{"id":18935,"date":"2011-10-28T12:35:46","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T17:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18935"},"modified":"2011-10-28T12:35:46","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T17:35:46","slug":"college-football-picks-against-the-spread-baylor-bears-vs-oklahoma-state-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-picks-against-the-spread-baylor-bears-vs-oklahoma-state-cowboys-18935\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Picks Against the Spread: Baylor Bears vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baylor Bears at No. 3 Oklahoma State Cowboys
\nSaturday, 10\/29\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -15
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -14
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 79.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 79.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Baylor Bears QB Robert Griffin III leads the nation in completion percentage heading into Stillwater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baylor is coming off its second open date of the season and will take on Oklahoma State in Stillwater in a game that figures to be high scoring.\u00a0 The Bears only two losses this year have come on the road against ranked teams.\u00a0 Quarterback Robert Griffin III has completed a nation-leading 78 percent of his passes, while averaging more than 320 passing yards per game.\u00a0 The team is the only school nationally that is averaging 300-plus yards passing and 200-plus yards rushing.\u00a0 Baylor is 3-0 ATS as an underdog of 10.5 to 21 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Bears also have a major threat on the outside offensively, with wide receiver Kendall Wright averaging 9.17 receptions and 126.1 receiving yards per game.\u00a0 Baylor is 4-52 in the Big 12 era when playing ranked opponents.\u00a0 This is the 30th meeting between Baylor and Oklahoma State, losing nine consecutive games in Stillwater, with the last win coming in 1939.\u00a0 Through six games, Baylor is averaging 44.3 points, 549.7 yards of total offense.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma State is coming off an impressive two-game road trip, handing the Texas Longhorns and Missouri Tigers both losses.\u00a0 The Cowboys have out-gained all seven of their opponents this year.\u00a0 Head coach Mike Gundy knows that his team still has a difficult schedule ahead, starting with this contest.\u00a0 \u201cIt makes for great Saturdays for the fans and not so much for the coaches,\u201d Gundy commented in practice this week.\u00a0 The program should have plenty of confidence in playing Baylor, winning 14 of the last 15 meetings, including a 55-28 victory in last year\u2019s meeting as 10-point home favorites.\u00a0 Oklahoma State is 6-1 ATS on the season and the \u2018over\u2019 holds a slight 4-3 edge.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys are 7-0 for just the third time in school history and the second time in the last four years.\u00a0 Oklahoma State will be playing its Homecoming Game Saturday, posting a 47-35-7 all-time mark, including wins in both opportunities when hosting Baylor.\u00a0 Defensively, the team ranks No. 103 in total defense, but is incredibly opportunistic in causing turnovers.\u00a0 The school ranks second nationally in creating 24 turnovers this year, which is on pace to break last year\u2019s mark of 34.\u00a0 Quarterback Brandon Weeden leads the offense, throwing for at least two touchdowns in 17 of his 20 starts, while he enters with 6,969 passing yards for his career.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Cowboys due to their 16-4-1 ATS mark in October, while the Bears are 1-5 ATS as an 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":"

Baylor Bears at No. 3 Oklahoma State Cowboys Saturday, 10\/29\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -15 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -14 Opening Total:\u00a0 79.5 Current Total:\u00a0 79.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Baylor is coming off its second open date of the season and will take on Oklahoma State in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3288,3187,1141,3697,5138],"class_list":["post-18935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-baylor-bears","tag-brandon-weeden","tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys","tag-robert-griffin-iii","tag-stillwater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18935","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=18935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18936,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18935\/revisions\/18936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}