Oklahoma St-Oklahoma Preview Capsule

The Cowboys, with quarterback Rusty Hilger, defensive tackle Leslie O’Neal and running back Thurman Thomas, were 9-1 and ranked third and second, respectively. They fumbled a handoff and a punt. Without the opportunity to pad their resume with a conference championship game, beating the Cowboys remains the Sooners’ only way of ensuring they aren’t left out of the final four. That’s five teams. Then you have one wild card from the Memphis, the Houston this year, the non-Power Five … Oklahoma State, under first-year coach Pat Jones, entered the game in the middle of its most successful season since going undefeated in 1945. His best game might have been in the 49-29 win over TCU, when he passed for 352 yards and five touchdowns. “But ultimately what they’ll end up doing is, they’ll say, ‘What’s the difference in a grown man in the National Football League playing a 20-week schedule and a 21-year-old playing a 20-week schedule?'” Add to that awful execution by the safeties (who’ve had a tremendous season so far), and I guess I understand Gundy’s decision to onside kick down 10 with 5 minutes remaining and all your timeouts…he didn’t think we could stop them.

The fact is this…every single significant break/play vs Texas/KState/WV/Tech/Iowa St went OSU’s way.

“The reason that we’re able to have success with both of those players to this point is because they’re both great human beings”, he said. Both teams allow fewer than 15 points per game (Ohio State 14.1 and MI 14.9), so points figure to be at a premium in Ann Arbor. But Hilger took a hard hit from Casillas on the play. Before his exit, Mayfield threw for 127 yards and two touchdowns, bringing his touchdown total to 33. “People are trying to blow it up just because they love it. I enjoy it just because I helped the team out and put them in a situation to be in a playoff spot”.

Thirty-one years later, the 110th meeting stands in the conversation for the second-most important Bedlam game. He’s been made an even bigger factor thanks to the loss of TCU’s All Big 12 senior center Joey Hunt.

One thing is clear.

“As the season goes on, there’s not as much mentoring going on as there was in the beginning”, Walsh said. While I’m sure you have heard a lot about LaQuan McGowan, you probably haven’t heard enough about Andrew Billings. If everything breaks right this weekend – there will be some scoreboard watching on Notre Dame vs. Stanford – the victor could end up in the College Football Playoff. Where Oklahoma State has shown major weaknesses.

It might be considered bedlam but chaos of the football side of the in-state rivalry has been limited, mostly featuring blowouts and decade-long stretches of dominance from Oklahoma.

Where We’re Leaning: With Texas losing another game on Thursday night, that loss for Oklahoma continues to haunt the Sooners.