Maybe Nebraska didn’t know any better. But giving Missouri bulletin-board material – and doing it twice, no less – Saturday wasn’t the best idea.In case you missed it, Huskers coach Bo Pelini stated before the game, his goal was to shut out the Tigers at home.If that wasn’t enough, an unknown Nebraska player spit on MU quarterback Chase Daniel before the game, at least according to Daniel.Can you imagine how easy it must have been for Mizzou coach Gary Pinkel to give his pregame motivational speech? It must have gone something like this:_Let’s see, we haven’t won in Lincoln since 1978; it’s the first conference game of the season; if we win, we’ll keep sole possession of first place in the Big 12 North; anything else, coaches?…………………… Oh, Nebraska’s coach said his goal was to shut us out, and a player disrespected our starting quarterback by spitting on him like five minutes ago. Everyone ready?_Here’s how it all ended: Missouri ripped Nebraska, 52-17. Daniel was 18-of-23 passing for 253 yards and three touchdowns.The lesson? I don’t even care about Missouri’s 568.8 yards per game of total offense, which ranks third in the nation. When you’re an inferior team – like Nebraska – don’t talk about shutting out Missouri. They just might embarrass the heck out of you at your place.Quick glance at the AP poll, which still has six Big 12 ranked teams in the top 25: 1. Oklahoma 2. Alabama 3. Missouri 4. LSU 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Texas Tech 16. Kansas 17. Oklahoma StateTime for the Conference Chatter Week 5 awards, which will be followed by the Sorrentino Scale.Performer of the week: Graham Harrell, Texas Tech Who knows, maybe 58 sprints are coming for the Kansas State defense after it was torched in a 58-28 drubbing by Texas Tech. Harrell was 38-of-51 for 454 yards and seven total touchdowns.Most significant win of the week: Missouri 52, Nebraska 17 Missouri hadn’t won in Lincoln in 30 years. Surprise of the week: Kansas 35, Iowa State 33 Particularly because of how flat KU was in digging itself into a 20-0 halftime hole. Credit the Jayhawks for coming back and outscoring Iowa State, 21-0, in the third quarter. If KU would have lost, it would have seriously derailed its chances of challenging in the North. Too difficult a schedule coming up for the Jayhawks to have lost that game, even though Ames is a tougher venue to play in than some might think. Now onto the Sorrentino Scale. The number that follows in parenthesis is what place the team was ranked last week.1 (1). Oklahoma (5-0): Dominating 49-17 victory over Baylor to open conference play. 2 (2). Missouri (5-0): Derrick Washington has a strong case for most underrated player in conference and/or nation. 3 (3). Texas (5-0): Road trip to Boulder to open conference play didn’t faze Longhorns. 4 (4). Texas Tech (5-0): Took advantage of K-State’s shaky defense. 5 (5). Oklahoma State (5-0): Seems like Dez Bryant does this (5 catches, 106 yards, 3 TD’s vs. A&M) every week. 6 (6). Kansas (4-1): Reesing/Meier/Sharp trio saves the day in Ames. 7 (7). Colorado (3-2): QB Hawkins 13-33 (39.4 percent) passing vs. UT. 8 (8). Nebraska (3-2): Number of times Missouri had to punt against Nebraska: 0. 9 (10). Baylor (2-3): QB Griffin could be emerging star. 10 (9). Kansas State (3-2): Gave up 626 yards of offense to Tech. 11 (11). Iowa State (2-3): QB Arnaud rightfully taking all snaps. 12 (12). Texas A&M (2-3): A&M’s 402 total yards matched Oklahoma State’s 401. The Aggies’ five turnovers, however, didn’t match the Cowboys’ one.Random shout-out of the week: Stroud’s in Kansas City, Mo. Visited the restaurant for the first time this past weekend on the way to Ames. They have some pretty generous portions of delicious fried chicken plates. And all parties receive complimentary cinnamon rolls at the end of their meal. You can’t really get more unhealthy, but it was worth the trip.That’s all for now, friends. As always, discuss.