Michael David Smith reports that the Bengals have placed former Tiger TE Chase Coffman on IR with bone spurs in his ankle. H/T to CincyJungle.com.

Coffman has not been active for a game so far this season after suffering ankle and foot problems.

Regardless of whether Seattle is interested in Clausen, his and Golden Tate's entries into the draft are unqualified goods--at least at this point. Seattle will be armed with what projects to be one #8-12 pick and another in the 20s. For those to really pay off Seattle needs a deep rather than top-heavy first round.

Stewart Mandel (SI) is projecting that the Insight Bowl will select Iowa State to play against Minnesota in Tempe. (The number of snowbirds and "native" Arizonans with ties to IA and MN may be what is so gosh-darned attractive to the Fiesta/Insight Bowl committee donchuhknow.) Meanwhile he projects Missouri to the Texas Bowl to play Navy.

If that indeed happens, after the sting of the glove-slap to our collective pride wears off, once again we will probably have been done a backhanded favor. As invested as we are in Texas high school football, we should probably never cry about playing there if we are stuck in a lower-tier bowl. We gain nothing by going to Tempe that we don't get by going to Houston.

Besides, I don't have the NFL Network.

Evidently, the OC saw single coverage on Briscoe and went for it. I don't think that's a bad call. The coverage looked good but Reesing didn't even give Briscoe a chance with a massive overthrow. The bigger play was on 2nd down when Briscoe slipped on a 5 or 6 yard reception that would have at least allowed KU to run the clock down and punt.

I do not get the second guessing over KU's decision to pass in that situation. It's who they are, and it worked deliciously in the first quarter. Apparently though, Briscoe wasn't all that thrilled with the play-calling. He gave the "I would have run, but I just work here" response when asked.

Former Mizzou Tiger WR and hoopster, and current Tennessee Titan WR, Justin Gage apparently broke bones in his back on a catch during the Titan's last game against San Francisco.

He is likely to miss at least one game. The tone of the article did not make the injury sound career-threatening. Let's hope that's the case. Get well soon Justin!

[Promoted for Front Page Friday. Get well soon, indeed.]

For all you Ndamukong Suh lovers out there, RPT over at the University of Missouri's excellent, RockMNation, provides an excellent--possibly Morganworthy--breakdown of a single running play in the Nebraska Missouri game. It was one of several blown completely to smithereens by "King Kong" Suh. It is written as a rejoinder to the hand-wringing that has surfaced about running out of the spread since the loss.

It's worth noting that the principles involved in the play, Suh, Missouri's OG Kurtis Gregory and RB Derrick Washington, were each 2nd team All Big 12 in 2008. It's also worth mentioning that Missouri ran on this line with impunity in Lincoln last year with the same personnel. So, Suh makes it look easy against pretty talented guys who will most likely also play on Sundays.

Stafon Johnson is expected to fully recover from a crushed neck and larynx, but his Trojan career is most likely finished.