Overview
- ESPN’s Pete Thamel and other outlets report Beau Pribula is expected to start after being medically cleared following Missouri’s Friday practice, four weeks after a dislocated left ankle.
- Oklahoma star edge rusher R Mason Thomas is not expected to play as he recovers from a quad injury, and Friday’s availability list also moved guard Heath Ozaeta to out with multiple linemen already sidelined.
- Books have Oklahoma favored by about 6 to 6.5 points with an over/under near 42 to 42.5, while models project roughly a two-thirds Sooners win probability and lean to the under.
- Pribula’s return supplants freshman Matt Zollers after mixed results, setting up Missouri’s offense against an OU defense that has stacked turnovers and sacks despite thinning depth up front.
- Oklahoma must win out to secure a 12-team CFP berth, as Missouri aims to derail that bid and end a winless run in Norman that dates to 1966.