How did the Missouri tigers football survive a loss yesterday?”
The Missouri Tigers, the only one of the top four seeds in the Big 12 Championship to survive the tournament’s quarterfinal round, will square off against the Oklahoma State Cowboys tonight in Oklahoma City. The two squads met in January in Stillwater and the Tigers walked away with a 97-95 win. The Cowboys will be looking for revenge when things tip off tonight at 9:30pm ET at the Ford Center.NCAA Basketball Predictions: Oklahoma State vs Missouri NCAA Basketball Predictions: Oklahoma State vs Missouri at Sportsbook.com have the Tigers listed as a -4 against the spread favorite. Oklahoma State, who finished in fifth place in the Big 12 with a 9-7 record, has garnered two Big 12 Championship wins in the last two days by beating Iowa State 81-67 on Wednesday night and taking out arch rival, second seeded Oklahoma 71-70 last night. The back-to-back victories moved the Pokes record to 22-10 on the year, and likely solidified their positio
Behind Heisman candidate Chase Daniel, Missouri is a chic pick to play in next season’s BCS National Championship Game, but the Tigers will have to navigate through the early part of their season, at least, without junior wide receiver Danario Alexander, who had surgery Monday to repair a re-torn ACL in his left knee. The injury is to the same knee that Alexander injured in the 2007 Big 12 Championship Game. The injury was discovered early last week; it’s not known what caused it. The optimistic timetable for Alexander’s return is in time for the start of Big 12 Conference season. Missouri opens conference play with a game at Nebraska on Oct. 4. That means he would miss games against Illinois, Southeast Missouri State, Nevada and Buffalo, with Mizzou really only threatened in that season opener against the Illini. “Obviously, we all feel bad for Danario,” Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said. “The good news about all of this is that our medical team feels the rest of Danario’s knee looks gr
