Summarizing today’s Mizzou football scrimmage (and at the bottom, a hoops update):

* 79 passes, 49 running plays. Accuracy not a problem (53 completions with 1 INT; four QBs with 11 or more completions).

* Gabbert’s apparently got the short routes down cold. He completed 14 of 20 passes for … 64 yards.

Coach Pinkel was plenty impressed, saying: “Gabbert did some real good things. He moved the ball against the first team. For the first game for a young player against our defense, he didn’t do everything right, but you’re not going to. The big thing to do when you’re a young quarterback is protect the football and field position and not turn it over. You have to get rid of the ball knowing you’ll get more heat than normal because you don’t have the best offensive line with you. I think he made some progress there and that’s encouraging.”

* Maclin in midseason form: 6 catches for 99 yards, including a 36-yard TD from Dr. Chase, and 3 carries for 26 yards.

* But will that be enough to hold off Forrest Shock as he jets up the depth chart? Five catches and 70 yards, including a 47-yard TD from Jimmy Costello, for the walk-on wide receiver from Camdenton. He’s No. 2 on the chart behind Maclin . . . for now. J-Mac might want to step it up. Just sayin’ . . .

Here are the stats:

SCORING PLAYS

Jared Perry 8 yard pass from Chase Daniel (Wolfert kick)

Derrick Washington 7 yard run (Wolfert kick)

Forrest Shock 47 yard pass from Jimmy Costello (Wolfert kick)

De’Vion Moore 40 yard pass from Patton (Wolfert kick)

Maclin 36 yard pass from Patton (Wolfert kick)

Washington 22 yard run (Wolfert kick)

PASSING

Patton 12 for 21, 129 yards, 2 TDs ( longest: 40)

Daniel 11 for 17, 128 yards, 1 TD ( longest: 22)

Costello 13 for 17, 125 yards, 1 TD (longest: 47)

Gabbert 14 for 20 with 1 INT, 64 yards ( longest: 11)

Roweton 3 for 4 , 16 yards (longest: 9)

Totals 53 for 79 with 1 INT, 462 yards, 4 TDs

RUSHING

Washington 11 for 55 yards, (long: 22), 5.5 avg., 2 TDs

Scott 8 for 6, 0.8

J. Jackson 7 for 22, 3.1

D. Moore 7 for 18, 2.6

Maclin 3 for 26, 8.7

Gabbert 3 for 22, 7.3

M. Davis 3 for 9, 3.0

Thomas 3 for 2, 0.7

Patton 2 for 6, 3.0

Reece 2 for (-3), (-1.5)

Totals 49 for 147, 3.0, 2 TDs

RECEIVING

Player, Rec. Yards, Avg., Long, TD

Maclin 6 for 99, 16.5, 36, 1

Saunders 3 for 27, 9.0, 22, -

Perry 1 for 8, 8.0, 8, 1

Medley 2 for 7, 3.5, 8,,-

S. Scott 1 for 7, 7.0, 7, -

Shock 5 for 70, 14.0, 47, 1

Brinkley 5 for 32, 6.4, 12, -

M. Davis 2 for 4, 2.0, 4, -

La. Thomas 3 for 18, 6.0, 9, -

Gissinger 3 for 18, 6.0, 14, -

A. Jones 3 for 36, 12.0, 18, -

May 2 for 2, 1.0, 0, -

Goldsmith 2 for 10, 5.0, 11, -

Gerau 1 for 13, 13.0, 13, -

Egnew 3 for 17, 5.7, 9, -

McGaffie 8 for 32, 4.0, 10, -

D. Moore 1 for 40, 40.0, 40, 1

Jimmy Jackson 1 for 13, 13.0, 13, -

Dennis 1 for 8, 8.0, 8, -

Totals 53 for 462 yards, 4 TDs

PUNTING

Harry 6 for 42.2 avg. (long: 51)

Ressel 4 for 42.2 avg. (long:51)

(Thanks to Mizzou’s Athletic Media Relations Department for providing the stats, and Post-Dispatch reporter Tom Timmermann for the Pinkel quote.)

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TG lives! The NBA’s Atlanta Hawks signed former Mizzou gunner Thomas Gardner to a free-agent contract today.

Gardner appeared in four games last season with the Chicago Bulls. Hawks GM Rick Sund said Gardner is “a solid shooter with range, who has the ability to score in bunches.”

Sound accurate, KU fans?