#231/232 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Over 58.5 Points – Wake Forest vs Missouri, Friday at 6:30 PM ET - This game is being played in Tampa and the weather looks decent with temps in the low 50’s at kickoff and light winds. Wake’s offense is easily the strength of their team. The average 37 PPG and they’ve been held under 30 points only twice this season vs NC State & Louisville. Those are 2 top 35 defenses and Wake moved the ball well on both (400+ yards in both games) but had a ridiculous 11 turnovers in those 2 games alone which took away MANY scoring chances. Even with that the Deacs still scored 21 points in both of those games. They are facing a solid Mizzou defense that ranks near those 2 stop units, however the Tigers will be depleted on that side of the ball. Both starting DE’s who lead the team in sacks will not play in this game and they are very thin at safety with a few not playing. The Tigers had solid defensive numbers but when they played high potent teams they struggled at times and the teams they slowed down were the lower tier offensive teams in the SEC (Vandy, Auburn, Kentucky). Wake’s defense was not good. They rank 94th overall, 95th in scoring defense, and 116th vs the pass. They’ve allowed at least 30 points in 5 straight games and 7 of their 11 games vs FBS opponents this season. Missouri’s QB Cook is a duel threat (2500 yards passing and 550 rushing) and WF has struggled with those type of signal callers. Clemson, Louisville, Syracuse, Liberty, and UNC all have duel threat QB’s and they torched WF for an average of 41 PPG. The Deacons had only 3 totals all season set below 60 and 2 of those went well Over the total and the one that went under was close (under by 3 points) and should have gone Over based on the total yardage. We confident that WF will score in this game and Mizzou will be able to keep up vs a poor defense. Over.