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Date: Saturday, October 14
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Venue: Kroger Field, Lexington, KY
How To Watch: SEC Network
2023 Record: Missouri (5-1), Kentucky (5-1)
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Why Missouri Will Win

Can Mizzou go back to playing mistake-free football?

The 49-39 loss to LSU was a whole lot closer than that, and it’s sort of wrong to blame the defeat on it being the first time all year the O turned it over multiple times - there was a pick six in the final seconds. But before last week the Tigers turned it over three times in five weeks, and the 11 penalties were a season high.

You don’t have to be perfect to beat Kentucky, but the team pounces on every opening, mainly because it has to.

The UK pass defense has been awful, getting it for 219 yards or more by everyone but Akron, and now it’s Brady Cook’s turn. The Mizzou offense took its passing game up several notches over the last month, the Wildcat pass rush isn’t great, and …

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Why Kentucky Will Win

Run, run, run.

Kentucky and RB Ray Davis rumbled all over Florida, and it was a shockingly easy blowout win. The big yards weren’t there in the other four wins, but they didn’t have to be - averaging five yards per carry was good enough.

The Missouri run defense is great statistically, but Kansas State was at least effective enough on the ground to balance things out a bit, and LSU took off for 274 yards. The Kentucky passing attack isn’t good enough to win this by itself, but the O hasn’t turned the ball over in weeks, and …

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Just how real is Missouri?

It probably should’ve lost to Kansas State, and it probably should’ve won against LSU, but overall it’s been just about as good as the competition - the 23-19 win over Middle Tennessee was a bit shaky.

Just how real is Kentucky?

Is it the team that ripped through Florida, or the one that got its doors blown off by Georgia? Here’s the difference. Florida doesn’t throw it downfield enough like Georgia does. Missouri and Cook will bomb away.

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Missouri vs Kentucky Prediction, Line

Missouri 27, Kentucky 26
Line: Kentucky -2.5, o/u: 50.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Must See Rating (out of 5): 3.5
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