Before Bedlam, Oklahoma St. must deal with Baylor
If you wanted to bet on it, bet on Notre Dame being the odd man out, and getting eclipsed by an unbeaten Oklahoma State team, or a one-loss Oklahoma team, joining a field with either Ohio State or MI State, Alabama, and Clemson.
Tonight’s Baylor Bears vs Oklahoma State Cowboys football game on Fox Sports live TV and Fox Sports Go live streaming has huge College Football Playoff implications for both teams.
Still, none of those facts matched the Ohio State stat sheet and the Ohio State quote sheet.
John Mackovic is a former National Football League and college coach. Linwood is the guy for the job this year and he’s enjoying a great season with 1149 yards on the ground to go along with 9 touchdowns.
With longtime rival Ohio State lurking on the schedule next Saturday, No. 12 MI will try not to look ahead by playing at Penn State. You just fight through every play and then we’ll get to the end. Say Ohio State beats MI State this weekend, then loses to MI. But, first they have to fight an angry Horned Frog team with a lot of weapons left in their arsenal. Oklahoma State meanwhile was the unwanted stepchild of the Big 12 until they stepped up and crushed TCU two weeks ago. If the offensive line can protect better – Rudolph was sacked four times – OSU might be best to let him guide Oklahoma State.
“We kind of wanted (Johnson) to throw a little bit”, OSU safety Tre Flowers said. I really do. I can’t speak for the play-caller. If coaches can knock players’ effort occasionally, can players, especially those with 3,565 career rushing yards, knock coaches’ effort occasionally? Near the top of Meyer’s list of attributes would be his capacity for hard self-assessment.
“It’s something you preach because of scenarios just like this”, running back Devin Chafin said after Baylor’s 45-35 road win.
The play calling on both sides of the ball was suspect. “And I have to do better”.
Baylor at Oklahoma State: Stillwater isn’t a nice place for the Bears, who haven’t won there since 1939.
It is fairly universally understood that if you are a team from a Power Five conference and you finish the season undefeated, chances are very good that you will be one of the four teams in the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) in the College Football Playoff.
It’s still unclear whether TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin will play because of a sore ankle. #12 Oklahoma 44 #6 Baylor 34… TCU travels to Oklahoma on Saturday.
But OU quarterback Baker Mayfield sustained a head injury after taking a blow to the helmet from TCU’s Ty Summers in the first half, and team doctors pulled the Sooners’ quarterback from the game over halftime. They will have a strong resume, but the lack of a conference title game could hurt their playoff chances.
Kohlhausen lofted. Safety Steven Parker leapt. The Trojans control their destiny in the Pac-12 South (needing to beat OR and UCLA), while OR stayed alive last week by upsetting Stanford, which still leads the North by a game. MI State ambushed the Buckeyes. Well, that and it has the most games remaining (two) of any of the Big 12 contenders.
So did No. 5 Iowa – sane, stable Iowa. It has never trailed in a fourth quarter all year. But before we get to that, there are other games of note, including a few with potential College Football Playoff implications, being played around the college football landscape this afternoon and evening.
“One of the most valuable things he brings to the table is just a positive attitude, just a tremendous teammates”, Briles said.
That’s also Baylor’s approach the rest of the way, as the December 6 unveiling of the four playoff teams draws closer and closer.