Baylor Bears vs. TCU Horned Frogs

Whichever team gets the best of that battle will have a huge leg up and should be in good position to claim a victory. The Oklahoma defense will bounceback.

Happy Bedlam, and Happy Thanksgiving! Last season, the Sooners finished sixth in the conference scoring defense, eighth in passing defense and fifth in total defense.

Don’t look now, but Baylor – a team once thought to have no chance at the playoff after losing to Oklahoma at home a few weeks back, has a chance at the playoff once again. “But if you’re not careful, you use up too much energy and then you can’t finish ballgames”. The Heisman hopeful finished the quarter, but didn’t play in the second half after acknowledging he had a headache.

Oklahoma’s success has coincided with the rise of Baker Mayfield, who transferred to the program and sat out last season.

Oklahoma jumped to the No. 3 spot in the latest College Football Playoff rankings after beating TCU this past weekend.

TCU isn’t the only team wondering about its quarterback situation, as Baylor head coach Art Briles lost another quarterback last week when Jarrett Stidham suffered a broken ankle. It’s the Revivalry, and even though the expectations for this game were bigger just a month ago, there’s still a lot on the line. “We need both of them, and we’re fortunate that they’ve both played pretty well up to this point”.

“We’ll try to stay focused on the task at hand”, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. The Sooners must be able to disrupt the Cowboys’ offensive flow and get pressure on the quarterback. What it comes down to in 2015, however, is that one game matters most. Not coincidentally, the Cowboys had the likes of Dantrell Savage, Kendall Hunter, Keith Toston and Joseph Randle – four future NFLers – toting the rock. The same can’t be said for the Horned Frogs stud wide receiver in Josh Doctson, who was ruled out for the rest of the season. Where Oklahoma State has shown major weaknesses.

Many fans were calling for Stoops to be fired last season, and he even was going to be forced to share the defensive coordinator title before Jerry Montgomery left to work for the Green Bay Packers. James Washington leads the pack with 908 yards and nine touchdowns. Coleman has 1,306 receiving yards this season with 20 touchdowns. Marcell Ateman is the third threat of OSU’s dynamic trio.

That’s what Patterson wants his team thinking about – going from 9-2 to 10-2. Here are three things to keep an eye on throughout the matchup.

As good as that group is, this’ll be their toughest test of the year.

Jordan Thomas, a sophomore, has emerged this season. Sanchez leads the Sooners with six interceptions and is just two behind the national leader, Iowa’s Desmond King.

And that pass rush is no joke. Linebacker Eric Striker and defensive tackle Charles Tapper are particularly disruptive for Oklahoma. OU doesn’t have anyone with the talent of OSU’s Emmanuel Ogbah, but the Sooners come in waves.

J.W. Walsh changed his mind. Now the college football betting odds for the game have the Bears favored to pick up the victory on the road.