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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.

The members of the Missouri defense will tell you that whatever frustration mounts on the field from week to week is better left on the field, so as to not interfere with preparation for the next opponent's offense.

The members of the Missouri defense will tell you that whatever frustration mounts on the field from week to week is better left on the field, so as to not interfere with preparation for the next opponent's offense.

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, ...

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.

COLUMBIA Missouri defensive lineman Dominique Hamilton has been trying to step up every game, and going into the Baylor game Saturday, he felt prepared to play well.

Dozens of plays decided the outcome, but one play Saturday at Folsom Field summed up the biggest problem facing the Colorado football team.

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Losing the first three conference games isn't the surest path to success in college football, but a lane remains open for the Missouri Tigers in the Big 12 North.

Moe Howard and a oeRowdya Roddy Piper were both masters of the eye gouge. We can now add Brandon Spikes to the list.

The Big 12 has plenty of elite defensive linemen - Nebraska's Ndamukong Suh and Jared Crick and Texas' Sergio Kindle to name a few.

Alexander continued his case for All-Big 12 honors with another outstanding performance in helping lead Mizzou to a much-needed 36-17 win at Colorado.

As Colorado cornerback Benjamin Burney sprinted 78 yards for a touchdown, you couldn't help but shudder at the possibility that the Missouri Tigers were letting a sure victory slip from their grasp.

Mizzou might seem like a team in disarray after three straight losses to open Big 12 play, but - at least going into this week's game - the Tigers are downright stable compared to their foe on Saturday in Boulder, Colo.

Derrick Washington admitted it was crazy. Crazy for him to be talking about Missouri winning the Big 12 North for a third straight year.Particularly bananas considering the Tigers had just been laid out 41-7 by third-ranked and still unbeaten Texas.Whacko considering Mizzou now stands 0-3 in the Big 12 Conference for the first time since 2002.If we ...

Posted October 26, 2009 at 6:13 p.m. A few notes to pass along from Missouri's weekly media session ... Here's the latest on the most talked about sprained ankle in the state: Quarterback Blaine Gabbert is still wearing the same cast on his right leg that he wore after Saturday night's loss to Texas.

Even as the oddities of the Big 12 North suggest Mizzou somehow still could emerge in the thick of a race that could as easily end in a six-way 4-4 tie as have one team gallop away, even as that carrot still gives the Tigers something worth playing for amid their dismal October, the flip side of all that has come to the forefront: With MU being ...

The Missouri Tigers certainly didn't invent the upset. In fact, lately, they haven't even really performed it at all.

WTB? As in, what is a buck, the position listed for a defensive star of the Texas Longhorns? The answer: Anywhere Sergio Kindle wants to line up.

At a glance, the task appears monumental. Lugging on its shoulders two straight losses, Missouri now must face third-ranked Texas - perhaps the nation's best team, coach Gary Pinkel suggested Monday.

STILLWATER, Okla. - For the most part on Saturday at Oklahoma State, Mizzou scrubbed up the penalties that had plagued it in its game against Nebraska, committing just three for 25 yards while the Cowboys were nabbed nine times for 75.