King of the Game Recap: OSU vs Pittsburgh

Week 3 is in the books, and the Cowboys are 3-0. Each week, we’ll recap our weekly game. Every player gets a point for a correct pick. We tally up the points each week and the player with the most points at the end of OSU’s season (bowl game included) wins! Wins what? Bragging rights.

Before we tally points, let’s recap the categories (Here is this week’s original post).

• Bet Against the Spread: OSU (-13.5)
OSU far surpassed even Vegas’ expectations, winning by 38 points.

• More Rushing Yards: Justice Hill or Qadree Ollison
Hill took this one easily, racking up 91 yards and two touchdowns with just 11 carries. Qadree Ollison had a rough outing, earning only 6 yards on seven carries.

• Over/Under: 2.5 times announcers mention the Mullet
They easily passed this, including reaching the pinnacle with this moment in the second quarter.

• King of the Game: Receiver (OSU or Pitt)
McClesky was the real king of the game here with 162 yards and three touchdowns. However, no one picked him, so of the options chosen between Lacy, Ateman, Washington, and Johnson, we’re awarding the point to Ateman who had 109 yards and a touchdown on four catches.

With that, let’s award some points.

Phillip Slavin – 1 point(s)

Bet Against the Spread: Pittsburgh
More Rushing Yards: Qadree Ollison
Over/Under: Over
King of the Game: Tyron Johnson
Prop Bet: Pitt leads Oklahoma State after the first quarter.
Not. Even. Close. I am ashamed.

Kyle Cox – 2 point(s)

Bet Against the Spread: OSU
More Rushing Yards: Qadree Ollison
Over/Under: Over
King of the Game: James Washington
Prop Bet: There will be kick or punt return touchdowns from each team.

Nick Welch – 1 point(s)

Bet Against the Spread: OSU
More Rushing Yards: Qadree Ollison.
Over/Under: Under
King of the Game: Chris Lacy
Prop Bet: My bold prediction is OSU doesn’t have a pass play longer than 50 yards.
Nope. Stoner caught one for 54 yards and Ateman had a 69-yard catch.

Enemy: Matt Harkins – 1 point(s)

Bet Against the Spread: Pittsburgh
More Rushing Yards: Qadree Ollison
Over/Under: Over
King of the Game: James Washington
Prop Bet: At what point in game will “Sweet Caroline” be played?
We’re having trouble determining if this was a win or not. We’ll award the point after some more research.

Fan: Stephanie Brown – 4 point(s)

Bet Against the Spread: OSU
More Rushing Yards: Justice Hill
Over/Under: Over
King of the Game: Marcell Ateman
Prop Bet: There will be 2 non-offensive touchdowns during the game!
Close. The Cowboys got one pick-six.

Correction: There were two. We tried to forget about the Zach Sinor whiff but it happened. Stephanie went a stunning 5/5.

Totals:

Fan – 11
Enemy – 6
Nick – 5
Phillip – 4
Kyle – 4

Our fans are killing it! Maybe it’s time for us writers to stop being reasonable and go all in on OSU. It’s working for the fans. If you’d like to be our next fan picker, tell me why I should pick you with your best GIF.