Chicago Bulls at Golden State Warriors (7:30 p.m., ESPN (30)): The Warriors entered Thursday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers with a 12-0 record, which was the NBA’s best start since 2002, when the Dallas Mavericks opened 14-0.
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Despite the multitude of big games tonight, there are more rivalry games games with playoff implications coming up next week between Oklahoma-Oklahoma State, Florida-Florida State and Michigan-Ohio State. The way Ohio State was forgiven was by smashing a ranked Wisconsin in the conference championship game. Sterns leads the team with 81 stops for the season. But I’m going for Frank Beamer in his last home game. First and foremost, though, Ohio State needs to beat MI State. The pass defenses also provide almost identical stats allowing 260 passing yards per game.
Jeff Long, chairman of the College Football Playoff committee, tells us after the Cowboys and Sooners came in sixth and seventh, respectively, in its third rankings that the Big 12 is “emerging” and “close to that 1/8top3/8 five”. They will have a strong resume, but the lack of a conference title game could hurt their playoff chances. The Gators would be 100-percent comfortable in controlling their own destiny if Notre Dame or Clemson lose. Though they still might because the CFP committee clearly doesn’t like the way OSU plays. We won’t have another Saturday like it for nine months. Since quarterback Vernon Adams returned from a fractured finger, the OR offense has been performing the way many expected it to at the beginning of the season. Adams has posted a 178.6 quarterback rating and has thrown for 12 touchdowns during that span.
“He’s very good”, said Drango, a first-team All-American last season.
“They came out and hit us in the mouth”, Mayfield says. He manages a pass offense that averages 417 yards per game.
Numerous analysts as well as the writers and broadcasters who make their living following college football are projecting that if OU wins out in its final two regular-season games against TCU this Saturday and Oklahoma State next weekend, the Sooners could displace a one-loss Notre Dame for the fourth and final Playoff spot.
But what this comes down to is keeping the ball in Baylor’s hands, contrary to how Briles’ team has operated in the past. Those teams have three total losses, with a master plan that they will now be judged only by one another. It will also help if TCU upsets Oklahoma and Baylor beats Oklahoma State, which would effectively neutralize the Big 12 as a threat to the Spartans.
The Cowboys improved their rushing game by rotating quarterback J.T. Walsh into the mix along with Mason Rudolph. Coleman has 20 scores on the year and should be able to get back into that category against Oklahoma State.
Oklahoma State is 13-3 ATS the last 16 vs. Baylor, 8-0 ATS the last eight at home, and the favorite is 12-4 ATS in the last 16.
No. 4 Oklahoma State (10-0) and seventh-ranked Oklahoma (9-1) host tough opponents in the Big 12 Conference on Saturday.
TCU at Oklahoma: This would be a real hum-dinger if Trevone Boykin and Josh Doctson were healthy for TCU. The BCS looked at wins and losses, not winning by a lot or losing by a lot. Both Notre Dame and OU played Texas. Playing at Fenway Park may bring added pressure to the Irish which could favor the Eagles. Notre Dame is in a good position but they may need a little luck. That’s a big blow to an offense that has been stagnant outside of its running game. UCLA has been the opposite. Both teams are jockeying for bowl invites and the lucrative payoffs they afford their teams.
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Cal at No. 11 Stanford, 10:30 ET: Pac-12 after dark is always entertaining and this game should be no exception.
