The Missouri Tigers tumbled all the way down to the bowl ladder to the Alamo Bowl with their Big 12 title game loss to Oklahoma. Now they will settle for a match against Northwestern December 29 at the Alamodome against the 9-3 Huskies.BSNblog reports that the oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 12½-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game's total is sitting at 66½.
C.J. Bacher threw for two touchdown and Stephen Simmons ran in another as Northwestern beat Illinois 27-10 in Week 13.
The Wildcats won as 3-point underdogs, while the combined score played UNDER the day's posted total of 54.5.
Missouri was defeated 62-21 by Oklahoma in the Big 12 title game as 16.5-point underdogs last time out. The 83 points made it OVER the posted total of 79.
Chase Daniel threw for 252 yards with three touchdowns in a losing effort for Missouri.
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Northwestern's last 5 games
Northwestern is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games
Northwestern is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Missouri is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games
Missouri is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
