<table> </table> COLUMBIA | Chase Coffman remembers that on his official recruiting visit to Missouri it was Chase Daniel who wanted Coffman to become a Tiger the most.</p><p>&#8220;He&#8217;s saying how great it would be if I came here,&#8221; Coffman said. &#8220;We&#8217;d be good friends, hang out and we could do some great stuff when we got here.&#8221;</p><p>So let it be said, so let it be done.</p><p>At the close of their four years together at Mizzou, Chase Coffman will join the alumni association as arguably the greatest tight end in MU football history.</p><p>Chase Daniel will, without argument, close out his collegiate career as the greatest Tiger quarterback of all time.</p><p>It isn&#8217;t something that Coffman and Daniel talk to each other about. But neither does either deny the contention when someone brings it up.</p><p>&#8220;You&#8217;re starting out together,&#8221; Coffman said. &#8220;You&#8217;ve gone through all this stuff. You have somebody close to you like that. You&#8217;re going out with them with these great things happening.&#8221;</p><p>Heading into Missouri&#8217;s Saturday afternoon kickoff at Baylor, Daniel is the Missouri career leader in passing yards (10,855 and the only Tiger QB ever to throw for as many as 8,800).</p><p>No one has ever thrown more touchdown passes than Daniel&#8217;s 85. He&#8217;s by far the most efficient passer in MU history.</p><p>Coffman, meanwhile, already owns the MU career records for receptions (220) and TD catches (25) and needs just 289 receiving yards to eclipse Justin Gage&#8217;s school career record of 2,704.</p><p>Ask Daniel whether Coffman will make it and you get an &#8220;of course, dummy&#8221; look.</p><p>&#8220;He&#8217;s made some amazing catches for me,&#8221; Daniel said. &#8220;I realize that probably 20 times I&#8217;ve said &#8216;That&#8217;s just unbelievable.&#8217;</p><p>&#8220;NFL scouts have to be drooling &#8230; to get to him. His athletic ability is so much underhyped. We can put him on corners, linebackers and safeties, and he creates a mismatch no matter who he&#8217;s up against.&#8221;</p><p>Not that Daniel plays favorites among his receivers. Sure, Coffman has caught more Daniel passes this year (63) and throughout his career than anybody else.</p><p>But if Jeremy Maclin, the wide receiver who has 58 catches this season, had two more years with Daniel as his quarterback, Coffman&#8217;s career receiving marks probably would be in danger.</p><p>That said, most teammates see the special bond shared by Chase Daniel and Chase Coffman.</p><p>&#8220;Those two guys, they act alike,&#8221; Maclin said. &#8220;They&#8217;re always laughing together. They&#8217;re always around each other. They have a special thing.&#8221;</p><p>There are differences.</p><p>Deadpans center Tim Barnes: &#8220;One of &#8217;em&#8217;s pretty tall (Coffman&#8217;s 6 feet 6), and the other&#8217;s pretty short (Daniel is 6 feet).</p><p>&#8220;But they are a lot alike. They have a hidden humor. They&#8217;re always laughing about things that may not seem funny to anybody else.&#8221;</p><p>Coffman admits it. Compare it to a tacit sense of communication that defensive tackle Ziggy Hood and linebacker Brock Christopher seem to share on the other side of the ball.</p><p>&#8220;Only four of us in that class came in and played as true freshmen,&#8221; Coffman said.</p><p>Daniel and Coffman on offense, Hood and Christopher on defense.</p><p>&#8220;You bond with those guys. We had the same schedules. Some of the same classes. You&#8217;re spending a lot of time together.&#8221;</p><p>Still, the Chase to Chase connection is special.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve spent so much time together,&#8221; Coffman said, &#8220;watching film together, and just hanging out. We kind of know what&#8217;s going to happen before it happens.&#8221;</p><p>Heck, what&#8217;s so special about that? Fans know what&#8217;s going to happen Saturday afternoon at Baylor.</p><p>Chase Daniel is going to take the snap from center. He&#8217;s going to look to Chase Coffman running across the middle or hanging out in the flats. He&#8217;s going to throw the ball to his big tight end.</p><p>Coffman will catch it, turn up field and run or vault over the first would-be tackler.</p><p>Then Daniel and Coffman will do it all again. And again. And again.</p><p>&#8220;We know we can trust each other to make a play, to go out there and give 100 percent.&#8221;</p><p>It has been that way from the start.</p><p><hr class="infobox-hr-separator" /> <div class="infobox"> @ Go to <strong>KansasCity.com</strong> for video blogs from the KU, K-State, MU and college football beats.</p><p></div>