Chase Daniel News

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.

OK, it was Missouri . The Missouri Tigers who had lost five straight to Texas . The Missouri Tigers who had a 1-14 record in the last 15 games of this series.

Mack Brown is a kind man and smart enough not to rile the opposition. So consider that fact upon hearing the Texas coach's assessment of Mizzou's offense entering his third-ranked Longhorns' visit for tonight's 7:10 game at Faurot Field.

COLUMBIA, Mo. _ Gary Pinkel said he would not ask Blaine Gabbert, his sophomore quarterback, to be Chase Daniel, Missouri's just-departed senior quarterback.

Stats that matter: Has completed 126 of his 218 attempts for 1,620 yards, with 12 touchdowns and five interceptions Chasing glory Gabbert had some big - OK, huge - shoes to fill at Missouri, replacing popular quarterback Chase Daniel.

During the past year, Oklahoma State's football program has become more nationally prominent than at any time since the late 1980s.

Stillwater, Okla. -- During the past year, Oklahoma State's football program has become more nationally prominent than at any time since the late 1980s, when Thurman Thomas and Barry Sanders were in the Cowboys' backfield.

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.

As a public service, we present the hour-by-hour weather forecast for Columbia, Mo., tonight.

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.

Who died and made Missouri boss? Actually, Nebraska football died and made Missouri the paper tiger in a paltry Big 12 North.

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