Oklahoma Sooners at Missouri Tigers Betting Preview

Opening point spread odds - total lines at 5Dimes : Sooners -3 / Tigers +3 O/U 52

Time: 8 PM EST Saturday, October 23, 2010 on ABC

Will the #1 team in the nation fall for a third straight week on Saturday when the 11th ranked Missouri Tigers (6-0) host the top-ranked (BCS Standings) Oklahoma Sooners (6-0). First Alabama lost a couple weeks back and then last week Ohio State lost and the Sooners are hoping to break that trend with a win on Saturday. Both OU and Mizzou are coming off impressive wins and each has a passing offense ranked in the top 20 in the nation.

Each team is 2-0 in Big 10 play, as the Tigers are in first place in the Big 12 North and the Sooners are in first place in the Big 12 South.

This season the Sooners are 3-3 ATS and the Tigers are 4-2 ATS.

Oklahoma is a 3-point favorite in this game and they have covered the spread in 4 of their last 5 Big 12 games the road team is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 meetings between these 2 teams.

In their last games Oklahoma killed Iowa State 52-0 and Missouri beat Texas A&M 30-9.

Oklahoma racked up 672 yards of offense in their drubbing of Iowa State last week and QB Landry Jones, who leads the Sooners and their 12th ranked passing offense, had a great game passing for 334 yards with 3 TD and 0 INT. Jones and main target WR Ryan Broyles (61 rec 700 yards 5 TD) will be facing a Mizzou pass defense that ranks 58th in the nation. The Tigers beat Texas A&M last week pretty easily, but they still gave up 322 passing yards.

Sooners' RB DeMarco Murray (663 yards 11 TD) broke the 100-yard barrier in the win over Iowa State, but that may be tougher against a Mizzou rushing D that ranks 29th in the nation and only gave up 57 yards on the ground in their win last week.

Mizzou QB Blaine Gabbert threw for 361 yards with 3 TD and 0 INT last week and he will be counted on for most of the offense since the Tigers' rushing offense only ranks 84th in the nation and only picked up 56 yards in the win over Texas A&M. Oklahoma has struggled against good QB's this season with a pass D that ranks 81st in the nation. If the Sooners' defense can contain Gabbert they should have no problems winning this game.

Missouri's offensive line is key in this game, as they have to protect Gabbert from Oklahoma's pass defense that ranks 11th in the nation with 18 sacks on the season.

In some other betting trends for this game:

Oklahoma is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games following a ATS win, 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games after scoring more than 40 points in their previous game, and has an Under record of 7-3 in their last 10 Big 10 games.

Missouri is 4-10 ATS in their last 14 games against teams with a winning record and has an Under record of 5-2 in their last 7 games.

Our Selection : Take Missouri +3 at 5Dimes.


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