{"id":2431,"date":"2008-10-24T21:13:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-25T02:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/oklahoma-state-texas-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-24T21:13:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-25T02:13:00","slug":"oklahoma-state-texas-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/oklahoma-state-texas-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma State-Texas Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Texas Longhorns will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Memorial Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Longhorns listed as 12\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cowboys, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 67. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Zac Robinson threw for two touchdowns to lead <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Oklahoma<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> to a 34-6 win over Baylor in Week 8. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cowboys covered the 17-point spread, while the combined score played UNDER the day&#8217;s posted total of 64.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> improved to 7-0 with a 56-31 win over <st1:State><st1:place>Missouri<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 8. <st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> covered the 4.5-point spread, and the 87 points sailed OVER the posted total of 65. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Colt McCoy completed 29-of-32 pass attempts for 334 yards and two touchdowns, while rushing for two more in leading the way. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Oklahoma<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 7 straight games.<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 7 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Oklahoma<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 7-0 SU, 6-0 ATS <br \/>Texas: 7-0 SU, 7-0 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oklahoma State most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 7-3<br \/>When playing on grass are 2-8<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 6-4<br \/>When playing within the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Texas most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 9-1<br \/>When playing on grass are 9-1<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 8-2<br \/>When playing within the conference are 8-2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Oklahoma State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Oklahoma State is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oklahoma State&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>Oklahoma State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oklahoma State<br \/>Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Oklahoma State<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Oklahoma<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> home to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Iowa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Saturday, November 1<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Texas Tech, Saturday, November 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Texas Longhorns will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Memorial Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Longhorns listed as 12\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cowboys, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 67. Zac Robinson threw for two touchdowns to lead Oklahoma State to a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/oklahoma-state-texas-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Oklahoma State-Texas Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}