{"id":19400,"date":"2011-11-15T18:57:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T23:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19400"},"modified":"2011-11-15T18:57:01","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T23:57:01","slug":"bcs-rankings-2011-oklahoma-state-cowboys-vs-iowa-state-cyclones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/bcs-rankings-2011-oklahoma-state-cowboys-vs-iowa-state-cyclones-19400\/","title":{"rendered":"BCS Rankings 2011: Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Iowa State Cyclones"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 2 Oklahoma State Cowboys at Iowa State Cyclones
\nFriday, 11\/18\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -25
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -25.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 66
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 66.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Oklahoma State Cowboys are No. 2 in this week's BCS standings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oklahoma State is set to close out its 2011 road schedule Friday night with a trip to Ames to take on the Iowa City Cyclones, coming off a 66-6 win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders as 19-point road favorites.\u00a0 The Cowboys are looking dead ahead to a showdown with the Oklahoma Sooners on Dec. 3.\u00a0 Sitting in the No. 2 spot in the most recent BCS rankings, the program will play in the BCS Championship Game if it wins out.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019d much rather have this pressure than sitting around and having a tough season,\u201d stated Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy.\u00a0 Oklahoma State is 10-0 ATS as a road favorite the last two-plus campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys are led by a potent pass-catch combination of quarterback Brandon Weeden and wide receiver Justin Blackmon.\u00a0 Oklahoma State also comes in with the nation\u2019s third-longest road winning streak of 10 games.\u00a0 In the last meeting of this particular Big 12 Conference series, the Cowboys walked away with a 34-8 win as 7.5-point road favorites, winning the statistical battle by 231 yards.\u00a0 Offensively, the unit ranks second behind only the Houston Cougars in scoring 51.7 points per game.<\/p>\n

Iowa State comes into this matchup on a two-game win streak, but both victories came against poor competition.\u00a0 The Cyclones were actually out-gained by their previous five opponents before totaling more yards than the Texas Tech Red Raiders and Kansas Jayhawks.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the defense snapped Texas Tech\u2019s 69-game streak of throwing at least one touchdown pass on Oct. 29.\u00a0 Iowa State is coming off a bye week and is 1-1 ATS in that situation the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Cyclones key number is 24 points under head coach Paul Rhoads, tallying a 15-1 record when holding opponents under that particular number.\u00a0 It\u2019s going to be a hard task to fulfill against arguably the best offensive unit in college football.\u00a0 \u201cThere are no weaknesses,\u201d commented Rhoads about Oklahoma State\u2019s offense.\u00a0 \u201cEveryone is aware of their skill.\u201d\u00a0 From a defensive standpoint, Iowa State ranks second in the Big 12 Conference in surrendering just 217.3 yards per game through the air.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Cowboys due to their 21-5-1 ATS mark as a road favorite, while the underdog is 0-6 ATS in this series.<\/p>\n

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No. 2 Oklahoma State Cowboys at Iowa State Cyclones Friday, 11\/18\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -25 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma State -25.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 66 Current Total:\u00a0 66.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Oklahoma State is set to close out its 2011 road schedule Friday night with a trip to […]<\/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":[3267,3187,2666,3548,1141],"class_list":["post-19400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-brandon-weeden","tag-iowa-state-cyclones","tag-justin-blackmon","tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19400","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=19400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19401,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19400\/revisions\/19401"}],"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=19400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}