Since the college football season ended, I’ve been saying that Mizzou will falter while we find that KU will take a downhill slide to mediocre-ville. Wishful thinking, really. Once I looked at the situation surrounding these programs, I see no reason that the Missouri Tigers and Kansas Jayhawks will not have 9+ win seasons and significant bowl games.

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Saturday’s “Arrowhead Armageddon” could turn out to be the second biggest game of the year next to the National Championship. Historically speaking, Missouri and Kansas have rarely reached so high a ranking this late in the season, let alone at the same time. I’ll try to shed a little light on this game’s potential outcome. With a game Vegas is giving only a 2-point advantage to KU, anything can happen.

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For years many years, Nebraska was a perennial powerhouse. That day will come again, but right now, Kansas and Missouri football are sitting comfortably atop the Big 12 North. Many Husker fans have always felt there is a media bias against Nebraska in terms of poll numbers and coverage. But really, media and non-Husker fans were bored of hearing the same things about Nebraska every year. What is grabbing everyone’s attention now is the freak show that is the Big 12.

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Am I stupid for thinking that the Huskers have a shot at this game today? The Vegas guys are blasting the Huskers with the line and telling people to take the 18.5-19 points for KU! This is an easy pick they say. Many of the sports analysts in this area are looking for a Big Red Blowout. I thought this was the kind of game that Vegas guys hated to put a line on: a quarterback they’ve never seen, a defense that did the unexpected against another ranked opponent the week before, and a team with little to lose other than this game and their coach.

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