BIG 12 Smith breaks record but Mizzou trounced, 41-12

The Chaney graduate set an NCAA record for rushing yards by a quarterback.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- He's part tailback, part fullback and 100 percent football player.
Lawrence Vickers proved that again Saturday, scoring four touchdowns to help No. 25 Colorado move closer to another division title with a 41-12 victory over Missouri.
Vickers normally does more blocking and pass catching than running, but when the Buffs decided right before kickoff that hurting tailback Hugh Charles couldn't go, Vickers got the call.
He ran for touchdowns of 1, 2, 20 and 7 yards for the Buffs (7-2, 5-1 Big 12) and finished with a career-high 85 yards on 18 carries.
"I was motivated," Vickers said. "I love carrying the ball."
Joel Klatt threw for 253 yards and a touchdown, Mason Crosby hit a 56-yard field goal and CU took a two-game lead over Missouri in the Big 12 North.
Smith breaks record
Missouri senior quarterback Brad Smith (Chaney High) managed to get the 5 yards he needed to break Antwaan Randle-El's NCAA career record for yards rushing by a quarterback (3,895).
But overall, he was held in check, throwing for 160 yards and running for 16 more, as the Mizzou offense managed the single touchdown and no other real threats.
Missouri (5-4, 3-3), like Colorado, came into the game also controlling its destiny. But the Tigers fell flat, lost their second straight and now will probably focus more on getting another win to become bowl eligible rather than winning the division.
"Maybe they felt too much pressure. Maybe I did it," Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said.
CU lost to South Division leader Texas 42-17 earlier this year and, though it's hard to imagine the Buffs closing the gap enough to beat the second-ranked Longhorns, it's also hard not to believe Colorado has a rightful spot among the nation's upper class.
This game, against a contending Missouri team and its dynamic quarterback Smith, was supposed to a big test. As they have in every home game since their three-point win in the opener against Colorado State, the Buffs took a big lead early and left little doubt about who was the better team.
Buffs answer quickly
And when the Tigers briefly tried to make a game of it, the Buffs answered immediately -- the way good teams do.
Missouri pulled within 24-12 early in the third quarter when Stryker Sulak hit Klatt and forced a fumble, which Jamar Smith scooped up and ran 12 yards for a touchdown.
The Buffs responded with an 80-yard touchdown drive, helped tremendously by a roughing-the-punter call. On third-and-goal from the 6, Klatt rolled to his right, patiently waited for Quinn Sypniewski to shed a defender, then hit Sypniewski with a strike in the back of the end zone to make it 31-12.
That was the lone touchdown pass. The rest of the scores belonged to Vickers, who came one touchdown short of the school record. The Buffs ran for 170 yards after struggling on the ground for most of the past month -- averaging 80 yards over the last three games.