{"id":18289,"date":"2011-10-04T16:33:02","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T21:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18289"},"modified":"2011-10-04T16:33:02","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T21:33:02","slug":"college-football-picks-week-6-against-the-spread-oklahoma-sooners-vs-texas-longhorns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-picks-week-6-against-the-spread-oklahoma-sooners-vs-texas-longhorns-18289\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Picks Week 6 Against the Spread: Oklahoma Sooners vs. Texas Longhorns"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 3 Oklahoma Sooners vs. No. 11 Texas Longhorns
\nSaturday, 10\/8\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma -9.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma -10
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 56.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 56.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Oklahoma Sooners have risen to double-digit neutral-site favorites Saturday against the Texas Longhorns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oklahoma is set to meet Texas in the 106th renewal of the AT&T Red River Rivalry, as the two teams will meet for the 25th time with perfect records.\u00a0 The Sooners are coming off an impressive 62-6 win over the Ball State Cardinals, racking up 655 yards of total offense, but the coaching staff is tempering expectations with the long road ahead.\u00a0 \u201cOur guys are well aware that as we move forward, there\u2019s going to be a lot of bigger challenges out there,\u201d commented head coach Bob Stoops.\u00a0 The team has played just one game outside of Norman this year, handing the Florida State Seminoles a 23-13 loss as 3.5-point road favorites.\u00a0 Oklahoma is 2-3 ATS on a neutral field and 15-14 ATS over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Sooners will be meeting the Longhorns in Dallas for the 83rd consecutive year, as the two schools are within 200 miles of the site.\u00a0 Quarterback Landry Jones continues to be amongst the top candidates for the Heisman Trophy, moving into the top spot in terms of total passing yards in school history.\u00a0 His top receiver is Ryan Broyles, who is just 13 receptions away for the NCAA record.\u00a0 He already has 38 catches for 476 yards this season.\u00a0 On the defensive side of the ball, Oklahoma has amassed 11 sacks this season, including a season-high six versus the Seminoles.<\/p>\n

Texas will be seeking revenge for a third consecutive game, as the team dropped last year\u2019s contest 28-20 as three-point neutral-site underdogs.\u00a0 The Longhorns have already avenged a pair of losses from a year ago, handing the UCLA Bruins (49-20) and Iowa State Cyclones (37-14) defeats.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s really bid to be 4-0.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure a lot of people would\u2019ve thought five weeks ago we would\u2019ve been 4-0 right now,\u201d commented Longhorns head coach Mack Brown.\u00a0 \u201cGuys are playing with a lot of confidence.\u201d\u00a0 Texas and Oklahoma have met 31 times when both teams were undefeated.\u00a0 Texas is 1-2 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 10 points.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns have tallied a 14-17-3 record when both teams are ranked in the AP Top 25, but is 5-15-2 when it enters as the lower-rated team\u00a0 Texas has amassed 83 regular season conference wins since 1998, which is the most of any Big 12 Conference team, just one ahead of Oklahoma.\u00a0 ESPN College GameDay will be in Dallas this week, covering the rivalry for the fifth time.\u00a0 Overall, Texas is 9-5 when the crew is covering its games.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Sooners due to their 4-0 ATS mark after a win of 20 or more points, while the Longhorns are 0-5-1 ATS at a neutral site.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 3 Oklahoma Sooners vs. No. 11 Texas Longhorns Saturday, 10\/8\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma -9.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma -10 Opening Total:\u00a0 56.5 Current Total:\u00a0 56.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Oklahoma is set to meet Texas in the 106th renewal of the AT&T Red River Rivalry, as the two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[2961,3235,3234,408,5505,496],"class_list":["post-18289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-bob-stoops","tag-landry-jones","tag-mack-brown","tag-oklahoma-sooners","tag-red-river-rivalry","tag-texas-longhorns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18289","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=18289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18290,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18289\/revisions\/18290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}