Yardbarker: Tommy Saunders

Point-Counterpoint: Mizzou letting it fly vs. The skies letting it fall

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:54:02 -0500

We be live-bloggin'! Join the Doc for the weekly Thursday night live blog, kicking with one of the Big 12 North games of the year, Nebraska-Missouri, on ESPN at the unusually late hour of 9 p.m. Eastern. Point: Incredibly, Missouri hasn't lost anything in the passing game. Not surprisingly, the Tigers were more ground-based through September after losing the school's all-time leading passer, a trio of receivers with 579 career receptions between them and the offensive coordinator...

Missouri-Illinois: Upon Further Review

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:38:52 -0500

It would be impossible to escape Missouri's surprisingly dominant 37-9 win over Illinois on Saturday without a little extra analysis. Here's a look at who stood out in the Tigers' season-opening victory, some more obvious than others: Blaine Gabbert I'm walking out on a limb, I know, but the discussion surrounding Saturday's performance should begin and end with the talented young signal-caller from St. Louis. Gabbert's physical attributes had been well outlined prio...

Missouri Tigers 2009 Football Preview: Receiving Corps Faces Tall Task

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:22:23 -0500

264 catches. 3,080 receiving yards. 30 touchdowns. Those are the offensive totals that left along with former Tiger receivers Jeremy Maclin, Chase Coffman, and Tommy Saunders after the 2008 season. More pertinently, those numbers resemble the enormous task that awaits the current gang of Missouri receivers and tight ends for 2009. Suffice it to say that no logical fan expects those gaudy stats to be replicated by a unit that features only two seniors—both of which sat out the entire spr...

Mizzou: What To Expect in 2009

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:28:12 -0500

The Missouri Tigers were officially put back on the national college football map in 2007 when Chase Daniel led the Tigers to a magical season where they were number one in the nation for a week. The season did not end how they would have preferred it, as their arch rival Kansas went to the Orange Bowl instead of them. The next year was supposed to be the year where they stuck it to Kansas and made it to an even better BCS Bowl: The National Championship. But it was no...

Missouri TIgers Position Preview: Wide Receiver/Tight End

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:50:12 -0500

Previous Position: Running Back Was there a stronger unit in the Big 12 last season? Mizzou had a top 20 NFL talent in Jeremy Maclin, a walk-on turned hero in Tommy Saunders, and a Mackey award winner in Chase Coffman. So how can the cupboard not be completely bare in Columbia this fall? Well, a couple of diamonds in the rough and talented youngsters should lead Missouri to have a strong stable of pass catchers once again. Danario Alexander has always had NFL-type talent. The lanky 6'5...

Missouri Football Preview: Tigers Hope To Reload, Disprove Critics

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:24:19 -0500

Perhaps unlike any other season in the Missouri football program's 120-year history, it's entering '09 with an unsettling amount of uncertainty. After posting a second straight season with 10 or more wins—for the first time ever—and sending an unprecedented six players to the NFL, the Tigers now have to deal with the byproduct that comes with achieving landmark success. Only Utah, USC, and Oklahoma have won more games than Missouri over the past two seasons; it goes wi...

Lions Sign RB Antone Smith, WR Tommy Saunders, Release LB

Sat, 09 May 2009 09:16:42 -0500

The Lions released former Michigan linebacker Chris Graham on Friday, while also signing receiver Tommy Saunders, an undrafted free agent out of...

Lions Sign RB Antone Smith, WR Tommy Saunders, Release LB

Sat, 09 May 2009 08:31:55 -0500

The Lions released former Michigan linebacker Chris Graham on Friday, while also signing receiver Tommy Saunders, an undrafted free agent out of...