NORMAN, OK - SEPTEMBER 11: Oklahoma Sooners cheerleaders perform during a game against the Florida State Seminoles at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 11, 2010 in Norman, Oklahoma. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Clemson and Wisconsin picked to win this week. Stanford over Washington. Sooners and Cowboys have their work cut out…….
Sooners and Horned Frogs go at it in Fort Worth Saturday. Both teams have the ability to get hot and run the other one off the field. Consistency has not been there for either team. I like OU’s history of getting things back on track but TCU is at home and that is important. Look for a close game. If TCU can make the big pass plays I like the Frogs. If OU gets the run game going (and this is not your typical TCU defense), OU will prevail. Final: OU 35, TCU 31
On Thursday night in Lubbock, maybe the best offense in the league, Texas Tech, puts their worst defense in the league up against the Kansas Jayhawks. Tech wins this one 48-29.
Baylor goes to Ames and will take out the Cyclones 45 to 19. It will be close at half.
West Virginia hosts Kansas State and there is a possible upset here. But I won’t pull the trigger. The Mountaineers win this one 24 to 17.
Oklahoma State has lost eight straight to Texas in Stillwater. Look for that not to go to nine. Texas will run on OSU and look for them to be better in the red zone, getting Tyrone Swoopes into the end zone enough. This one can go either way. Look for another big day for the OSU passing game. Final: Texas 45, Oklahoma State 46.
Last week in Big Twelve predictions: 5-0 Year: 23-8
National Games of Week Five:
Thursday, Sept 29
Houston 52 over UConn 14
Friday, Sept. 30
Washington 17 over Stanford 15
Toledo 32 at BYU 29
Saturday, Oct. 1
Notre Dame 38 over Syracuse 20 at East Rutherford
Vanderbilt 18 over Florida 14
Ohio State 49 over Rutgers 7
Iowa 23 over Northwestern 7
Georgia Tech 32 over Miami Fla 21
Virginia 25 at Duke 21
Boston College 28 over Buffalo 21
Colorado 38 over Oregon State 18
Navy 27 at Air Force 17
Auburn 50 over La. Monroe 11
Tennessee 38 at Georgia 14
North Carolina 33 at Florida State 28
NC State 31 over Wake Forest 24
Maryland 28 over Purdue 17
Wisconsin 34 at Michigan 20
Nebraska 47 over Illinois 17
Penn State 27 and Minnesota 14
Texas A&M 26 at South Carolina 9
Utah 33 at California 22
Ole Miss 34 over Memphis 20
Alabama 45 over Kentucky 14
Cincinnati 37 over South Florida 28
Pittsburgh 28 over Marshall 19
LSU 20 over Missouri 16
Clemson 48 over Louisville 31
San Diego State 28 at South Alabama 12
Indiana 23 and Michigan State 21
Arizona State 38 at USC 32
Washington State 47 and Oregon 43
Boise State 32 and Utah State 17
Colorado State 28 and Wyoming 12
UCLA 34 and Arizona 14
| * Thu,
Sep 29
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Texas Tech | Kansas | ||
| * Sat,
Oct 01
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Oklahoma State | Texas | ||
| * Sat,
Oct 01
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Iowa State | Baylor | ||
| * Sat,
Oct 01
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West Virginia | Kansas State | ||
| * Sat,
Oct 01
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TCU | Oklahoma |
Hmmm……Fred, I respect your football knowledge, but I just don’t see the Sooners beating the Frogs at home. In Norman, maybe. At the Carter, I just can’t see it. Let’s remember that TCU would have almost certainly won IN NORMAN last year were it not for that incredibly rare football anomaly – a Gary Patterson mistake.
I think it will be close and offense oriented, but I just see too much on TCU’s side of the line in all three phases. Now if TCU starts dropping passes and making incredibly stupid turnovers again, all bets are off, but absent that happening my prediction is TCU 49 – OU 42
it is a toss-up David. No more, no less. I would not be surprised by either team winning it.