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Newcastles major off-season recruit, former Manly and NSW Origin utility Jamie Buhrer, had no reservations about joining the back-to-back wooden spooners. Paul Goldschmidt Cardinals Jersey .While Buhrers disappointment at having to leave Brookvale after seven seasons and 128 top-grade games has been well documented, he is looking forward to a fresh challenge after signing a two-season deal with the Knights.Newcastle finished last in 2015 and then won only one game this year in what was statistically the worst season by any team of the NRL era.Buhrer said that was not a deterrent when he was deciding whether to accept Newcastles offer.Especially the way they finished the year, they were much more competitive in games, he said.After the meeting I had with (Knights coach Nathan Brown), it was a pretty frank discussion about where the club is at and where its going.I didnt so much look at last year as what is going to be, moving forward.Hes got a vision that were going to step up this coming year and continue to step up, hopefully culminating in that top eight and top four.The 26-year-old will be one of Newcastles more experienced players but said there had been no discussions about whether he would join former Manly teammate Trent Hodkinson as a co-captain.You dont walk into a leadership role, he said.Ive got to make sure Im somebody that the boys can look up to before anything like that can be bestowed upon me.Although his preferred position is backrow, Buhrer said he was willing to fill a variety of roles.Brownys touched on that - I wont be pigeon-holed into one position, he said.So obviously Im going to have to be sharp in any number of positions that he might put me in.He denied that he felt he had a point to prove, after being asked by Manly to explore other options despite having a year to run on his contract.I dont think Ill wrap my head around the whole point to prove thing just yet, he said.I might start thinking something like that in January, when Ive got my lungs and Im ready to go with the boys.At the moment, its all about putting the work now, which is important. 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He rushed for a career-high 190 yards on just 10 carries.You can just see the confidence he has in himself and everybody around him, Tennessee coach Butch Jones said.Tennessee (8-3, 4-3 SEC) has won three straight games and has scored over 40 points in all of them. This marks the first time since 1995 that the Volunteers have scored 40-plus points in three consecutive games.The Vols won despite allowing 740 yards in total offense, the highest single-game total ever by a Tennessee opponent. Troy gained 721 yards in a 55-48 loss to Tennessee in 2012.Damarea Crockett rushed for 225 yards and Ish Witter gained 163 yards to lead a 420-yard rushing attack for Missouri (3-8, 1-6). The Tigers gained 600-plus total yards for the fourth time this season.Offensively thats a pretty good day, Missouri coach Barry Odom said. I didnt have enough answers defensively to put us there to win it.Crockett had the second-highest single-game rushing total ever by a Tennessee opponent. Mississippis Dexter McCluster rushed for 282 yards against Tennessee in 2009.Tennessees John Kelly rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown. Alvin Kamara ran for 55 yards and two scores.The Vols were clinging to a 35-30 lead when Dobbs made a move around Missouris Thomas Wilson at the line of scrimmage and raced for a 70-yard touchdown with 13:20 rremaining. Tyler ONeill Jersey. Tennessee took command from there.Although Tennessee won the game, the Vols were knocked out of contention for the SEC Eastern Division title when Florida beat LSU 16-10 earlier in the day to clinch a spot in the Dec. 3 SEC championship game against No. 1 Alabama.We didnt know about it, Tennessee cornerback Cam Sutton said. I just heard about it after the game. Thats something we werent worried about throughout the course of the game.THE TAKEAWAYMissouri: The Tigers season-long kicking woes hurt them again Saturday.Missouri missed an extra-point attempt for the fifth time this season at the end of the Tigers first series. Missouri also had gone 5 of 12 on field-goal attempts this season before Saturday.The Tigers kicking game has struggled so much that they decided to go for it rather than attempting a field goal while facing fourth-and-12 from the Tennessee 20 early in the second quarter. After Missouri was penalized for a false start, the Tigers still kept their offense on the field to try converting the first down on fourth-and-17 from the 25. The drive ended with an incomplete pass.Tennessee: The Vols defense remains extremely vulnerable, particularly against the run. Missouri put up huge numbers against Tennessee one week after the Vols allowed 443 yards rushing in a 49-36 victory over Kentucky. Tennessee also gave up 353 yards rushing to Texas A&M and 409 to Alabama this season.UP NEXTMissouri hosts Arkansas on Friday.Tennessee is at Vanderbilt on Saturday. ' ' '