Written by Matt | 23 September 2007

Ok, so it was a 38-17 win over Illinois State on Saturday. It was yet another weekend huddled at the computer to listen to the game and watch it on Fox Sports’ Gametrax. Listening to Kelly & Kadlac for the third straight week without TV has inspired me for an article coming up later this week. Kudos to K&K for making Learfield tolerable for a Mizzou game. On to the Illinois State game;

-38-17? Really? I realize that ISU is ranked in the FCS poll and come from a great football conference, but come on! It’s the FCS!!!! This game shouldn’t have been closer than 35 points.

-Geno Blow (real name) destroyed the Mizzou defense once again to a tune of 21 carries for 116 yards. It’s tough to watch an FCS team tear apart our rush defense like that. We’ve made Rashard Mendenhall, BenJarvus Green-Ellis, and Geno Blow look like Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, and LaDanian Tomlinson this season. It’s going to be ugly for conference play if the defense doesn’t shore up. Granted, the starters left and the scrubs got PT and let in the final ISU touchdown. It’s a ‘bend but don’t break’ defense. Almost a duct tape defense, but it’s got the job done.

-Chase Daniel, what the hell happened? Four picks in the past two weeks against shitty teams after no picks for a loooong time thoughout the end of Big XII conference play last year and our bowl game. Our expectations of Chase have gone thru the roof. 21 of 34 for 294 yards for three TDs is now a piss poor game for Chase. The last two weeks were supposed to launch his Heisman campaign. It’s only questioned what will happen in the Big XII now.

-The game allowed Mizzou to look at some different players (Patton, Goldsmith, Derrick Washington, Jimmy Jackson). Remember when Chase Patton was supposed to be the ‘QB of the Future’ over Chase Daniel? Holy crap! Patton looks terrible; 2-5 for 33yds and a pick. I wouldn’t be surprised if Patton transfers out after the year, just to get some PT his senior year.

-Jeremy Maclin is a man-child, plain and simple. 64 yard punt return for six along with five catches for 53 yards and a receiving TD.

-Offense is a quick strike. I had barely loaded KMOX onto my laptop before Will Franklin bubble screened and ran 67 yards for a TD. 17 freakin’ seconds!

-T-Squared had a good rushing game. Hit 101 on 18 carries. The rushing attack was spread out between Goldsmith, Jackson, and Derrick Washington. The entire squad went for 240 yards. Not too shabby, but that’s probably what Allen Patrick will go for himself against our D in three weeks.

-Shakespeare Pizza Playa of the Week goes to J-Mac. No question about it. Two exciting TDs, one coming off a punt. Makes you wonder what will happen when DeNario Alexander comes back from the wrist injury against Nebraska. J-Mac looks great as a replacement and has taken the spot DeNario left behind. Can’t wait until these two are our featured receivers.

Bye week, then Nebraska comes to Faurot. Living in Omaha now, I can tell you; The Huskers are shitty. Three questionable wins and one woodshed beatdown by USC. They made Wake Forest look great with a girl at QB and barely beat Balls in my mouth State AT HOME (41-40)! Callahan is a bad coach, but we will have two weeks to pound that in your head. It won’t take much other than his postgame statement of “It's a win” in Sunday’s Omaha World Herald. What the fuck Bill? Expect lots of Nebraska hate over the next two weeks, and enjoy our Friend of the Family, Huskerh8er for all your Husker hating needs.

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