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Team Turk on Sunday, October 29, 2006 12:25:53 AM
Twenty-third ranked Missouri faces nineteenth ranked Oklahoma.
When Gary Pinkel took the head coaching job at Missouri six years ago, he knew there were some "inherent barriers" to making the program successful.
The Tigers broke down one of those barriers Oct. 21, beating Kansas State 41-21 to end a 13-game losing streak against the Wildcats.
A couple more walls can come down Saturday when No. 23 Missouri (7-1, 3-1 Big 12) hosts No. 19 Oklahoma (5-2, 2-1). Missouri's only win over Oklahoma in the last 22 years came in 1998.
A win would keep Missouri in at least a tie with Nebraska atop the Big 12 North. Those two teams meet Nov. 4 in Lincoln, Neb. In 10 years since the conference was split into two divisions, Missouri has never won the North.