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Illini D, Mizzou offense on collision course.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 31-AUG-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Illini D, Mizzou offense on collision course.(Sports)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Lindsey Willhite

lwillhite@@dailyherald.com

Ron Zook stood at the lectern Tuesday and let the facts rush from his mouth like a man hopeful his truth-telling will lead to a lighter sentence on judgment day.

Instead, Illinois' third-year coach simply built a case that Missouri might boast the nation's most explosive offense this side of Hawaii.

When the Illini take to the Edward Jones Dome turf for their 2007 opener at 2:36 p.m. Saturday (ESPN2), they'll encounter a startlingly mature and productive Tigers offense.

Missouri finished No. 8 nationally in total yardage and No. 20 in scoring last fall. From that group, as Zook couldn't help but note, the Tigers retain:

- 99.6 percent of their passing yards, almost all of them by All-America candidate Chase Daniel as the maestro of Mizzou's Northwestern-style spread...

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