that UT will have to keep close tabs on today: Blaine Gabbert, quarterback Chase Daniel's successor has hit a rough patch the past two weeks in losses to Nebraska and Oklahoma State, throwing five interceptions.

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.