In conference play, both teams’ stats are even more impressive. He picked off two passes last week against Kansas State and returned one for a score in a 55-0 win.
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Receivers/Tight Ends – Way too many drops on Saturday to score an A+ and Jarvis Baxter’s fumble will drop them down another notch.
That said, you have to be impressed with what the Sooners did in Manhattan last weekend. That could be a brutal stretch to end the season, but picking up two wins along the way is still very much attainable for the Tigers. It was a routine that became a bit comical, as the game wore on into the second half, but was also ineffective as OU cranked off run after run. Art Briles at Baylor, Sonny Cumbie at TCU and now Lincoln Riley at OU. Those guys have dominant passing attacks. Yet, Heupel struggled to run the offense to the same extent. “It didn’t help me any, make any calls”. Still on the schedule for Arkansas are games with Ole Miss, LSU, Mississippi State and Missouri. “I just knew that he wanted to leave”. If Kansas State wants to be able to move the ball these two players will have to be on point and Joe Huebner will have to find more consistency in his passes. Oklahoma lost their only game of the season to rival Texas 24-17 in Dallas.
We’ve long-expected that this isn’t just Mayfield’s show, but now it’s been confirmed.
Everything was rolling along for OU in the first half, but the Sooners’ offense began to get sloppy. The ground game (384 yards) killed Tech past year. Nine other Red Raiders have at least double-digit receptions. “Two really good kids and really good players”. How big of a day do you expect Mayfield to have on Saturday on a scale of UT to KSU?
By maintaining its same amount of explosion with more balance in the play-calling, Oklahoma should have plenty of offensive momentum heading into matchups against a few of the nation’s best offenses at the end of the regular season. Has he been flawless in 2015? He has been pretty dang good though. TexasJerrod Heard and Connor Williams/Kent Perkins Jerrod Heard will once again be the x-factor in this game as the entire offense revolves around him.
The Odds: Oklahoma is a 14 point favorite against Texas Tech.
BEST MATCHUP: The last two teams to play the Sooners. That win also ruined OU’s homecoming. On defense, Oklahoma is allowing 322 total yards per game including 152 passing and 170 rushing yards. How do you see this game unfolding? Kingsbury blocked Mayfield’s eligibility for a scholarship with the University of Oklahoma. He was held to 78 yards by TCU after averaging 182 yards rushing in the three previous games.
Mayfield made a decision to transfer after Davis Webb took over as Texas Tech’s quarterback when the Red Raiders went to their last bowl game. They can do this by running the ball incessantly on a defensive line and linebacker corps which have suspect over the course of the season (sans the Oklahoma game). Over the past 3 games Kansas State only converted on 3rd downs of 6 yards and beyond 6 out of 21 times.
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Mahomes will have to recover after a tough game against Kansas where he took five sacks after evading pressure and looking like Tony Romo for the first six games of the season.
