Florida vs Missouri NCAA Football Spread/Handicapping
The No. 22 Florida Gators arrive in Columbia to face an unbeaten No. 14 Missouri Tigers team on Saturday in SEC college football action.
The No. 22 Florida Gators arrive in Columbia to face an unbeaten No. 14 Missouri Tigers team on Saturday in SEC college football action.
Things did not go swimmingly for Missouri in their first tour of the SEC last season as they dealt with injuries and poor performance overall. They were able to notch only two conference victories against the bottom of the SEC East, Tennessee and Kentucky.
The Rams are riding the Mountain West Conference wave this year. They had another very good season losing just 8 games all season long and finishing second in the MWC.
This is the SEC kickoff for Alabama, a team in the second tier of the conference but expected to be closer to the top than the bottom. The Crimson Tide team played a tough non-conference schedule.
The Tigers finally got their first SEC victory last week. I thought they would be able to compete better in the SEC this inaugural year but it has not turned out that way. Lucky for them Kentucky came to town…and everybody beats the Wildcats.
Last year was a pretty good start to the Stan Haith era at Mizzou – even if it ended with a thud due to a first round exit against Norfolk State.
Its funny, Alabama continues to win easily but fails to impress…kind of. They are just 2-3 ATS this season and as the wins mount they seem to be not a very interesting part of the BCS conversation…perhaps it is because they are too obvious.
With the arrival of Mizzou to the SEC (along with Texas A&M this season) a third team with the “Tigers” nickname is added to the conference fray. Missouri hopes to distinguish itself far more than its mascot, however.
Missouri beat Texas in the Big 12 tourney semis and if they can beat Baylor in the finals they have a chance to snag a precious #1 seed in the Big Dance.
Texas (20-12) may have kept their streak alive of playing in the NCAA tournament, as they have gone to the Big Dance in 13 straight seasons, with a HUGE win over Iowa State last night.
Oklahoma State (15-17) had an easy time beating a weak Texas Tech team in the first round of the Big 12 conference tourney, but not face a Missouri (27-4) team that ranks 8th in the nation in scoring and has one of the best backcourts in the nation.
The No. 3 Missouri Tigers had a chance to claim sole possession of first place in the Big 12 conference with a win over Kansas State on Wednesday, but they came up short.
Missouri has only lost two games all year, but one of those games was to Oklahoma State in Stillwater earlier this year.
The Kansas Jayhawks had a stumble last weekend losing at Iowa State.
What a great matchup, although it would have been better if both teams were still undefeated.
Mizzou is a legit team and had a decent shot to win the Big 12 and go far in the Big Dance mainly because Laurence Bowers and Kim English decided to forgo the NBA and come back to Columbia.