Pre-Trip Thoughts

We are about an hour away from leaving the station in our sweet 1998 Pontiac Grand Am on our "KOMU Ultimate Road Trip" to San Antonio. This will be the second longest road trip I've ever taken (I drove from Bristol, CT to Columbia two summers ago), and the first time KOMU blogger Tyler Profilet visits the states of Oklahoma and Texas.

Before we hit the road, I wanted to pass along some updates concerning Missouri's tight ends. Martin Rucker was named a first-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association today. He's the 27th Missouri football All-American, and the first since Justin Smith won in 2000. T-Ruck is Mizzou's first All-American TE since a guy named Kellen Winslow back in 1978, and he seemed to have an okay career...

Here are some quick stats on Rucker:
--194 catches for his career, seven short of breaking Justin Gage's career record (200, if you don't like math)
--2,080 career receiving yards
--18 career receiving touchdowns

An update on Mizzou's other tight end, Chase Coffman:
Last we've heard he's questionable for Saturday's game, but I saw him in between classes and he's still not anywhere near 100%. He told me in passing that his ankle was "alright, but getting better." He seemed to walk away gingerly, but I'm not a doctor, nor a member of the Mizzou Sports Medicine team, so take that with a grain of salt.

Back to packing, we'll have more from the road soon!
CH