It’s time to take a good look at Jordan Sterns and Tre Flowers.
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“They’re resilient. The two places where we won close games on the road were not easy places to win so we’re very proud of them for that”. With the high-powered offense and Briles having to go through the Bears missing last year’s playoff, expect Baylor to destroy everyone in its path until a November 27 matchup with TCU. Many may think the Bears are out for blood and revenge after last years miscue against the West Virginia Mountaineers and while that may be true this game can be seen as potential upset if the Bears are not careful. “Gave them a few hope there for a while”. The Sooners and Quarterback Baker Mayfield will try to get the offense rolling again and that centers on the running game. The Cowboys have been explosive at times, too: They are ninth nationally in 20-plus yard pass plays, tied for ninth in 30-plus and tied for eighth in 40-plus. As one end (Emmanual Ogbah) has played at an All-American level and another (Jimmy Bean) is playing the best football of his career, OSU now leads the Big 12 in total defense and is on pace to finish the 2015 season with 54 sacks and 128 TFLs. I don’t think they get past that at all. Maybe that’s why the highest total on this week’s college football betting board is Saturday’s Big 12 battle between West Virginia and the Bears in Waco, Texas. I’d take the Cowboys at 3-1 at this point though. While the Bears may very well win this game, the smart money sides with the Mountaineers. The Cowboys should be able to skate past most of these teams but wouldn’t be surprised for either Tulsa or Minnesota to steal a win. Smallwood has surpassed 100 yards his last three games and is averaging 114.8 yards per game. But Rudolph does lead the conference in interceptions with seven, including three in his last game.
Should be a win.
What a win would mean for the Mountaineers: Nobody more desperately needs a win at the moment than the Mountaineers, who are staring down the barrel of an 0-4 conference start, with TCU to follow on the schedule.
This is a loss.
I highly recommend you go check out Peter’s Advanced Stats post for this week’s game.
No. 16 Oklahoma State, now enjoying its bye week, is in an enviable position. That’s a long time. “As we all know, we’ve got to do a better job of rushing the football”. This will be the best offense Baylor has seen all season, a challenge the Bears are looking forward to especially after the loss last season. Senior point guard Andre Hollins will be going all out for a tournament appearance in his hurrah, and third year head coach Richard Pitino is desperate to provide Minnesota with a tournament appearance. That is a worrisome notion considering that Texas is not even ranked among the top 50 in the country in stopping the run, and that includes the Longhorns’ stellar performance last weekend in limiting Oklahoma to just 67 net yards on the ground. He is second in the Big 12 with 117.8 yards rushing per game. After losing to both Oklahoma schools, West Virginia is not winning the Big 12. I really commend our players for coming in at halftime. It could get ugly quickly. Then, on October 3, they battled back from a 28-13 second quarter deficit and trailed 34-33 to Kansas State at home before Grogan kicked the winning field goal with 32 seconds to play. ESPN plays the Marcus Smart flip video about five times during the broadcast. If mental mistakes and field position are corrected this team has a shot, after all they were a play or two away for the past two weeks.
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The Sooner offensive line must do a better job pushing off the ball and enabling the running backs to hit open creases and pick up positive yardage.
