Arkansas comes to Columbia, Mo. Friday billed as the hottest team in the country and a 3 point favorite. On the line for Mizzou is a trip to the SEC championship game for the second year in a row. Not only that but this game is very important for both schools in recruiting as they recruit a lot of the same kids.
Last week MIzzou traveled to Knoxville, Tn. to play the Vol's. At that time Tenn. was billing billed as the hottest team in the country. They had just won at S. Carolina and ran over Kentucky at home. The reason they were everyone's darling is they had a new qb and had put up 95 points in those two games. Mizzou squashed that talk by sacking their qb 6 times and holding them to 21 points. The Tigers were a long way from perfect in that win. Their fg kicker missed 2 extra points and a fg. They had 12 penalties for 82 yds. That has to be cleaned up.
The Razorback's come in off of two shutout's of LSU and O'l Miss, both at home. The 17-0 win over LSU was pretty much a straight up win with neither offense doing much. 123 tot. yds for LSU and 264 tot. yds. for Arkansas. The win over O'l Miss 30-0 told a different story. 316 tot.yds O'l Miss and 311 tot. yds. Arkansas. Interceptions: O'l Miss 0, Arkansas 3 for 136 yds. Fumbles lost: O'l Miss 3 and Arkansas 1. O'l Miss was -5 in turnovers. Your not going to beat anyone with that number.
Now to this game. I would bet everything I'd ever hope to own that Mizzou doesn't get shutout. When it comes to the Arkansas offense against the Mizzou defense I just don't think the Razorbacks have enough fire power to win this game. Mizzou is the reigning Eastern Division champs of the SEC and need this game to secure that title for the second year in a row. Now Arkansas, not Alabama or Auburn, comes into their house as a FAVORITE on senior day as well. You can take it to the bank ALL these players feel they are STILL getting no respect. Mizzou needs to clean up the penalty situation and can't give the game away like O'l Miss did. Mizzou finishes off another November without a loss.
5* #336 MIZZOU +3 -105
2* #336 MIZZOU ML +145