No. 21 Oklahoma State beats WVU 33-26 in overtime

Oklahoma State, which leads the nation with 22 sacks and 51 tackles for loss, has the athletes up front to rattle Howard. “I have to go back and study it. I had 50 other guys I had to keep track of”. The offense has thrived off explosive plays down the field with 34 going for over 20-yards or more on this season, which is concerning to a West Virginia defense that allowed a number of those to Oklahoma in the match up in Norman a week ago.

West Virginia cornerback Terrell Chestnut (16) intercepts the…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia knew what was coming. As has been the case many times this season, our boys converted, however it was Mason’s legs doing the work, as he broke contain and galloped 40 yards. Baylor leads the country in scoring offense averaging more than 64 points per game. I expect no different from him this Saturday when Oklahoma takes on a struggling Texas Longhorns team that is 1-4 on the season.

WVU S Karl Joseph will be out for the year after suffering a knee injury in practice this week. We have a lot of experience with those games and having it under our belt is going to help on the road in a tough place like West Virginia.

Seven different Oklahoma State handsets have caught a TD this season.

Since the Mountaineers joined the Big 12 in 2012, they have won two of their three meetings against the Cowboys.

WVU’s defense forced three turnovers but did not convert them into any points.

The junior is fixated on No. 21 Oklahoma State, not making up for the mess last week at Oklahoma or figuring out how the Mountaineers are going to survive playing four ranked teams in October. If you look just at points produced, he’s only +7 (3 touchdowns for, one pick-six and one fumble return touchdown against). Meanwhile, the over under betting line was unavailable earlier in the week, but positioned shortly at MyBookie.

Special teams: This is a key every game and that will be critical this week as well as the Mountaineers have to continue to play well in this area.

It marked the third straight close finish for the Cowboys (6-0, 3-0 Big 12), who won their two previous conference games on last-minute field goals. If they’re able to win in Morgantown against a quality opponent, they’ll firmly remain in the Big 12 title race, especially given that Baylor, TCU and Oklahoma all must travel to Stillwater in November.

The West Virginia Mountaineers be seated at No. 15 in the current College Football Power Rankings here at Odds Shark, while the Oklahoma State Cowboys are at No. 65 on that chart.

During Saturday night’s 33-26 overtime loss to Oklahoma State, the Mountaineers’ only score of the first two quarters came courtesy of Kyle Rose’s safety sack.

Running back Wendell Smallwood ran for 147 yards on 19 carries, including a 29-yard touchdown, for the Mountaineers (3-2, 0-2), who are in the midst of a four-game stretch against ranked teams.

But unlike their wins over Texas and Kansas State, this one came as a mild surprise.

West Virginia (3-1) suffered a 44-24 loss to the Sooners last week.