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Published: November 25, 2009
The Missouri Tigers will face the Kansas Jayhawks in a Big 12 conference college football game on Saturday afternoon played on a neutral field. Kick off time at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri is schedule for 3:30PM Eastern Time with regional television coverage provided by ABC. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Missouri Tigers opened as a 4-½ point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the underdog Kansas Jayhawks, as the Missouri Tigers are currently a 3-point favorite. The over under is currently lined at 57 for the bettors to play into. College football money line players can make a play on the favored Missouri Tigers at –155 with the underdog Kansas Jayhawks bringing back +135 to win this game without the points on their side.
When these Big 12 conference rivals met in the 2008 season it was Kansas winning a high scoring game 40-37 as a 16-½ point underdog. Kansas was able to pass for 375 yards in victory. The Kansas Jayhawks are sitting at 5-6 this season and in desperate need of a win to become bowl eligible. The team has lost 6 straight games and have struggled big time on offense. Kansas has only averaged 16 points per game over their past 5 games. Jayhawks quarterback Todd Reesing is hitting on 62% of his passes with just 18 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. Reesing has been playing through a sore groin and has thrown only 3 touchdown passes over his past 5 games. Kansas will be without their top running back as Toben Opurum has a bum ankle and will not play. Senior running back Jake Sharp has not ran a lick over the past three games with just 67 yards on 23 carries. Kansas gives up 27 points per game. The Jayhawks are 8th in the Big 12 in total defense allowing 367 yards a game this season. Kansas is going to be facing a strong passing attack from the Tigers and the Jayhawks sit 8th in the Big 12 allowing 239 yards through the air. Missouri sits at 7-4 on the year and have won 2 straight games in conference. They are coming off a 34-24 home victory against Iowa St last week. The passing attack has started to come alive. Sophomore quarterback Blaine Gabbert is hitting on all cylinders down the stretch of the season. The signal caller has passed for 1105 yards over his past three games with 7 touchdowns passes and no interceptions. On the ground Derrick Washington is the Tigers leading rusher with a 4.2 yards a carry average and 8 rushing touchdowns. Washington had suffered a slight concussion last week but head coach Gary Pinkel felt very confident in Washington’s ability to play on Saturday when he met with the media. Defensively the Tigers are 6th in the Big 12 on defense allowing 340 yards per game.
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CFB Trend: Kansas Jayhawks are 0-7 ATS this season against the Big 12 conference
The Wagerline consensus has 61.2% of the CFB bettors on Missouri –3
