2008 Big 12 Title Game Prediction, Preview: Oklahoma Sooners vs. Missouri Tigers

On Saturday, Dec. 6, the #2 Oklahoma Sooners (11-1, 7-1) take on the #20 Missouri Tigers (9-3, 5-3) for the Big 12 Championship. If the Sooners can defeat the Tigers for their 12th victory of the season, they are expected to be playing the winner of the SEC Championship game for the BCS NCAA Football National Title. Oklahoma was in a three-way tie for first place in the South Division with Texas and Texas Tech that was decided by which team was ranked higher in the BCS polls after play last weekend.

Oklahoma Sooners Trends

Sam Bradford and the Sooners are coming off of a 20 point, 61 - 41 victory over Oklahoma State. Since losing to Texas in a close contest earlier in the season, the Sooners have been on fire defeating Kansas and at the time #1 ranked Texas Tech. If the Sooners can manage to hold off the Tigers this Saturday, they will have a chance to be the Big 12 representative against the SEC Conference victor in what looks to be a clash of two Conferences which play significantly different styles of football!

Missouri Tigers Trends

Chase Daniel and the Missouri Tigers have had an up and down year. Starting the season ranked #6 in the BCS polls, the Tigers dropped successive games against Oklahoma State and Texas. They bounced back to win four in a row to win the Big 12 North only to get upset by the Kansas Jayhawks last week. Although if the Tigers win, they will not be in discussions to play in the BCS National Title game, they do have a chance to play the spoiler to Oklahoma's title hopes! If the Tigers do when, it will be pretty interesting to see how the BCS determines which team should play in the BCS National Title game against the SEC conference champion.

Prediction

Odds for the game have the Sooners as 17 point favorites. Our prediction is that Sam Bradford will lead the Sooners to victory and they will beat the spread against Chase Daniel and the Sooners!