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Missouri football Coach Gary Pinkel is 2-2 in Big 12 Conference openers after a bye week. The sixth-ranked Tigers are off this week and are scheduled to face Nebraska on Oct. 4. Read the Article

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Bye not always a good thing
By DAVE MATTER of the Tribune’s staff
It might seem advantageous that Gary Pinkel’s Missouri football team gets a bye week before diving into Big 12 Conference play Oct. 4 at Nebraska, but there’s little historical evidence to suggest the Tigers will benefit from not playing this weekend. 

Cowan has another perfect game
By the Tribune’s staff
Taylor Cowan pitched her second perfect game of the season yesterday as Hickman took care of Hallsville 3-0.

TAKE 2: An alternative look at the day in sports
By DAVE MATTER
As Chase Daniel’s brilliant senior season unfolds - and he pulls away from his buddies Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow in the Heisman Trophy derby - the conversation will inevitably turn to Daniel’s football future. Scouts and NFL draft pundits have plenty of material to pick apart

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