Gameday Live: Arkansas vs Missouri

The Arkansas Razorbacks take on the Missouri Tigers Saturday afternoon at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock (Ark.). Check out the HawgSports.com staff predictions.

WHO: Arkansas Razorbacks (2-9, 0-7 SEC) vs. Missouri Tigers (5-6, 2-5 SEC)

WHEN: Friday, Nov. 29 at 1:30 p.m. (CST)

WHERE: War Memorial Stadium Stadium (54,120 cap.) in Little Rock (Ark.)

TELEVISION: CBS

STREAMING: Available via CBSSports.com HERE

RADIO: Razorback Sports Network from IMG (99.5 FM/1290 AM in Fayetteville), Sirius Channel 99, XM Channel 190. It is available online on TuneIn HERE

WEATHER: 45 degrees, 20 percent chance of rain at kickoff

BETTING LINE: Missouri is favored by 11.5 points

TREY BIDDY | 9-2 overall, 6-5 against the spread

It could be cold and wet, Missouri is riding a 5-game losing streak and the NCAA denied the school's appeal to have their bowl ban lifted. They literally have nothing to play for other than pride. It could not have set up better for the Razorbacks...though they have less to play for and certainly haven't shown much pride since midseason in the first place. I think a large portion of the players view this game more as an inconvenience than a home game. Last year some were outspoken about how bad the turf is and how it might have played a role in a couple of key injuries (Rakeem Boyd and Ty Storey). It's a great narrative that it's Senior Day 2.0, and I commend Barry Lunney Jr. for coming up with that angle, but as much as I'd like to see them end the season on a high note, show a potential coach that Arkansas isn't as bad off from a personnel standpoint as they might thing, I just don't have a lot of faith in these guys. I'm not sure they're going to want to be there much more than Missouri will want to be there. Missouri 35, Arkansas 21

PETE ROULIER | 7-4 overall, 5-6 against the spread

Winning this game would do a lot of good for the Razorbacks moving forward in terms of building confidence. Additionally, whoever the next head coach is at Arkansas won’t have to have an 18-game SEC losing streak hanging over the program. However, I can’t see the Hogs pulling the upset in this one. Jack Linsdey could become the fifth quarterback to start for the Razorbacks this season, and although he played well in relief last week during the loss to No. 1 LSU, starting a game is a completely different animal. Arkansas’ defense continues to play well in spurts, but they give up too many big plays. The Tiger defense is physical, and they play with passion. Vandy managed to catch Mizzou on a bad day, and the losing streak ends on Friday afternoon...for the Tigers. Missouri 31, Arkansas 17

DANNY WEST | 7-4 overall, 5-6 against the spread

22COMMENTS

There is a DeerCast app that predicts the best and worst days to be in the woods. When it calls for a poor hunt, you probably shouldn't even waste your time because more times than not, the app is right. I have no idea how they do it, though I would assume it's some weird combination of barometric pressure, temperature, wind, lunar patterns and probably a bunch of other stuff that I'm too lazy to learn. However, every once in a while you find a day that was predicted to be poor and you go anyway, and inexplicably it turns into a great day that you'll remember forever. I could see that being the case for Arkansas against Missouri because, for as bad as things have been for the Hogs, there is a lot working against the Tigers, too. I certainly have no reason to predict a win at this point, but go anyway. Missouri 30, Arkansas 23