Kurtis Gregory News

Sundays snub of Missouri by the Insight Bowl and fall to a Texas Bowl slot that was last in the Big 12 Conferences selection order produced a resigned shrug from senior captain Kurtis Gregory.

COLUMBIA After clinching bowl eligibility with a mid-November victory over Kansas State, the Missouri football team set out to catch the attention of the higher-tier bowl games looking for a Big 12 Conference participant.

Elated and exhausted, Mizzou senior guard Kurtis Gregory plopped down Saturday evening at Arrowhead Stadium and summed up the sensation of MU's last-play, 41-39 victory over archrival Kansas.

Missouri kicker Grant Ressel was carried off of the field by teammate Kurtis Gregory after Ressel kicked the winning 27-yard field goal in the final seconds against Kansas on Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium.

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.

It wasn't much different in the beginning. The newest group of seniors met during the spring and began the brainstorming sessions that seem to happen every year.

In Missouri's 34-24 win over Iowa State, the Tigers' rushing game had its best game of the year with just over 200 total yards.

When asked to comment on being one of only 15 seniors who will be introduced before this afternoons Missouri-Iowa State kickoff, Kurtis Gregory had this observation:Its going to take a lot less time to announce all of us.A year ago, Missouri said goodbye to 24 true- and fifth-year seniors.

Jaron Baston moves with purpose after the coin toss, imploring his teammates to match his own enthusiasm.

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

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.

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.

An official, double-secret, players-only meeting, it wasnt. Official or double-secret, anyway.But before practice Sunday, Missouri football captains Sean Weatherspoon and Kurtis Gregory gathered their teammates and passed out what defensive back Kevin Rutland called some tough love.No names were attached to the tackles missed, the passes dropped, ...

Voting for national honors begins next week, with winners to be announced Nov. 24th, after voters consider all-district members in eight districts across the nation.

Yes, the Missouri Tigers are still mathematically alive in the wacky Big 12 North Division race.

Gary Pinkel said he would not ask Blaine Gabbert, his sophomore quarterback, to be Chase Daniel, Missouris just-departed senior quarterback.The one with all the records.

University of Missouri guard Kurtis Gregory of Blackburn is among 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.

After a game in which Mizzou committed eight penalties - lowlighted by four drive-killing holding calls on the offensive line - center Tim Barnes had an idea of what to expect in practice this week.

A year ago, a Mizzou football team ranked second in the coaches' poll had the course of its season redirected by Oklahoma State.

To behold Mizzou senior nose tackle Jaron Baston today is to see a late bloomer still blossoming, an honorable mention All-Big 12 performer who defensive coordinator Dave Steckel expects to become better yet.