Kick-Off Countdown: 8 days

Mizzou football is eight days from kick-off after Thursday's final scrimmage. (Thanks to Power Mizzou for the pic above of Chase Daniel and Tony Temple).

The backups took center stage at Thursday's scrimmage, the final practice of fall camp open to the media. Game Week starts tomorrow.

Link to The Missourian's story.

Link to Behind the Stripes blog.

Mizzou's official FootBlog link.

Harrisonville's Michael Keck is going to red-shirt and have surgery on an injured shoulder. Story.

Will Franklin (above, in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch picture) is back for his senior season and expecting big results. More.

Freshmen Andrew Gachkar (below left) and Gilbert Moye (below right) are in the mix for playing time this year and they plan on taking advantage. Story.

Kick-Off Countdown: 26 days

Mike DeArmond wrote a story for today's Kansas City Star profiling the recieving corps for the Mizzou football team this season.

There are no less than five legitimate deep threats for quarterback Chase Daniel (above) to choose from:

Will Franklin; Danario Alexander; Jeremy Maclin; Chase Coffman; Martin Rucker

Read the whole story.

From across the state, St. Louis Post-Dispatch beat writer Graham Watson had some really good nuggets of information in her blog, including Chase D. treating his teammates to a meal and a rare interview with linebackers coach Dave Steckel.

Read Graham's Blog.