If you don't think there are some bitter biscuits between Missouri and the other Big 12 members, this video might make you think otherwise.

Following Kansas State's 24-17 win over the Tigers last weekend, K-State coach Bill Snyder and Missouri coach Gary Pinkel trotted to midfield to exchange the customary handshake.

According to the video (here's a better angle), it looks like Snyder wants to engage Pinkel in a thoughtful discussion about the intricacies of the game, and Pinkel wants to get on the bus and hightail it out of Manhattan as fast as he can.

The look Snyder gives as Pinkel turns his back mid-sentence and jogs away is absolutely priceless. However, those who know Pinkel know that he's not one to get all warm and fuzzy, win or lose.

Yeah, it's not animal feces in the team bus — excuse me, I mean fish bait — but it's still an icy reception from Pinkel, a coach that has been outspoken about his dislike of the Big 12 during the past year.

UPDATE, 2:02 p.m. ET. Pinkel explained

Gumbo brings people together -- especially a really big pot of it.

That's what New Orleans chefs John Folse and Rick Tramonto and former Alabama and Miami Dolphins nose tackle Bob Baumhower are cooking up on Nov. 5 for the annual LSU-Alabama rivalry game to help raise money for Alabama tornado relief:

The centerpiece of the day-long [LouisiBama] Gumbo Bowl extravaganza will be the creation of the world's largest pot of gumbo by chefs Folse and Tramonto, along with Baumhower and his Executive Chef Steve Zucker.

The team will create a monster pot of gumbo, using a 300-year-old cast iron pot from the sugar cane fields of South Louisiana. The World's Largest Gumbo recipe calls for 750 pounds shrimp, 450 pounds catfish fillets, 100 pounds claw crabmeat, 50 pounds white crabmeat, 200 pounds alligator meat, 25 pounds Louisiana crawfish tail meat, 200 pounds diced onions, 75 pounds diced celery, 100 pounds diced green bell pepper, 150 pounds sliced okra, 50 pounds dehydrated garlic and 20

In the museum area of the Michigan football complex, next to the "Little Brown Jug" display (the award given to the winner of the Michigan-Minnesota game) is a piece of paper that fills the void where the "Paul Bunyan-Governor of Michigan Trophy" sat for the better part of this century.

It reads: "The Paul Bunyan Trophy is temporarily located in East Lansing but will return next year."

Of course, next year has turned to the year after that and the year after that as Michigan has failed to beat Michigan State since 2007. But the Wolverines, back in the top ten in the mainstream polls for the first time since that 2007 season, are in a much better position this year to replace that piece of paper with the actual trophy.

"I don't think I have to remind our guys what the outcome has been," Michigan coach Brady Hoke said this week regarding the Wolverines three-game losing streak in the series. "These are college students, and they're in classes and stuff like that. I would hope that

Weekly notes from the undercard.

Louisiana-Lafayette hasn't been to a bowl game as a member of the FBS, but with one more win, the Ragin' Cajuns will be bowl-eligible and in good shape to make their first postseason trip in 40 years. After Saturday's 31-17 win over perennial Sun Belt overlord Troy, the Ragin' Cajuns are 5-1 for the first time since 1988 and have won five straight for the first time since 2005.

To say the Cajuns came out of nowhere would be an understatement. While all eyes in the preseason were on Troy and Florida International, Lafayette has gone about its business under first-year head coach Mark Hudspeth, picking apart its opponents — including the conference's two favorites — to become one of the great non-AQ success stories of the first half of the season. But they're  trying to keep things in perspective and learn from the mistakes of the '88 team. After climbing to 5-1, it went on to finish the season 6-5.

"It's still a long season," said quarterback Chris

Illinois coach Ron Zook has been the butt of jokes the past couple years thanks to his team's lack of success. And now that the Illini are 6-0 — one win away from matching the 1951 team for the best start in school history — Zook still can't get out of his own way.

During Saturday's 41-20 win over Indiana, Zook made a play-calling gaffe that, while it didn't directly affect the outcome of the game, left a lot of people scratching their heads. With about 7 minutes remaining in the second quarter, the Illini scored a touchdown to put them up 20-13. Instead of kicking the PAT to go up eight, Zook decided to go for two. His reasoning? He thought his team was down five.

"We were down five, right? Up five, I mean," Zook said after the game.

After some clarification: "It was 20-13? Up seven?

"Maybe I didn't know what the score was. That's happened to me before. It's usually when we're behind. [This will] give you something to pound us about."

Um, yeah, especially since Illinois failed to

Penn State quarterback Rob Bolden only completed 3 of 7 passes during the Nittany Lions' 13-3 win over Iowa, but his final completion might go down as the greatest of his career.

And it was totally by accident.

While under pressure by the Iowa defense, Bolden badly misfired a pass in the vicinity of freshman Bill Belton and it literally kicked off an official's foot to a streaking Andrew Szczerba for a 19-yard gain. The drive resulted in a field goal.

The play didn't quite have the drama of the Immaculate Reception, but it was probably one of the more interesting passes in Penn State history.

Unfortunately for Bolden, the magic didn't last long. He was benched in favor of Matt McGloin, who went on to lead the 13-3 victory with just a little help from the Nittany Lion defense.

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the football field, beware the Oklahoma Sharks.

No it's not some fake movie football team, it's what the Oklahoma defense is calling itself this season. And it's predator-like ways were evident during Saturday's 55-17 shellacking of Texas in the annual Red River Rivalry at the Cotton Bowl.

The Sooners defense accounted for three touchdowns -- an interception, a sack-fumble and a strip by defensive back Jamell Fleming, who commemorated the score by turning his hand into a dorsal fin at the top of his helmet.

Fleming_shark"big s/o to my sharks today! It aint safe in this deep crimson sea," Fleming tweeted after the game.

It was the first time in Oklahoma history that the Sooners, err, Sharks had three defensive scores in one game. It was also only the second time the team had defensive touchdowns on fumbles. Oklahoma also harassed Texas' young quarterbacks, Case McCoy and David Ash, with eight sacks.

Linebacker Travis Lewis, who took the Golden Hat

When teams leave a conference, they usually complain about fans yelling obscenities to them during games or referee biases. Rarely do those teams complain about an opposing team's fans leaving poop in their team bus.

Byrne_TweetBut Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne is accusing Texas Tech fans of just that. According to a Byrne tweet, someone left excrement in the Aggies' team buses and smeared it on the outside. The buses also reportedly had vulgarities spray painted across them.

If that doesn't scream bitterness, I'm not sure what does.

Aggie_signOf course, there was no police report filed and no one knows exactly who did it, but defacing a team bus with poop — and let's hope it's animal poop — is just all sorts of wrong.

Chances are it is horse manure because of the statue of Will Rogers on his horse on the Texas Tech campus, which is positioned so that the rear end of the horse faces Texas A&M. It's a revered statue and this prank would surely be homage to it.

Still defacing A&M's buses in such a