Oklahoma did lose Sterling Shepard, the Sooners’ best WR from past year, but have a talented WR corps headed by Dede Westbrook; the matchup between Westbrook and the Buckeye secondary will be one of the more interesting ones in this game. He’ll be the man in charge of organizing Ohio State’s primary defense against Mayfield, who has to be a better decision maker than he was against Houston. Despite the Buckeyes being on the road, they’ll come into the matchup expected to win. The Sooners’ chances of being a player in this season’s College Football Playoff discussion hinge on posting a significant victory. Baker [Mayfield],?he’ll light them up. Maryland’s Perry Hills enters his game at UCF completing a Big Ten-best 73 percent of his passes. Major TV deals being unheard of at the time, college football fans only got to enjoy one or two great games on any given weekend. Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett, the fifth-place finisher in 2014, matches up against Mayfield, the fourth-place finisher in 2015. I believe that it comes down to the coaches, and I trust Urban Meyer more than I do Bob Stoops.
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AUBURN, Ala. – No. 17 Texas A&M and Auburn have each faced a tough nonconference test and another one that wasn’t so challenging. He’s a matchup problem who could create openings for his teammates.
Yes. They replaced three offensive lineman from past year. “He just doesn’t make the plays when they are there, but he had a couple of outstanding plays where nothing was there, and it’s hard to bring him down”.
But like it or not, the Sooners are the “dogs” this week, and the only way to change it is to prove all the Oklahoma doubters wrong by winning the night on the Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium turf and posting the higher number on the scoreboard. It’s critically important they figure out a way to win.
While Mayfield should be able to keep his team in this one for the most part, it simply won’t be enough. More challenges remain for both schools – including games against defending ACC champion and preseason favorite No. 5 Clemson – but the victor of this nationally televised showdown can take a major step in the Atlantic Division.
Ohio State (2-0) forced six turnovers against Tulsa and held the Golden Hurricane, the 13th total offense in the country previous year, to just three points and 185 total yards.
OU has had some struggles at the CB position opposite of Jordan Thomas the first two games. 11 MS 45-34 on Labor Day.
Series history: Series is tied 1-1.
At the time, Andrews power rated Oklahoma as the second-best team in the country. Looking more closely at the Houston game, the Sooners were far more efficient on offense: 6.3 yards per play versus Houston’s 5.0. I have to give the edge to Dano though, his prediction was 52-6, pretty close to the final score of 48-3.
LINCOLN, Neb. – The first game of Nebraska’s home-and-home series with No. 22 OR is today at Memorial Stadium, and Coach Mike Riley said he’s excited about it – maybe because he figures he can be more competitive now that he’s at Nebraska.
It’s well within the realm of possibility that all four home teams lose, in fact – not including the odds that a ranked home team loses to an unranked opponent, which we’ve seen a few times already this season.
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The Buckeyes have won a school-record 18 consecutive true road games (played on opponent’s home field).
