{"id":17451,"date":"2011-09-05T20:00:05","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T01:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17451"},"modified":"2011-09-05T17:28:53","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T22:28:53","slug":"arizona-wildcats-at-oklahoma-state-cowboys-thursday-night-ncaa-football-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/arizona-wildcats-at-oklahoma-state-cowboys-thursday-night-ncaa-football-predictions-17451\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Wildcats at Oklahoma State Cowboys Thursday Night NCAA Football Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arizona Wildcats at No. 9 Oklahoma State Cowboys
\nThursday, 9\/8\/11, 8:00 EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -14
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -14.5
\nOpening Total: \u00a064.5
\nCurrent Total: \u00a065
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Arizona Wildcats are two-touchdown road underdogs Thursday night against the Oklahoma State Cowboys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arizona opened up with a solid 41-10 victory over in-state rival Northern Arizona (non-FBS opponent) and quarterback Nick Foles racked up some serious yards.\u00a0 He connected on 34 of 42 passes for 412 yards, with a career-high five touchdowns and no interceptions.\u00a0 \u201cWe throw the ball first,\u201d Wildcats head coach Mike Stoops stated.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s what we do.\u201d\u00a0 All the talk during the offseason surrounded an offensive line that was replacing five players, but the signal-caller was pleased with the unit\u2019s performance in the opener.\u00a0 Arizona got some of its younger players some experience, playing 11 true freshman.\u00a0 The team is 0-2 ATS versus Big 12 opponents the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats will be entering the second week of action as the No. 4 passing attack nationally, after throwing for 412 yards in the opener.\u00a0 Leading the charge on the outside is senior wide receiver Juron Criner, who finished the game with six receptions for 151 yards and a touchdown.\u00a0 Overall, the team returned one of the deepest and most experienced receiving corps in the nation, combining for 517 receptions and 5,301 yards.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma State knows that Arizona will be seeking revenge after tallying a 36-10 win over the school in the 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl.\u00a0 The Cowboys are trying to begin a season 2-0 for the fifth time in the last six years, and will be playing a Thursday night contest for the third consecutive year.\u00a0 The prior two have been absolute thrillers, tallying\u00a0 38-35 win over Texas A&M in 2010 and a 31-28 victory over Colorado.\u00a0 Oklahoma State will be looking to even its record against schools that made up the old Pac-10 Conference, coming in with a 9-10 mark against such opponents.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys offense was limited to just 312 yards in last year\u2019s bowl victory, but the defense provided a huge lift by intercepting three passes and amassing five sacks.\u00a0 Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden was 25 of 41 for 240 yards and connected with wide receiver Justin Blackmon nine times for 117 yards.\u00a0 It\u2019s likely that the team will have more success this time around and is coming off a 666-yard performance in last week\u2019s blowout win over Louisiana-Lafayette.\u00a0 The Cowboys were an ultra-impressive 10-for-10 in the red zone in that contest.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Cowboys due to their 14-6 ATS mark as a favorite, while the Wildcats are 4-5 ATS as an underdog.<\/p>\n

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Arizona Wildcats at No. 9 Oklahoma State Cowboys Thursday, 9\/8\/11, 8:00 EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -14 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -14.5 Opening Total: \u00a064.5 Current Total: \u00a065 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Arizona opened up with a solid 41-10 victory over in-state rival Northern Arizona (non-FBS opponent) and quarterback Nick Foles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[578,3187,3322,3548,3586,3584,1141],"class_list":["post-17451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-brandon-weeden","tag-juron-criner","tag-justin-blackmon","tag-mike-stoops","tag-nick-foles","tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17451","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=17451"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17455,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17451\/revisions\/17455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}