Published Sunday, September 21, 2008
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Nick King photo
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PASS
MASTER
Quarterback Chase Daniel celebrates with fans after the Missouri Tigers football team defeated Buffalo yesterday at Faurot Field.
It wasn’t the blowout many expected, thanks to fumbles and
special-teams gaffes, but Missouri remained unbeaten with a
42-21 victory over Buffalo in front of more than 65,000 fans.
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The art of imperfection
By DAVE MATTER
of the Tribune’s staff
Football looked effortless for Missouri the last two weeks as Gary Pinkel’s team left for dead overmatched teams from Southeast Missouri State and Nevada. As gaudy statistics and broken records collected like morning dew on Faurot Field, Missouri offensive players pondered fantasies of playing the perfect game.
Careful
what you wish for
By JOE WALLJASPER Tribune sports editor
A week ago, Gary Pinkel spent half of his postgame press conference discussing how the Missouri football team could go about scoring fewer points. He wished out loud that a couple of the Tigers would have taken a dive rather than score late touchdowns against Nevada, lest the Wolf Pack be humiliated about yielding 69 points.
No
excuses necessary for Daniel's play
By SAM MILES of the Tribune's staff
Given their recent performance, there has been plenty of talk about the Missouri Tigers and quarterback Chase Daniel putting together a flawless game. Can they score 100 points?
STATISTICS
GAME
NOTES
BEYOND THE GAME: A show of
hands
JOE WALLJASPER'S QUARTERLY REPORT
QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS
