Oklahoma hosts an apparently depleted TCU on Saturday.
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Oklahoma State has outperformed its metrics in starting 10-0. So, you know, this game is rather important.
The Cowboys are the Big12’s lone unbeaten team, and they can clinch a share of the conference title Saturday. Oklahoma State upset Oklahoma a year ago to become bowl eligible, then beat Washington in the Cactus Bowl. It tried previous year to parlay a questionable portfolio into landing two teams in the first playoff.
While he has remade himself several times over the past few years in Norman, altering his team’s structure, staff and his own coaching style, no version of Stoops may be as intriguing as the version who turned a small skip into a full sprint off the sideline at Baylor.
Baylor is coached by Art Briles.
See TCU. The Bears, however, don’t have as solid of a resume as TCU.
The Baylor defense tried to tackle OU’s big running backs up high and largely failed.
Then last weekend, Oklahoma knocked off Baylor and Oklahoma State snuck by Iowa State in Ames. Defense will be the difference maker in this game, as it is in most games. MI State helped O’Connor by limiting the Terrapins to 289 total yards and forcing five turnovers. “Obviously, I felt things needed to happen myself – to take another step forward, is what I felt”. A lot of points will be scored in this one, but Wesley will prevail. Baylor is 4-4 ATS and the total is 6-3 this season. The 48-14 home loss to Baylor, especially, fed the idea that Oklahoma wasn’t what it had been. The Spartans are going to need another big win over the Buckeyes in order to keep their playoff hopes alive, and they will need a big performance out of injured quarterback Connor Cook to have a shot in Columbus.
Shop and compare the best online sportsbooks with our sportsbook review page. He is writing columns for The Desert Sun throughout the football season. The Bears lead the nation in scoring. Baylor is 74/139 on third and fourth down conversions and opponents are 63/162. Gundy has used Walsh in the red zone and has managed use of the two well.
Iowa State has limped through another season, finishing under.500.
Baylor quarterback Jarrett Stidham said the Bears have something to prove. Terence Williams has 61 carries for 417 yards and a touchdown. Devin Chafin has 46 carries for 205 yards and 5 touchdowns.
If you don’t already know, which would be sad, Corey Coleman is a beast and probably the best receiver in all of college football.
USC’s offense has been good this season, but it’s still trying to find that spark than had it averaging more than 40 points per game through the first three games of the season. MI State and MI would be battling for an at-large spot. In doing so, Stoops made a decision to return to the roots of what was successful early in his tenure with a move to the Air Raid by bringing in Mike Leach disciple Lincoln Riley and reshuffling the offense. Peterson had an impressive game last season against 2015 top 10 pick Kevin White from West Virginia as he held him to only 3 catches for 27 yards. OU offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley will surely keep the ball on the ground a lot throughout this matchup and utilize his two workhorse running backs Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon. Raymond Taylor has 41 carries for 262 yards and 4 touchdowns. But injuries are mostly to blame for the occasional defensive woes. OSU was able to win their bowl game against Stanford and finish 12-1 instead of finishing 11-2. The under is 5-2-1 in this series recently.
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No. 18 TCU (9-1, 6-1 Big 12) at No. 7 Oklahoma (9-1, 6-1 Big 12) (7 p.m. Saturday, WFAA/8): TCU may be floundering, with multiple injuries and a huge drop in the polls after consecutive poor games, a loss to Oklahoma State and an unimpressive 23-17 win against Kansas last week. When Keeler’s 2008 team went 4-8 the State burst a blood vessel. The Cowboys are 13-3 ATS against the Bears recently covering the last 8 games in Stillwater between the teams. That’s bad for them but fun for everyone else.
