{"id":18774,"date":"2011-10-21T12:20:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T17:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18774"},"modified":"2011-10-21T12:20:23","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T17:20:23","slug":"texas-tech-red-raiders-at-oklahoma-sooners-big-12-conference-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/texas-tech-red-raiders-at-oklahoma-sooners-big-12-conference-betting-preview-18774\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tech Red Raiders at Oklahoma Sooners: Big 12 Conference Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Tech Red Raiders at No. 3 Oklahoma Sooners
\nSaturday, 10\/22\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma -28
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma -28.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 69.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 69.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Oklahoma Sooners have won 39-straight home games entering Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Texas Tech will head to Norman looking to snap a two-game losing streak, coming off home losses to Kansas State and Texas A&M.\u00a0 \u201cI would say Sunday we were kicking ourselves quite a bit, especially through that film,\u201d commented Red Raiders wide receiver Alex Torres about the seven-point loss to Kansas State.\u00a0 The team has been one of the more effective ones in the country inside the red zone, scoring touchdowns on 27 of 33 drives.\u00a0 Texas Tech was handed a 45-7 loss in last year\u2019s meeting with Oklahoma as 16.5-point road underdogs.<\/p>\n

The Red Raiders aren\u2019t just about throwing the football these days, amassing 969 rushing yards and averaging 161.5 yards per game.\u00a0 The amount of yards gained on the ground is the most through six games in over 11 years for the program.\u00a0 Quarterback Seth Doege is still the main weapon offensively, ranking second nationally in averaging 375 total yards of offense, facing off against another signal-caller in this contest that ranks fourth in that particular category.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma will be looking to win its 40th consecutive home game before playing three of its final five games on the road against teams that are or have been ranked this season.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a tradition.\u00a0 We can\u2019t lose,\u201d commented Sooners linebacker Jaydan Bird.\u00a0 \u201cI mean, we can. One day, one bad play.\u201d\u00a0 During the streak, Oklahoma has outscored foes by 1,128 points, averaging 44.7 points and giving up just 14.6.\u00a0 Over the last two-plus seasons, the program has tallied a 10-9 ATS mark versus conference opponents, while the \u2018under\u2019 is 12-8 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Sooners are led by the pass-catch combination of quarterback Landry Jones and wide receiver Ryan Broyles.\u00a0 Both have enjoyed record-breaking careers in Norman, especially Broyles in becoming the NCAA\u2019s career leader in receptions.\u00a0 He has tallied 100-plus yards receiving in 18 of his last 23 games, while grabbing a touchdown catch in 16 of 22.\u00a0 The offensive line has been a major strength for the team, allowing just three sacks and 25 tackles for loss.\u00a0 On the defensive end, opponents are completing just 51.3 percent of their passes against the Sooners.\u00a0 For the season, the unit is allowing just 317.2 yards per game, 15.8 points and 4.6 yards per play from scrimmage.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Sooners due to the home team being 5-0 ATS in the last five meetings, while the Red Raiders are 2-7 ATS as a road underdog.<\/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":"

Texas Tech Red Raiders at No. 3 Oklahoma Sooners Saturday, 10\/22\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma -28 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma -28.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 69.5 Current Total:\u00a0 69.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Texas Tech will head to Norman looking to snap a two-game losing streak, coming off home losses to Kansas […]<\/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":[3267,3235,408,3709,5553,440],"class_list":["post-18774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-landry-jones","tag-oklahoma-sooners","tag-ryan-broyles","tag-seth-doege","tag-texas-tech-red-raiders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18774","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=18774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18775,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18774\/revisions\/18775"}],"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=18774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}