Campus Confidential

Missouri (11-2) vs. Arkansas (8-4)
January 1, 11:30 a.m. (Fox)

The Tigers must stop worrying over the fact they missed out on the BCS, because if they fret too much, they'll lose the Cotton Bowl. Arkansas has no problem taking down the giant. See LSU triple overtime win.

With Darren McFadden likely playing in his last game, I'm sure he'll like to go out with a bang and a little "maybe I should have won the Heisman one of those two years." And if he's not up to the task, I'd bet that Felix Jones is ready to show everyone he's ready to step in for Run DMC and dominate in the same fashion.

I'm curious to see if Houston Nutt's departure to Ole Miss will change the lay of the land in Fayetteville. New coach Bobby Petrino has a pretty good offensive track record, so you know he'll have a few tricks up his sleeve.

But McFadden isn't the only guy in this game who was up for the Heisman. Missouri's Chase Daniel and his teammates have an agenda of their own, I hinted at it in the first graph. Actually, I said it in the first graph. The Tigers have the biggest gripe of anyone in college football, because they really should be playing in a BCS game.

Daniel leads an offense that has some impressive weapons in Jeremy Maclin and Martin Rucker. Arkansas will have its hands full with two completely different passing attack weapons. Maclin can line up anywhere on the field and make a play, while Rucker will line up right in front of you, challenge you to beat him, then beat you. Does Arkansas have the balance and discipline on defense to neutralize two different styles on offense? They did beat LSU in a barn-burner, but LSU has tons of flash on offense, sometimes doing it the old fashioned way causes as many fits as the new-age wrinkles on offense.

This might be one of the more interesting games of the bowl season.

The line: Missouri -3
The pick: Arkansas