KSU picked up right where they left off in 2022, soundly defeating Troy 42-13 in a battle of Big 12 and Sun Belt champions. Now they take on a Kansas State D that has a strong front-7 and currently ranks 7th nationally in success rate, though it’s admittedly a small sample size against lower level competition. The remaining non-RB pass catchers for Mizzou accrued only 39 yards against MTSU, highlighting potential depth issues in the WR corps. Their passing game used the dynamic Luther Burden as a one-man show, throwing 10 of their 19 passes to him for 8 receptions and 117 yards. Missouri entered Saturday’s contest against Middle Tennessee State as -21 favorites, but a clunky run game (46 carries, 112 yds, 2.4 YPC) behind Cody Schrader caused the Tigers to sweat out a 23-19 slog against the Blue Raiders.
It’s easy to understand the spike, as Mizzou has four OL starters returning with 136 collective starts among them and still can’t manage to break 3.0 YPC against a G5 defense. It was interesting to see this line open at Kansas State -1.5 Sunday morning, before rising up to -5.5 a few hours later. Kansas State (-5.5) at Missouri - Opened Kansas State -1.5/50.5 Total | Now - 5.5/45.5
