If the Big 12 champ gets a playoff berth, the league could send as many as eight teams to the postseason.
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The Cowboys lost to Baylor last weekend as part of the Big 12’s back-loaded round-robin schedule in which all the conference leaders played each other over a three-week period. If that trio are limited or out of the game, though, Oklahoma’s offensive ceiling will be much lower, especially if the wintry weather in the forecast descends on Stillwater. So I know what I’m getting myself into when I play football. Not that the team wasn’t focused before, but with everything on the line, and with the rivalry aspect, expect a strong enough effort from the D to come up with the two stops needed to get by in a fun and wild shootout.
But as we’ve all seen, a one-loss champion from the Big 12 has yet to be viewed in the same favorable light on Selection Saturday as a one-loss champion from the SEC, Big Ten or Pac-12 by committee members. The Frogs can get to 10 wins for the 10th time in the past 14 seasons under coach Gary Patterson. The Sooners certainly have a case that doesn’t strictly hinge on their wins over the Bears and Horned Frogs. He missed last Saturday’s 30-29 loss at Oklahoma, but threw for 148 yards and two touchdowns on Friday, including a ideal strike for a 25-yard TD to Jarrison Stewart on TCU’s first drive. He has more career sacks than any player in the country. “If he needs help or has questions, I’m always there for him”.
Some things to know about the most-played series for the schools separate by about 90 miles.
He suffered an ankle injury in the second half of the win over TCU but returned with a 72-yard touchdown run and figures to be close to 100 percent against Oklahoma State.
The Oklahoma Sooners have a golden opportunity to change that script this season as the No. 3 team in the current rankings.
QUICK SCORES: TCU has scored a first-quarter touchdown in 24 consecutive games, a Big 12 record. “Like the last several teams we’ve played, their front is definitely their strength, there’s no question about that”.
As rain-soaked Frogs fans stormed onto the field, referees stayed momentarily while the spot was reviewed before finally declaring Chafin was short of a first down and the game was over. Regardless of who plays quarterback, Baylor is going to be good.
The Sooners have averaged 292.5 rushing yards over their six-game winning streak since losing at Texas, with Perine and Mixon averaging a combined 208 over that stretch.
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Sam Bradford passed for 370 yards and four touchdowns and added a Heisman moment with a scramble to the OSU 1, when he was hit and helicoptered through the air.
