There is no chance that the top six teams in the rankings can all win out, since #3 Ohio State would play #5 Iowa in the Big Ten Championship game in early December. Now the betting odds for the game have the Cowboys favored to pick up the victory in this one.
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Nothing which happened Saturday night was going to change that fact. Oklahoma and TCU are both 6-1 and Baylor is 5-1. Baylor travels to Stillwater to face their second test of the season, after failing their first one against Oklahoma at home.
Question: With the Bedlam game coming up between Oklahoma State and Oklahoma coming up, who has the greatest shot at winning, and do you think this will serve as the Big 12 title game?
No. 15 LSU will try to snap a two-game losing streak at No. 22 MS, a game you can watch on CBS, also at 3:30.
While Baylor is used to setting a strong tone this season, it wasn’t a common sight for the Bears in Stillwater. And Baylor coach Art Briles has lost at Oklahoma State four times, with all losses by at least 27 points. Kansas State coach Bill Snyder was born that day. He hobbled behind his giddy teammates up the concrete ramp that leads from the field to Baylor’s locker room. There was heavy rain for most of the game. I’m taking Oklahoma and the over in this one. In overtime, Florida scored on its third play but the extra point attempt was blocked. “You’re not going to pull it out of the oven with 10 minutes left on the clock”. The Bears had three turnovers to one for the Sooners.
Of course, Baylor thought it should have reached the Playoff a season ago.
Oklahoma State: WR James Washington. If Notre Dame could beat Stanford the last game of the season they say that they beat both teams that would be in the Pac 10 championship game. The Cyclones led 24-7 in the first half.
Rudolph did his best to lead the Cowboys back. Look for Boykin to play against the Sooners, but it won’t be enough against a determined OU team playing for CFP possibilities.
On the season, Baylor averages 345.7 yards in passing and 292.2 yards in rushing. In the two games prior to this, the Bears had 262 rushing yards total. Gained an even 700 yards altogether. Unlike the first two, the third one will prove Baylor’s rallying cry correct.
Backup quarterback Chris Johnson threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, and the 10th-ranked Bears climbed back into the College Football Playoff picture.
Ohio State’s quarterback position has been a revolving door for most of the season, but the Buckeyes offense moves best with J.T. Barrett behind center. On the season, he threw 1,007 yards with eleven touchdowns and 2 interceptions on a 71.4 percent completion percentage. He is probable with a back injury. Johnson found Jay Lee for a 39-yard touchdown and then topped that by hooking up with KD Cannon for a 71-yard score. Four defensive players are listed as questionable or out.
The Cowboys are the league’s only unbeaten team, and they can clinch a share of the conference title Saturday. The Cowboys are #7 in scoring nationally.
Thanks to Johnson, Baylor reminded everyone, including CFP No. 6 Oklahoma State, that it shouldn’t be discounted or dismissed.
Oklahoma has the more impressive case despite its ugly loss to Texas.
The ghosts of 2013 – in which the Cowboys lost hold of the Big 12 race by falling at home to an opponent with quarterback problems – could have been banished. Pressure on Mason Rudolph forced the OSU signal caller out of his comfort zone. Raymond Taylor has 41 carries for 262 yards and 4 touchdowns. Brandon Sheperd has 16 catches for 248 yards and 3 touchdowns. Jeremy Seaton, Jhajuan Seales, and Austin Hayes will also get a few catches. They didn’t play that bad against Oklahoma. Let’s throw in double digit punts. The Cowboys can’t afford to do that against Baylor.
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For OSU, the TCU start was the antithesis of the Baylor start.
