TCU hoping for different outcome against Baylor

All this is said because it further complicates the playoff web heading into this final act of two teams vying for a spot in the final four, which directly impacts the rest of the playoff picture. “We’ve put that game behind us”.

The Odds: Oklahoma is a 7 point favorite against Oklahoma State. The Cowboys would also need either No. 15 TCU on Friday, or Texas the following week, to defeat Baylor in order to win their first Big 12 title since 2011 and second overall. 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.

Oklahoma has its top games spread over three different months.

Baylor’s trio of big-play receivers – Corey Coleman, KD Cannon and Jay Lee – against the TCU secondary.

This game, for the Sooners at least, could come down to the health of star QB, Mayfield.

“Not much has to be said at all – it’s Bedlam”, senior backup quarterback J.W. Walsh said.

Pre-season outlook I stated many times, as others also did, that this team’s potential outcome this season could be nearly anything. Anything goes, and you can usually count on the ordinary trading places with the out of the ordinary because nothing can be expected to follow form whenever Oklahoma and Oklahoma State go up against each other.

If you’re still with me, as a result of all this, the Sooners are now at seeded 3rd in the College Playoff rankings for this week, and Oklahoma State has fallen back to No. 11. It’s the lowest total for the Cowboys since STATS began keeping track in 1996. The Sooners escaped with the 30-29 victory, but it was the glaring disparity between a healthy and banged up Mayfield that really shone bright in Norman last Saturday.

“In these type of games, special teams is big”, said OU linebacker Eric Striker. Up until the West Virginia game Baylor had pretty much crushed everyone that they played, but they struggled against Iowa State and Kansas State in the two games that Billings was out. Walsh is taking away some of the stats around the goal line, but it’s Rudolph who’s doing the heavy lifting 280 yards or more in every game but two. Under the new rules, Baylor would have been last year’s outright champion because the Bears won the head-to-head game against the team with whom they tied.

Five teams are in the top 17 in turnovers gained – 2. He is averaging 7.3 yards per carry over that time. Mayfield’s completed 68.7 percent of his passes for 3,209 yards and 33 touchdowns to only five interceptions, including the 23-7 lead he gave Oklahoma before halftime and his eventual benching. If Striker and Tapper are able to get to Oklahoma State’s quarterbacks, Washington will have fewer opportunities.

WET WEATHER: It was already raining Thursday, and wet weather was forecast through Saturday. That could slow the passing attacks and force an emphasis on the ground games, which would appear to favor Oklahoma.

With all of that being said, on Saturday night Bedlam will record another year of Oklahoma’s historic rivalry between orange and crimson and cream. With Knight under center the Sooners punted on six of their nine drives in the second half, and running back Samaje Perine’s 72-yard touchdown burst and the Horned Frogs failed two-point conversion in the final minute of play saved Oklahoma’s season.