Dave Matter provides the newest rankings for our Tigers...and they get hosed in the AP. While climbing to 21 in the coaches, the nation's 4th estate believe Nebraska's close loss is greater than Mizzou taking a I-AA to the woodshed, leaving the Huskers at 25. Also, notably, USC falls to 12. Fear the Ohio St. hangover...it's a new disease!

So, Okafor left the team Wednesday, but the AP is saying he's back on the team yesterday. So, will NU have a running game at the end of the year? STAY TUNED!

From your man on the scene Tim Griffin, Tim Mosley of OSU has left the team for personal reasons. Perhaps tied to a restraining order. Does this complicate the Cowboys season?

In the opening Forde-Yard Dash, Pat picks the Big 12 to go 11-1 this weekend...though he doesn't say it, it's looking like he's got Mizzou to fall to Illinois (he doesn't call the Illinois-Missouri game as a possible upset in the Big 10 section). Or am I wrong?

I'm not a journalist, but there are some parallels to some issue we in the scientific community are having with availability of published reports (data generated by way of government funds is going to free distributed to the public...and the publishing houses that run our print articles aren't too pleased). Personally, this is a bunch of bunk. I wonder how it would effect the folks from Rivals and other websites.

The WWL has its college bowl projections out...not that they mean a whole lot, but Mark Schlabach has MU in the Insight vs. Wisconsin. The other feller, Bruce Feldman, doesn't have Mizzou anywhere, but does have Boise St. and the Fightin' Mormans in the BSC. Both have Ole' Miss as the SEC champ. Again, early, but interesting.