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Missouri Tigers at Texas Longhorns Football Odds & Predictions

No. 11 Mizzou heads to Texas looking for revenge off a major upset loss to Oklahoma State. The Longhorns took care of Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry last week to take over the No. 1 ranking in the land. Odds makers feel the Longhorns will hold onto the top spot and have installed them as 5.5-point favorites with the total set at 69.

Last week, Mack Browns Texas Longhorns impressed the pollsters with a 45-35 win over then-top ranked Oklahoma. The win improved Texas to 6-0 on the season and 2-0 in Big 12 play. Texas will get no break this week as the Big 12 North’s best team comes to town looking for revenge.

Texas holds a 15-5 advantage in the all-time series and has won four straight over the Tigers. Just how big of a win would this be for the Missouri program you ask? Well, let’s put it this way, Mizzou has not won in Austin since 1896 and that’s no typo.

Texas QB Colt McCoy and WR Jason Shipley earned All-Big 12 weekly accolades following their big time performances last week. McCoy was 28 of 35 through the air for 277 yards and a touchdown. Shipley finished with 11 grabs for 112 yards and a score and also returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown.

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McCoy has led a lethal offense all season long. The Longhorns are averaging 46.8 points per game and 466.2 yards of total offense per contest. McCoy made himself a front runner for the Heisman Trophy last week and has been putting up gaudy numbers all season, completing nearly 80 percent of his passes for over 1,500 yards and 17 touchdowns against just three interceptions. McCoy has also been getting the job done on the ground with 348 rushing yards and four more scores.

The Sooners were able to do some damage to the Texas secondary last week so one would think that 2007 Heisman Trophy finalist Chase Daniel is going to be able to find some seams this week. Texas is allowing an alarming 267.8 passing yards per game, but this stat is somewhat misleading as teams have been forced to thrown the football because they can’t gain any yardage on the ground. Texas is limiting the opposition to just 51.2 yards per game on the ground and an impressive 1.9 yards per carry average.

History is in Missouri’s favor this week as the Tigers are a perfect 7-0 in the game following its first loss of the season under head coach Gary Pinkel. However, the Tigers didn’t face a team of the caliber of Texas in any of those games.

Despite a huge passing day for Chase Daniel, the Tigers were not able to keep pace with the Oklahoma State Cowboys last week and were dealt a 5-point home loss. Daniel was 39 of 52 for 390 yards. The key was that he threw only one touchdown strike against three interceptions.

The senior has already amasses 2,055 yards and 16 touchdowns on the season with All-American wide receiver Jeremy Maclin on the receiving end of 600 of those yards.

The ground game has been great also averaging 171.7 yards per contest. Tailback Derrick Washington has been doing most of the damage and has scored 11 of the team’s 16 rushing touchdowns.

The Tigers defense showed some vulnerability last week and allowed the Cowboys to rack up 402 yards on the day. This unit is going to give up yards so it depends on its ability to come up with takeways. The Tigers has 12 takeaways and 15 sacks through the first six games.

It is apparent to me that Missouri is going to have to win a shootout to win this game as they are coming up against a team that is just as high powered as it is. The Tigers weren’t able to get the job done at home against Oklahoma State last week and I don’t think they’ll be able to get the job done at Texas this week. Bet Texas at -5.5 at BetUS and receive up to a 50% signup bonus.

Make sure you check out Jimmy’s premium college football picks for his highest rated plays this week.

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