Sean Weatherspoon News

The Missouri football team is 7-4. It has won its past two games, improving its reputation with bowls.

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.

And then there's Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads, who in one breath compared Alexander to both the world's fastest man and arguably the greatest running back in NFL history.

With three wins in the last four games, what Mizzou senior linebacker Sean Weatherspoon described as a "roller coaster" season has chugged back to another upward arc.

Continuing his surge for Biletnikoff Award and All-American honors , Alexander had another huge day, as he amassed 11 catches for 173 yards and 1 TD in Mizzou's 34-24 win over Iowa State on Senior Day.

As Elwanda Weatherspoon watched her son jog toward her through the tunnel of teammates lining Faurot Field, cheers of his name raining down from the stands, she couldn't help but cry.

Columbia -- Blaine Gabbert is coming off one of his best games, even if he occasionally threw to the wrong guy.

Chicago, Ill. University of Missouri senior linebacker Sean Weatherspoon has been named one of five finalists for the Butkus Award, which goes annually to the nation's top collegiate linebacker, as announced today by the Butkus Foundation.

Two Big 12 linebackers have been chosen among the five finalists for the Butkus Award.

Sean Weatherspoon was fed up with the second-half collapses. That's why Missouri's senior linebacker and captain gathered teammates around at halftime at Kansas State last week and made it clear: It wasn't going to happen again.

In the center of the lobby of the Missouri athletics training facility, Sean Weatherspoon holds media court.

COLUMBIA, Mo. - If last week's game at Kansas State was about saving the integrity of Mizzou football, as coach Gary Pinkel and players attested Saturday, this week's game with Iowa State is about stabilizing it.

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.