{"id":18713,"date":"2011-10-19T11:05:55","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T16:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18713"},"modified":"2011-10-19T11:05:55","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T16:05:55","slug":"college-football-picks-week-8-oklahoma-state-cowboys-vs-missouri-tigers-big-12-conference-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-picks-week-8-oklahoma-state-cowboys-vs-missouri-tigers-big-12-conference-preview-18713\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Picks Week 8: Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Missouri Tigers, Big 12 Conference Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 4 Oklahoma State Cowboys at Missouri Tigers
\nSaturday, 10\/22\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 68
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 68.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Oklahoma State Cowboys have won eight consecutive road games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oklahoma State has had the best of this series in winning three of the last four meetings, including a 33-17 win as 6.5-point home favorites last year.\u00a0 The Cowboys have the second-longest road winning streak in the nation, looking to win its ninth consecutive contest away from Stillwater.\u00a0 \u201cYou always have to be encouraged about winning on the road in this league,\u201d stated Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019re just not giving them away.\u201d\u00a0 Offensively, the team is gaining 551.2 yards a game, but that\u2019s not much more than Missouri (496.2).\u00a0 Oklahoma State is 13-5 ATS versus Big 12 Conference opponents.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys are in for a fight this weekend, as the team was held to 351 yards of total offense in last year\u2019s matchup.\u00a0 Oklahoma State is still 8-2 against Missouri when the team enters the rivalry as a ranked team.\u00a0 Forcing turnovers is definitely going to be key, with the team ranking third nationally with 20 turnovers forced in six games.\u00a0 Oklahoma State is second in the country in scoring at 49.17 points per game, while quarterback Brandon Weeden ranks sixth nationally in passing yards per game at 349.7.<\/p>\n

Missouri is 3-3 on the season and has managed to out-gain every opponent this year outside of Oklahoma, losing that statistical battle by just 60 yards.\u00a0 The Tigers have the necessary tools to slow down the Cowboys potent offense, ranking 29th overall nationally in total defense.\u00a0 \u201cThey really have a lot of good players.\u00a0 That\u2019s why they are undefeated,\u201d commented Tigers coach Gary Pinkel.\u00a0 \u201cOur place will be rocking on Saturday.\u201d The team is coming off an impressive 52-17 win over the Iowa State Cyclones as 17-point home favorites, finishing with triple-digit margins in both passing and running.\u00a0 Missouri is 9-10 ATS versus conference rivals.<\/p>\n

The Tigers will be pleased with watching film of the Longhorns having success on the ground against the Cowboys last week, coming in ranking 14th nationally in rushing, averaging 236.5 yards per game.\u00a0 Missouri is actually one of only eight schools in the nation to rank among the top 30 in both total offense and total defense.\u00a0 Those other seven schools are a combined 45-4 heading into this week.\u00a0 Hosting tonight\u2019s contest gives the program a definite advantage, winning 10 consecutive games at Memorial Stadium.\u00a0 Seven of the last nine games in this series have been decided by seven points or less.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Tigers due to their 6-2 ATS mark at home, while the Cowboys are just 75-72 ATS versus conference opponents.<\/p>\n

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No. 4 Oklahoma State Cowboys at Missouri Tigers Saturday, 10\/22\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 68 Current Total:\u00a0 68.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Oklahoma State has had the best of this series in winning three of the last four meetings, including […]<\/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":[3267,3187,433,1141],"class_list":["post-18713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-brandon-weeden","tag-missouri-tigers","tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18713","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=18713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18715,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18713\/revisions\/18715"}],"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=18713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}