4. North Texas at Missouri
LINE Missouri -19
ATS PICK Missouri
It’s never good to go with a revenge pick, especially if it really doesn’t have anything to do with the previous misfire.
Again, my one miss last week came on the belief that Vanderbilt would act like an SEC team at home against UConn. Nope.
Missouri, you are an SEC team. It needs to just mean more against North Texas.
The UNT defense was beyond awful last year. Anyone who tried to run was able to do it and keep doing it and keep on going from there. This year’s defense is better. It’s still bad, but it improved.
It’s the offensive side that isn’t getting the job done. It’s coming up with yards, but the points aren’t flowing.
The Mean Green scored just 35 points over its last three games. All were losses, and none of them were against a Power Five team, much less one from the SEC.
Missouri’s offense is working, but it’s not doing enough to overcome a brutal run by the defensive side. Head coach Eliah Drinkwitz is preaching focus for a team that’s can’t seem to get past the issues against the run.
At home, the Tigers are going to care. There’s no looking ahead to Texas A&M. The wildly inefficient North Texas passing game will help right the ship.