Texas coach Mack Brown said Wednesday his team has been watching a lot of the Missouri-Nebraska and Missouri-Illionis game films:

“What we will do this week is the films that we’re showing are the Nebraska film, because Missouri played lights out…

From Vahe Gregorian and Stu Durando:

Despite the urging of the American Football Coaches Association for teams to engage in pre-game handshakes this season, Missouri and Illinois won’t be partaking of the gesture in sportsmanship before Saturday’s Arch Rivalry game at…

About 4,000 tickets on the terrace sideline and corner seating at the Jones Dome are still available for Saturday’s Arch Rivalry game between Missouri and Illinois.

These tickets are $35 and can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com, by phone at 314-241-1888…

Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said offensive lineman Dan Hoch should play against Illinois on Saturday. The offensive lineman practiced over the weekend with the Tigers and is scheduled for a full week. He injured his knee two weeks ago.

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Sean Weatherspoon said he got a bit of a lecture from Missouri coach Gary Pinkel after an item on his twitter page earlier this month.

The tweet:

“just finished a stellar workout, hit 475 on the bench easy, almost hit 500, gotta…

Count MIssouri linebacker Sean Weatherspoon as someone who likes a tougher schedule:

“When you a play a team like Illinois, one that was in Rose Bowl a few years ago, and has the same quarter back from that team. That’s good.…

Ty Phillips, the 6-3, 255-pound lineman from East St. Louis, stuck with his commitment to Missouri this morning.

There had been rumblings he could switch to Illinois but he stayed with Missouri.