{"id":17399,"date":"2011-09-02T10:26:12","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T15:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17399"},"modified":"2011-09-02T10:26:12","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T15:26:12","slug":"louisiana-lafayette-ragin-cajuns-at-oklahoma-state-cowboys-ncaa-football-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/louisiana-lafayette-ragin-cajuns-at-oklahoma-state-cowboys-ncaa-football-picks-17399\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns at Oklahoma State Cowboys NCAA Football Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin\u2019 Cajuns at No. 9 Oklahoma State Cowboys
\nSaturday, 9\/3\/11, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -34
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -38
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 63
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 64.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Oklahoma State Cowboys RB Kendall Hunter will not be on the field Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Louisiana-Lafayette knows its up against it to open the season and has dropped all seven previous meetings against Oklahoma State.\u00a0 \u201cWe have a tough challenge in front of us, as we face one of the top teams in the nation that\u2019s equipped with two Heisman Trophy candidates,\u201d said Ragin\u2019 Cajuns first-year head coach Mark Hudspeth.\u00a0 \u201cI believe our toughness is going to give us an edge in this game.\u201d\u00a0 The program has had three different quarterbacks pass for over 250 yards in a game during the 2010 season and Chris Masson is just the sixth quarterback in school history to reach 4,000 career yards.\u00a0 Louisiana-Lafayette is 10-8 ATS as an underdog the last two years.<\/p>\n

The Ragin\u2019 Cajuns rushing attack was led by true freshman Aaron Spikes, who scored eight touchdowns, six receiving and two rushing.\u00a0 It took over the bulk of the carries during last year\u2019s meeting with the Cowboys.\u00a0 Many experts expect the team to suffer through growing pains as an offense due to losing three experienced offensive linemen for a second consecutive year.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma State brings back the nucleus of one of last year\u2019s top offenses in the country, but will certainly miss the services of two-time All-American running back Kendall Hunter.\u00a0 The Cowboys still have the talented pass-catch combination of quarterback Brandon Weeden and All-America wide receiver Justin Blackmon that will be more than enough for the Ragin\u2019 Cajuns\u2019 defense to handle.\u00a0 Oklahoma State ranked third nationally in total offense and scoring offense in 2010.\u00a0 Over the past three years, the program is a dominating 14-5 ATS as a favorite.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys are enjoying incredible success as a program under the direction of head coach Mike Gundy, posting a 29-10 record, which is the best ever for Oklahoma State over a three-year period.\u00a0 After starting his career on the sidelines with a disappointing 12-15 record, Gundy has rebounded to post a 35-14 since then.\u00a0 Experience will be found all over the football team this season, as the squad brings back 27 players that have starting experience.\u00a0 Oklahoma State has won the last two meetings in this series by a wide 110-31 margin.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to note that the visitor has scored just 30 points in its previous four trips to Stillwater.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Ragin\u2019 Cajuns due to their 6-0 ATS mark on the road, while the Cowboys are 1-4 ATS as a home favorite of 10.5 points or more.<\/p>\n

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Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin\u2019 Cajuns at No. 9 Oklahoma State Cowboys Saturday, 9\/3\/11, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -34 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -38 Opening Total:\u00a0 63 Current Total:\u00a0 64.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Louisiana-Lafayette knows its up against it to open the season and has dropped all seven previous meetings against Oklahoma […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3187,5384,3548,5385,3283,2256,1141],"class_list":["post-17399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-brandon-weeden","tag-chris-masson","tag-justin-blackmon","tag-kendall-hunter","tag-louisiana-lafayette-ragin-cajuns","tag-mike-gundy","tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17400,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17399\/revisions\/17400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}