The # 6 Oklahoma State Cowboys will host the Texas Longhorns in a Big 12 showdown on Saturday. Texas won 11 points as favorites after a 27:16 home win over Baylor, and Oklahoma State beat Iowa State on Saturday with a 24:21 win as favorites with 2.5 points. The Cowboys are now 3-0 in the conference and are likely the Big 12’s last chance to get a team into the College Football Playoffs this season, if that happens at the end. Texas is 2-2 in the Big 12 and 3-2 overall.
Last season, these teams met in Austin, and Texas won 36:30 as a seven-point favorite.
(Late line movements and injury reports were updated on Saturday afternoon.)
Line movements:
In this competition there has been very little movement on the line and it has moved in favor of the home team. After opening as a three-point favorite in this competition, the line is now at Oklahoma State -3.5 for that competition. 52 percent of the ATS bets support the cowboys at home and give the points.
The total for this game has barely changed over the week. After opening at 58 points, the total number stayed at 58 or decreased to 57.5 points, depending on the sports betting. Fifty-two percent of total bets in this competition are on it going beyond the mark.
Game weather: At the start the temperature is around 70 degrees with mostly sunny skies. The temperature will drop into the low 60s as the game progresses. The forecast does not include precipitation, which makes for favorable weather conditions for this Big 12 showdown. Winds from the southwest are expected to come around 14 mph, while gusts are expected to come up around 18 to 20 mph.
Ehlinger does everything for Texas
The Texas Longhorns are led by senior quarterback and starter Sam Ehlinger in their fourth year. Ehlinger threw for 270 yards on 15 of 23 passes in Saturday’s win against Baylor. This season, Ehlinger has completed 61.6% of his passes, averaging 296.2 yards per game with a touchdown to interception ratio of 17-5. Ehlinger also leads the Longhorns running game with 293 yards and seven touchdowns.
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– Texas Football (@TexasFootball) October 26, 2020
On the offensive, Texas ranks second in the Big 12 with 482 yards and the best 45 points per game, even though two of the games in Texas went into overtime. Defensively, the Longhorns are the eighth of ten teams in the conference to allow 32.2 points and the sixth to give up 383.4 yards per game.
Injury report:
OUT: LB Ayodele Adeoye, DL Marqez Bimage, RB Derrian Brown, WR Dajon Harrison, WR Kennedy Lewis, WR Troy Omeire, OL Willie Tyler, WR Jordan Whittington, RB Daniel Young
Sanders returns to defeat Iowa State
Oklahoma State is the team to beat in the Big 12. After a 16: 7 season opening win as a 24-point home favorite against Tulsa, the Cowboys have won all three conference games and covered the spread. Defense was the strength of the Cowboys, who come first in the Big 12, keeping their opponents at just 12 points and second at 303.2 yards per game.
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– OSU Cowboy Football ???????????? (@CowboyFB) October 27, 2020
Spencer Sanders is expected to start at quarterback for the Cowboys Offensive, which has provided their defense with the help they have needed so far, averaging 28.5 points per game and 418.2 meters of total offense. After Sanders was injured in the season opener against Tulsa, he returned against Iowa State and completed 20 or 29 passes for 235 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. Sanders also added a touchdown and 82 yards with his feet. In 2019, Sanders completed 62.7% of his passes for 2,065 yards with 16 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. Sanders also ran 628 yards with two touchdowns last year.
Injury report:
OUT: DT Collin Clay
Questionable: THE bull Irby
