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Game Recap
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Chase Daniel threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Maclin in overtime and Missouri rallied to beat Northwestern 30-23 in the Alamo Bowl. After the 25th-ranked Tigers scored on the opening possession of overtime, their defense delivered, too. Missouri sacked a backpedaling C.J. Bacher, forcing a fumble that left Northwestern with fourth-and-goal from the 32-yard line. Bacher's desperation heave into the end zone was knocked down, and Daniel rushed off the sideline with his teammates to celebrate. Full story
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Chris Gentilviso, Daily Northwestern: This wasn't the plan. When the 2008 season began, few people in college football planned to see Northwestern win nine games and reach the Alamo Bowl. Full story UWIRE Bowl Coverage |
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Chase Daniel, QB, Missouri
The senior closes out his career with a victory, throwing for 197 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions. Daniel throws the game-winning score in overtime, a 7-yarder to Jeremy Maclin. |
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C.J. Bacher, QB, Northwestern
The senior throws for 303 yards and three touchdowns to three different receivers on 27-of-43 passing in the loss. |
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Team Reports
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Missouri: For the third year in a row, Missouri will head to Texas for its bowl game, following up trips to the Sun Bowl (2006) and Cotton Bowl (2007) with a Dec. 29 date in San Antonio with Northwestern in the Alamo Bowl, a bowl in which Missouri has never played. More
Northwestern: If the Wildcats, ranked No. 23 in the final Bowl Championship Series standings, can knock off Missouri in the Alamo Bowl, they'll get the first postseason win since the 1949 Rose Bowl and wrap up the second 10-win season in school annals. More
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Missouri's Bret Coslet celebrates with his teammates after defeating Northwestern in the Alamo Bowl. (AP) |
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Community Focus
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youngswag
Credit goes to Missouri too of course for catching themselves and pulling out the win. I think the reason they were behind for most of the game was that they didn't want this game as bad as Northwestern seeing how they did not live up to their preseason expectations. Post your thoughts!
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Quotable
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"We didn't have a moral victory tonight, OK. We're very disappointed that we lost the game. We fought hard and we fought valiantly, but there are not moral victories."
-- Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald
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