Big 12 has plenty to sort out, including champion
West Virginia will be among the college football live stream game action on Saturday.
The goal posts came down and WVU won the Big East title, going on to play Florida in the Sugar Bowl. “You just hope you’re not setting a tone with your guys that it’s OK to just go out there and do enough to win”. “Why not us? We deserve it just like they deserve it”.
Here’s what needs to happen and who Oklahoma fans should root for if they want to see the Sooners in the CFP.
Questions about quarterback Baker Mayfield controlling his emotions were coming at Riley from all directions. Skyler Howard is completing 64.5% of his passes for 2562 yards, 17 touchdowns, and 9 interceptions for West Virginia.
“Our players have been waiting for this”, said Holgorson. “There’s seven or eight teams that are pretty much the exact same, and the outcome depends on where the game is played”. Daikiel Shorts Jr. has caught 51 passes for 753 yards and 4 touchdowns, while Shelton Gibson has added 35 catches for 701 yards and 6 touchdowns for West Virginia.
“I’ve been here a long time, 0-4 against Oklahoma”, said West Virginia center Tyler Orlosky.
The Sooners jumped out to an early lead, with nine minutes left in the first quarter. But players and coaches say the drought has nothing to do with intimidation. “We’re going to give up a play here and there. I think that’s where it starts”, Howard said. LINE HISTORY: The Sooners opened as 3-point road favorites and that number has dropped as low as 2.5, before rising to 3.5 and has been sitting there since Thursday. West Virginia wins if their offense can keep up.
Oklahoma will win if the offense continues its surge lead by Baker Mayfield and the running backs Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon.
They are slotted 5 spots ahead of WVU at 9th.
One former Purdue quarterback who is watching with deep interest is National Football League veteran Drew Brees, who told the Associated Press, “It’s just been great to see those guys succeed elsewhere and with two really great programs”. The Spartans, however, showed signs of life two weeks ago with 31 points and 495 yards of offense in a two-touchdown loss at Boise State.
Last week, the Mountaineers were counted out by many with notions of WVU being on “upset watch” and that the Longhorns and running back D’Onta Foreman would be too much. They beat Mount St. Mary’s 87-59 and Mississippi Valley State 107-66. That game’s going to be fascinating, and the victor will walk away with all of the Big 12’s marbles. The Cyclones (1-9, 0-7) defeated Kansas to get their first conference win of the season. He is averaging a team-high 104.1 rushing yards per game, 46.7 receiving yards per contest, 25.9 yards per kickoff return and 6.2 yards per punt return. They rank 51 in the nation on rush defense, surrendering 156 yards per game. On top of that, they have also lost to an unranked Houston team.
It was the avalanche of early points that OU poured on the overwhelmed Mountaineers en route to an important 56-28 win on a chilly night. “The guys kind of unify, and bond, and it’s sort of you against all of them, and you can get a charge out of that”.
But the critical element has been the ability to run the ball. The foursome has been the primary contributors as OU’s offense averages more than 44 points per game and almost 600 yards of total offense.