BIG 12 BETTING

Featured games this week:

Kansas vs. Louisiana Tech (+14)

Kansas has found some offense and a featured RB in Cornish, 14 rushes for 148 yards the last 2 weeks as KU starts out 2-0, and QB Luke has found his stride as well. Tech is 0-5 their last 5 as a double digit road dog, and their offense is averaging 3 ppg right now, as compared to the Jayhawks 33 ppg average. Look for KU to go to 3-0 on the season with ease at home this Saturday.

Missouri vs. Troy (+20.5)

Last year Troy beat Missou on ESPN on a Thursday Night after Missou blew a 14-0 lead. Of course last year Troy has a great ball club that was senior laden, and this year their timing is very bad to show up in Columbia for a re-match. Missouri fell at home to New Mexico last week, and will have double revenge on Troy, for last years embarrassment and last weeks debacle as a huge favorite. Missouri's offense has racked up over 500 yards per game and averaged 39 points, while Troy has managed 13 ppg and 74 yards rushing per game. Missouri has trouble on defense, but I look for a highly motivated Missou team to rebound at home with an easy double digit win. Missouri by 22.

Pitt @ Nebraska (-10)- MY FEATURED PLAY OF THE WEEK.

Oklahoma @ UCLA (-6.5)

The secret is out on OU, they are not near the team they have been in the past and have serious trouble at quarterback right now. Starting a freshman in Bomar has produced struggles with a loss to TCU and a near fatal experiment with Tulsa, both in Norman. The secondary for OU is a mess, and the offensive line can't perform due to inexperience, and the offense is struggling even with all world Adrian Petersen at RB who touched the ball on 34 of the 53 offensive plays the Sooners ran last week. UCLA has had NO trouble in putting up points at 54 ppg, and I doubt OU can trade punches with UCLA, even if they can contain the Bruins to 28 points here. UCLA's offense is out-stating OU's 217 yards per game, and while UCLA has played some patsy teams, they are a formidable foe for Oklahoma this Saturday. The line is about right, look for UCLA to eak out a win here.

Baylor vs. Army (+5.5)

I do not trust Baylor, now sporting green helmets and currently 2-0, laying anything over 3 on the road. Lets not get ahead of ourselves here, this is Baylor. BUT, a closer look at the numbers shows Baylor with 38 points per game and allowing only 18, meanwhile Army is anemic on offense with a 7 point output last week while allowing a whopping 44 to a good Boston College team. While the paper stats look like a huge take for Baylor, they struggled in key areas on offense last week against lowly Samford and I look for Army to play tough at home and make a good game of this, and a 3 point game one way or the other. The dog bites here.

Those are my takes for week 3 of the Big 12. There are other games but Texas playing Rice is "name the score time" for Mac Brown and other games bear little meaning in terms of contests this week. Look for my featured play this week between my hometown Huskers and the Pitt Panthers, and we'll have another Big 12 report out next week, as conference play begins.