Big 12 Championship odds – Sooners big favorites over Tigers
Posted on 12/1/2008 3:27:05 PM
By Blake Frazier
Big 12 Championship odds: Missouri and Oklahoma square off
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WHO: No. 20 Missouri Tigers vs No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners
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WHAT: Big 12 championship football betting action
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WHEN: Saturday, December 6 at 8:00 p.m. ET
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WHERE: Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, MO
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KEY STATS: Oklahoma has won seven of its last eight against Missouri
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PICK: Oklahoma
Sportsbook players were anxious all weekend to see who would be the participants in Big 12 championship betting and, after much consideration, the Oklahoma Sooners were given the Big 12 South title over Texas due to a tiebreaker in the BCS standings. The No. 2 Sooners will face No. 20 Missouri in the Big 12 championship game this weekend, and Missouri vs Oklahoma odds have made the Sooners a massive Big 12 championship betting favorite to pave their way to the BCS title game.
The Tigers (9-3) held the ball for only 24 minutes and committed three turnovers in a 40-37 loss to rival Kansas at a neutral site, and this has been the tale of Missouri’s year. Chase Daniel was 25-of-41 for 288 yards, four touchdowns and two picks to pace Missouri’s sixth-ranked offense, but it was the 91st-ranked defense which let the Tigers down, giving up 438 yards and allowing the Jayhawks to convert 12 of their 19 third-down opportunities.
Daniel also added 103 yards on the ground for the Tigers in a heartbreaking defeat to their bitter rivals in the “Border War”.
The Sooners (11-1) put up over 60 points for the fourth consecutive game, racking up 557 yards in the process as they dropped rival Oklahoma State 61-41 on the road. Seventeen late points and a couple of key defensive stops was the difference for the Sooners, who got 370 yards and four touchdowns on 30-of-44 passing from Sam Bradford, who was injured during the game. The Sooners were deadly efficient on third down, going 12-of-18 when they had to move the chains.
Missouri vs Oklahoma odds have given the Sooners a whopping 16.5-point betting edge in this natural-site game, and coincidentally, Missouri will be familiar with Arrowhead as it lost to Kansas here last weekend. The Sooners have dominated the Tigers in recent years, winning seven of their last eight meetings, including last season’s 38-17 victory in the Big 12 championship game.
You would think that Missouri would have a bit of a home-field advantage due to Arrowhead, but the Sooners walked the Tigers in the same stadium last year, so you can cancel that. The Tigers don’t have the defense to stop the Sooners’ third-ranked attack, but you can bet that this game will go OVER the posted total in your online sportsbook.
BLAKE’S PICK: Some think Oklahoma doesn’t deserve to be in this game, so bet on the Sooners to stick it to their critics by putting up a big number on the Tigers and becoming one of the participants in the BCS championship betting match-up.
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