Jeremy Maclin and the Missouri Tigers are hosting Kansas State tomorrow at 7:00 PM EST. Last week, Maclin was completely shut down. He only had 31 yards receiving and couldn’t find the endzone. Somethings got to change.

Last year against Kansas State, Jeremy had one of his best games. He had 143 yards receiving and scored two touchdowns. Thats the type of performance we need to see out of him again… of course that is all contingent on Chase throwing him the ball.

If Maclin wants to be a first round pick and go pro, he’ll need to start having some good games. I’m sick of seeing Missouri struggle against mid-tier Big 12 teams. It’s time to start dominating team again. Can we please see Jeremy catch9 balls for 130 yards and a touchdown?

On Monday, Missouri standout WR/KR Jeremy Maclin was quoted as saying “Any sophomore or junior who leaves early and doesn’t go in the first round, that’s not a very smart decision. If you can’t refine your game this last year or two years to get to that point, I don’t understand what the point is.” Now, Jeremy is a redshirt sophomore, so even though this is only his second season on the field, it is his 3rd season out of high school… thus making him eligible for the NFL Draft.

The question is… will Jeremy be a first round pick? Based on the above quote, we’d have to assume that he will return to Missouri if he isn’t. Maclin is currently ranked No. 7 overall by Scouts Inc.’s Top 32 list on ESPN.com. NFLdraftdog.com projects Maclin as the 27th pick of the first round and FootballFutures.com has him as the 13th pick.

Those are all pretty good indications that he will be a first round pick. Maclin is very similar to Ted Ginn Jr. a few years ago. Ginn even busted his ankle up in the final game of the year and was still a first round pick. Plus with Chase Daniel leaving, there’s no telling what will happen to Mizzou next year.

All my money is on Jeremy heading to the pros.

The Missouri Tigers finally got Jeremy Maclin going last week against Colorado. It was only the second time all season he had over 10 receptions. I have no doubt that Missouri will stay hot and beat the snot out of Baylor this weekend, and they’ll do it with the help of Maclin.

The coaches are extremely impressed with the way Jeremy has been playing this year. “He’s playing a lot better than he was a year ago,” Pinkel said. “He’s stronger, faster, quicker. He knows the game better.”

He contributes to the team in all facets of the offense and on special teams. He’s one of the most versatile players in all of college football. Baylor is 3-5 overall and 1-3 in the Big 12. They’ll try to focus in on Maclin,l but they just don’t have the talent or speed to stop him. I wouldn’t be surprised at all with another Missouri 58-0 win and if Jeremy Maclin has 150+ yards of offense.

Here are the highlights from the Colorado game that I promised you.

After posting last week about Jeremy Maclin being held out of the endzone over the last two games, he was able to find it twice on Saturday against Colorado. The Missouri Tigers romped Colorado 58-0, their first shutout of the year.

Maclin finished the game with 11 receptions for 134 yards and two touchdowns. His longest catch of the game was a 35 yarder. Jeremy also had 17 yards on 3 rushes and 41 yards on two punt returns.

After his awesome performance on Saturday, Jeremy is now in a prime position to surpass his receiving statistics from 2007. I’ll be sure to post some video highlights of the game later this week.

Missouri had high hopes coming into the 2008 season, but now the No. 15 team has back to back losses and is out of the BCS Championship race. Missouri looks to end their two-game skid as it hosts Colorado on Saturday.

If the Tigers want to get back on the right track, there’s one thing they can do. Get Jeremy Maclin involved in the game! I know he’s been a beast on special teams, but Jeremy just isn’t putting up the monster numbers on offense that he should be. He hasn’t scored an offensive touchdown in 2 weeks.

Jeremy Maclin is getting a lot of receptions, he’s just not making much with them. I don’t know if it’s been his ability to break free, or if there is no blocking? Either way, Chase needs to throw him the rock in open space and let him work his magic.

I’m predicting a Missouri win on Saturday, and Jeremy to have 7 receptions for 110 yards and 1 touchdown, plsu 25 yards on the ground.

I went around telling everyone I know that I thought Missouri would upset Texas. Boy did they make me look like a fool. Now I have to go in the office on Monday and listen to everyone knock me down. The final score you ask? 56-31. “There’s no excuses,” said Pinkel. “They outplayed us, out-blocked us, kicked us, running, passing, coaching, everything.”

Texas got up to an early 35-3 lead at the half, and Missouri couldn’t catch up. Jeremy Maclin did have 8 receptions, but was only able to get 66 yards from them. He played mediocre on offense, but did have 132 yards from kick returns, including a 50 yarder.

Missouri is now No. 15 in the BCS and No. 16 in the AP Poll. They’re pretty much out of it. I don’t see a 2 loss team winning the National Championship this year.

This is the game of the week! No. 11 Missouri Tigers traveling to Austin to play the No. 1 Texas Longhorns. The entire naiton will be watching. Now is the time for Missouri to get back in the good graces of the poll voters. A win over No. 1 Texas would be huge!

This will be Jeremy Maclin’s first time playing against Texas. The Texas defense will be keying in on stopping him. Maclin acknowledged this season is different from last in terms of the attention he receives. “I’ve seen a lot of high-lows (double coverage), things like that,” he said. “But that’s why you have to work yourself into the running game, work yourself into screens and the quick game and set up the play-action. I think Coach (Christensen) definitely has done a good job of mixing it up a bit.”

Hopefully, Jeremy can use his moves and speed to break free from defenders. “Because of his top-end speed,” said Missouri offensive coordinator Dave Christensen, “he has a chance to take it the distance every time he touches the football.”

I’m predicting a very close game. Something like 31-28. Jeremy Maclin will have a huge night receiving the ball and returning kicks/punts. They’ll need him. Something in the range of 150 yards of offense and a touchdown sounds about right.

The Oklahoma State Cowboys stunned the Missouri Tigers on Saturday when they took home a 28-23 victory. Chase Daniel was off a bit, but was still able to connect with Jeremy Maclin 8 times for 120 yards.

“Put it all on me,” Daniel said. “I should have made all three of those throws. It seemed like we were a little bit off all night. For the reason, I have no idea.”

The three throws he is referring to were interceptions, one of which was headed to Jeremy. “We knew the ball was going to go to Maclin,” said linebacker Patrick Lavine, who made the interception. “He’s a big playmaker on offense, and so I tried to play on him harder.”

This is also the first game since the opener where Jeremy Maclin wasn’t able to find the endzone.

The Missouri Tigers are no ranked No. 11 and face off against the No. 1 ranked Texas Longhorns this coming weekend.

Coach Gundy and the Oklahoma State Cowboys are coming to Missouri this weekend for a BIg 12 matchup against Jeremy Maclin and the Tigers. The over/under on this game is probably pushing 80 points. “It’ll be a good show for the fans,” Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel said. “I think it’s going to be a great offensive showdown.”

One thing Missouri likes to do is score early and score fast. They’re one of the nations top scoring offenses, yet they have one of the worst time of possession stats. That doesn’t bother Jeremy though.  “That’s never been a concern for us,” Maclin said. “If you’re scoring points, it doesn’t matter.”

All-American Jeremy Maclin is fifth in the nation in all-purpose yardage with an 186.8-yard average and seven touchdowns, five on receptions, one on a run and one on a kickoff return. He’s going to do it all again when he takes the field tomorrow. No one on the Cowboys defense will be able to stop Jeremy Maclin. He’s too fast and too evasive.

I’m predicting a HUGE, Heisman-like day for Maclin. Something like 10 receptions for 180 yards, plus 100 return yards and 3 total touchdowns.

Go Tigers!