The Missouri Tigers football team , one of the hottest teams nationally and ranked No. 6 in the BCS Poll will travel to Manhattan, Kansas on Saturday (Nov. 17) to play the Kansas State Wildcats at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in a nationally televised game on FSN starting at 12:30 p.m. ET. The Tigers, at 9-1 overall and 5-1 in Big 12 play, are in the thick of the Big 12 North race with two weeks remaining in the regular season.
Oddsmakers at online sportsbook BetOnline.com currently have the Tigers listed as 7½-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game's total is sitting at 69.
The Tigers scored 16 points in the fourth quarter to defeat the Texas A&M Aggies 40-26 last time out. The Tigers failed to cover the 18-point spread at home, while the combined 66 points made it OVER the posted total of 61. Chase Daniel completed 28-of-37 passes for 364 yards and three touchdowns.
The Wildcats were pounded 73-31 by the Nebraska Cornhuskers last time out, as 7.5-point favorites. The combined score sailed OVER the posted total of 62. Josh Freeman completed 26-of-44 passes for 319 yards with two touchdowns in the loss.
Missouri, the nation’s fourth-ranked offense, is led by quarterback Chase Daniel, who has thrown for 3,306 yards and 26 touchdowns this season. Daniel has a tremendous receiving corps in Martin Rucker (66 catches), Jeremy Maclin (50) and Chase Cofman (47) as the three have combined for 19 touchdowns this season. Defensively, the Tigers are ranked 25th nationally in rushing defense and 31st in scoring defense and have been led by Sean Weatherspoon, who has collected a team-high 96 tackles on the season.
The Wildcats will look to snap their first two-game losing streak of the season on Saturday as they still remain in solid position for a bowl berth with two games remaining.
Kansas State continues to put up solid numbers and get outstanding performances from wide receiver Jordy Nelson and quarterback Josh Freeman. Nelson, who continues to rank second nationally in catches per game (9.9), receiving yards per game (134.7) and total receiving yards (1,347), now holds the Kansas State single-season records for both catches (99) and receiving yards (1,347) and also set the record last week for most 100-yard receiving games in a season with his seventh of the year.
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