{"id":18551,"date":"2011-10-13T11:48:14","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T16:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18551"},"modified":"2011-10-13T11:48:14","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T16:48:14","slug":"college-football-predictions-week-7-oklahoma-state-cowboys-vs-texas-longhorns-big-12-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-predictions-week-7-oklahoma-state-cowboys-vs-texas-longhorns-big-12-preview-18551\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Predictions Week 7: Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Texas Longhorns, Big 12 Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 6 Oklahoma State Cowboys at No. 22 Texas Longhorns
\nSaturday, 10\/15\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -7.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -7.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 63
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 64.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Oklahoma State Cowboys are looking to win two in a row over the Texas Longhorns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oklahoma State snapped a 12-game losing streak against Texas with last year\u2019s 33-16 win as four-point road favorites, jumping out to a 26-3 halftime lead.\u00a0 The Cowboys have really flourished on the road recently, posting seven consecutive wins away from Stillwater.\u00a0 \u201cI really just enjoy going on the road and playing,\u201d commented quarterback Brandon Weeden.\u00a0 \u201cI think it\u2019s fun to go into other people\u2019s places and use that negative energy.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s certainly worked, as the team has the nation\u2019s third-longest road winning streak entering this weekend.\u00a0 Oklahoma State is 17-6 ATS as a favorite and the \u2018over\u2019 is 13-11 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys are coming off a record-breaking performance against the Kansas Jayhawks, tying a school record with 56 points in the first half, finishing with a 70-28 victory.\u00a0 Oklahoma State is now 14-4 in Big 12 Conference games since the start of the 2009 campaign.\u00a0 Turnovers have been a key ingredient to the team\u2019s success, ranking sixth nationally in forcing 17 through five games.\u00a0 Offensively, the program ranks first in scoring offense and second in total yards, while Weeden has turned into one of the best throwers in the country.\u00a0 He has thrown a touchdown pass in 18 straight games.<\/p>\n

Texas will look to rebound off a 55-17 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners as 11-point neutral-site underdogs, as the team was out-gained by 194 yards.\u00a0 The Longhorns will continue to use the quarterback tandem of David Ash and Case McCoy, who combined for four turnovers in the defeat, but the team doesn\u2019t have any other options.\u00a0 \u201cThe game was so extreme from the adversity standpoint,\u201d commented Longhorns offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin.\u00a0 \u201cNeither of them gave up, neither of them hung their head.\u201d\u00a0 Texas is 11-19 ATS over the last two-plus seasons and the \u2018under\u2019 is 17-14 in that span.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns hold a 22-3 edge in the all-time series with the Cowboys, winning 12 of the last 13 meetings.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to point out that head coach Mack Brown has shown a great ability to get his team refocused after the Red River Rivalry, posting a 13-0 record since coming to Austin in the game following Oklahoma on the schedule.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Longhorns due to their 3-2 ATS mark this season, while the Cowboys are 46-50 ATS on the road.<\/p>\n

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No. 6 Oklahoma State Cowboys at No. 22 Texas Longhorns Saturday, 10\/15\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -7.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -7.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 63 Current Total:\u00a0 64.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Oklahoma State snapped a 12-game losing streak against Texas with last year\u2019s 33-16 win as four-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3187,5525,5524,3234,1141,496],"class_list":["post-18551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-brandon-weeden","tag-case-mccoy","tag-david-ash","tag-mack-brown","tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys","tag-texas-longhorns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18551","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=18551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18552,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18551\/revisions\/18552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}