PFB’s Score Predictions for Oklahoma State-Texas

Hey, have you heard the news?

No. 6 Texas is coming to Stillwater on Saturday to try and spoil Oklahoma State’s homecoming. There will be throwback uniforms (we think), the legend Barry Sanders will be in attendance, as will a number of big-time hoops recruits. It will be, as the kids say, litty. (Do they say that?)

The Pokes are a 3-point dog at home in the eyes of Vegas, and most of us believe that lines up with our thinking or give the Horns a slightly bigger edge. Here’s how the PFB team sees it playing out.

Kyle Porter: OSU 30 | Texas 27 — I’m going to bat flip my keyboard out the press box of Boone Pickens Stadium on Saturday evening after Matt Ammendola hits a game-winner to take down Texas and get OSU’s season going back in the right direction.

Kyle Boone: Texas 44 | OSU 31 — I’m optimistic that OSU has probably improved significantly over the bye week. I’m not optimistic that improvement will be enough to get it over the hump against a top-10 Texas team equipped to pounce on this team’s fatal flaws.

Kyle Cox: OSU 31 | Texas 27 — My neck already hurts from stretching out this far for the Pokes, but hear me out. Tales of the Longhorns offense being dynamic have been mildly exaggerated. Throw out the rivalry game against a stinky Sooner D and Texas is a 30-point team not a 48-point team. I realize that OSU was a 12-point team in Manhattan, but it feels like the Cowboys are due, a QB change notwithstanding.

Justice finds its day, and Cornelius finds his receivers (and holsters the toe-shooter enough) and some fluky plays bounce OSU’s way. Add in the fact that UT’s starter was being assessed by how many Nerf balls he threw earlier this week and I’m riding with the (old school) brand.

Marshall Scott: Texas 28 | OSU 17 — Texas’ defense has proven to be good, and I don’t think in two weeks OSU is going to be able to catch up offensively to be able to match up against it. The Cowboys have also struggled with stopping the quarterback run game, something that Ehlinger, if he plays, is quite good at.

Dustin Ragusa: Texas 34 | OSU 27 — I see Texas putting up a little over their season average of about 31 points per game and the Cowboys ending up slightly under their Big 12 per game scoring average of 28.8.

I think Justice Hill will finish with over 100 rushing yards but it will take a lot of carries to get there. In the passing game, I think Taylor Cornelius has a decent day as UT has been inconsistent rushing the passer, but it’s not good enough to pull out the W. On defense, I believe the Cowboys will be able to get pressure on whoever starts at quarterback and record a few sacks, but the Longhorns will bust a few long plays with Lil’Jordan Humphrey and Collin Johnson. In the end, UT is able to have a fairly balanced attack and leave Stillwater with a win.

Grant Newton: Texas 24 |Oklahoma State 20 — I don’t think the Pokes will roll over and lay an egg without competing Saturday night. However, I just don’t see how this team — which put up 12 points on Kansas State — puts up enough points to get a win against a talented and confident Texas team, regardless of who is at QB for Texas.

If the Pokes are to have a chance in this primetime affair, the offense has to utilize Justice Hill and the intermediate passing game. The ‘Horns have some great defensive backs, so I think that choosing to air it out deep would be a poor strategy for Corndog and Co. At the end of the day, I think this one comes down to turnovers and special teams, where the Pokes have struggled aside from the Boise State game.