NCAA Vegas Odds: Oklahoma Visits Oklahoma State For a BCS Bowl Spot
Saturday, December 03, 2011
by Bodog Sportsbook
It’s one of the most important Bedlam Series matchups in the heated history of this rivalry when No. 10 Oklahoma Sooners travels to Stillwater to face No. 3 Oklahoma State Cowboys, which still has national championship aspirations. The Cowboys opened as 3.5-point favorites on Bodog Sportsbook’s NCAA Vegas Odds.
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Oklahoma State (10-1, 7-1 Big 12) has clinched at least a share of its first conference title since 1976 and can win its first outright title since 1926. The Pokes have had two weeks to stew over probably blowing their national title hopes with a 37-31 double-overtime loss at Iowa State on Nov. 18. A few upsets since that game has gotten OSU back in the national title picture, but the Cowboys likely need to crush Oklahoma and hope the voters leap them over BCS No. 2 Alabama in the polls. But at worst a win means a first-ever BCS bowl, likely the Fiesta.
It’s the final home game for Cowboys senior QB Brandon Weeden, a Heisman candidate, and also junior WR Justin Blackmon, the school’s all-time receiving leader. Weeden leads the Big 12 and ranks second nationally with 373.7 passing yards per game. He is also leads the conference and is No. 5 in the nation with 34 touchdown passes. Blackmon, who is looking for his second straight Biletnikoff Award, leads the Big 12 and ranks second nationally with 9.4 catches per game. He also leads the conference and is No. 3 in the nation with 15 TD catches. In the past four games, Blackmon has 42 catches for 579 yards and seven touchdowns. The Pokes are No. 2 in the nation in passing and scoring.
No. 10 Oklahoma (9-2, 6-2) was the preseason national title favorite, but a loss two weeks ago at Baylor officially ended those hopes. But the Sooners bounced back with a 26-6 win over that Iowa State club last week. OU, already without leading WR Ryan Broyles for the season due to injury, didn’t have No. 2 WR Jaz Reynolds last week due to suspension but he will be back for this one. He is averaging a team-best 17.7 yards per catch this season.
OU has owned this series of late, winning the past eight. Last year in Stillwater, OU won 47-41 as QB Landry Jones threw for 468 yards and three touchdowns. Weeden had 257 yards passing with two touchdowns and three interceptions for Oklahoma State. That win forced a three-way tie for the Big 12 South Division that OU won in the tiebreaker. Five of the last six Bedlam Series meetings in Stillwater have been decided by 10 points or less.
Oklahoma is 5-0-1 ATS in past six as a road dog. OSU is 7-0 ATS in past seven as a home favorite of between 3.5-10 points. Oklahoma has covered the past six meetings.
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