Take Oklahoma State. Adarius Bowman is a 1st round NFL pick. I played highschool football with him, he is a beast. Averaging 20 yards per catch this year.
I also took the under due to weather concerns and just a hunch. 62 is a lot of points. I was on the over in MD West Virginia last night and realized that pretty quick.
Take Oklahoma State. Adarius Bowman is a 1st round NFL pick. I played highschool football with him, he is a beast. Averaging 20 yards per catch this year.
I also took the under due to weather concerns and just a hunch. 62 is a lot of points. I was on the over in MD West Virginia last night and realized that pretty quick.
Trojans expect to challenge O-State
stillwater-newspress.comThere are a lot of ways to describe Oklahoma State’s Friday date with Troy less than an hour south of Montgomery, Ala.
Trap game. Hornet’s nest. Ambush.
The Cowboys, coming off a 42-6 drubbing of Florida Atlantic last Saturday, visit the home of the Trojans in Week 3 for an ESPN2 telecast. After losses to SEC foes Arkansas and Florida, Troy, the New Orleans Bowl champions in 2006, open their home schedule against a Big 12 program that is 2-8 in road games since the start of the 2005 season.
“This is a good challenge for us and we are looking forward to it,” said OSU head coach Mike Gundy. “We need to do better on the road. We said that before the year and we didn’t play well at Georgia and this is a good challenge for us to play well down at Troy.
“I would say they will be fired up. I would say that they will be rocking and rolling down there.”
Under veteran head coach Larry Blakeney (128-66-1 in 17 years), Troy is 70-11-1 at Movie Gallery Veterans Stadium which holds 30,000. In home openers they are 16-0 under Blakeney, a 1970 Auburn graduate.
However, as with most mid-major programs, the Trojans, a member of the Sun Belt Conference, rarely host a program from a BCS conference.
Two seasons ago, Missouri, ranked 19th at the time, visited Troy. In only its fourth year of Division I football, the Trojans beat the Tigers, 24-14.
Oklahoma State safety Clint Coe was a member of that Troy team before transferring to O-State.
“I think they’re going to be thinking they’re going to try to repeat that,” said Coe, an Edmond native. “They don’t ever get the major conference schools to come and play at Troy. They’re always having to go play at other places.
“I know just from experience that one of the characteristics of that team is they love going to play those big-time schools because they feel that they’ve got a lot of stuff to prove.”
The victory over Mizzou was TU’s only win in nine chances against Big 12 schools.
A defensive challenge
Troy quarterback Omar Haugabook, a 6-foot, 218-pound senior, has completed 44-of-95 passes for 487 yards this season. Through two games, 14 different players have caught passes led by Gary Banks’ eight.
“We are expecting them to come out throwing the football,” said OSU linebacker Patrick Lavine. “They have good skill positions and it is going to be up to us to stop them.”
The Cowboy defense has given up 409 yards passing in two games and ranks 54th in the country. Donovan Woods and Andre Sexton have each intercepted passes.
Jamie Hampton leads the team in rushing with 72 yards on three carries. Kenny Cattouse has 54 yards on 21 attempts and Haugabook’s 42 yards rank third on the squad.
“The kids are excited and they hope all their family, aunts, uncles and girlfriends can come to the game,” Blakeney said. “There’s also pressure to perform, so that can be a distraction when you’re worrying about tickets and stuff like that.”
Troy is 0-2 and has given up 105 points and 1,007 total yards on the year, but that came against two of the top teams in the country on the road — Arkansas and Florida.
Oklahoma State is 1-1, coming off a 42-6 win over Florida Atlantic at home. OSU looked unimpressive in a 35-14 loss to open the year at Georgia.
“With two weeks against SEC champion teams, we’re bound to have a good week this week,” receiver Austin Silvoy said.
Teammates reunite: Former Snow College players Wes Potter and Tonga Tea will square off against each other tonight.
Potter starts at right guard for Troy, while Tea is a defensive tackle for the Cowboys.
“He’s got a motor that runs non-stop,” Potter said. “He’s good.”
Injury update: Troy is without defensive back Sherrod Martin (hand) and defensive end Kenny Mainor (suspension). OSU quarterback Bobby Reid (ankle) is probable and running back Dantrell Savage (groin) is questionable.
dothaneagle
OSU is far from one of the better teams in the Big 12 again this season, but there's no question the Cowboys have what it takes to slip by a Troy program that has shown signs of improvement in the early going but needs to string together many more positive plays to break through.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: Oklahoma State 31, Troy 21
Nice link - Thanks!
Not sure how long this will last, agree with jdawg07 - sloppy field either way. UNDER!
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What the F happened to TCU AAARRRRRRRR 
THEY KILLED ME 
Say's 80% chance of T-storms at gametime. 
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