Re: GET READY: #2 TEXAS TECH at #5 OKLAHOMA

I'm asking everyone to contribute AT LEAST ONE ITEM OF INFORMATION (OR MORE) before this game kicks off on Saturday........This is the type of thread that shows the power of a BETTING COMMUNITY......Not (I'm 22-0 So Far - which is getting really, really old) 

BEST LINE:  OKLAHOMA -6.5 at BetJamaica  /  TEXAS TECH +7 at SportBet

Texas Tech

• No. 2 Texas Tech is riding its highest ranking in school history as the Red Raiders enjoy the nation's longest winning streak at 12 games.
• Head coach Mike Leach spent one season at Oklahoma as Bob Stoops' offensive coordinator in 1999.
• Offensive line has yielded just five sacks in 499 pass attempts.
• Rush defense is ranked 20th nationally allowing 107.4 yards per game - the number is 8.2 yards per game better than the school record of 115.6 set in 1964.
• Tech's 1,326 yards rushing this season is the most since 2003, while the Red Raiders 25 rushing scores is five shy of the school record of 30 set in 1993.
• 19-10 record in November under Leach.
• WR Michael Crabtreee has caught at least five passes and a touchdown in 13-straight games - trailing only former Pitt receiver Larry Fitzgerald - who holds the record at 14.
• QB Graham Harrell has completed at least 30 passes in four straight games and has passed for 400+ yards in three of the last four.
• Tech's last and only win in Norman came in 1996 by a 22-12 score.

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma leads the series 11-4 including a 6-1 advantage in Norman.
• The Sooners are 63-13 in Big 12 regular season play under head coach Bob Stoops
• Offense has been over 500 yards of total offense seven times this eason - over 600 twice.
• 12 scoring drives of 60 second or less.
• QB Sam Bradford ranks No. 1 nationally with 38 touchdown passes despite ranking No. 15 in pass attempts.
• No. 1 in the nation in red zone scoring at 53-56 with 50 TD
• First half scoring average of 35.5 would rank No. 20 nationally for all teams for entire games.
• Defense has forced at least one turnover in 113 of Stoops' 129 games.
• Rank No. 5 nationally in turnover margin (+1.33) with eight turnovers and 20 takeaways.

 

Does anybody else think this could be a repeat of Missouri vs. Oklahoma last year?  I definitely think Texas Tech has a better defense, but I simply don't see any way that the Sooners lose this game at home.  And for everybody thinking about the OVER in this game, it's important to keep in mind that the most points scored between these teams in the last four meetings is 61 last year.

Right now... I'm smelling a pretty convincing Sooner victory.  Don't get me wrong.  Tech has been playing some damn good football this season, but I don't think Harrell is going to have as much luck putting the kind of points on the board as he is used to hanging up there. 

ESPN - Mark Schlabach

No one gave Texas Tech much of a chance of beating Texas, which the Red Raiders did in a stunning 39-33 victory Nov. 1.

A week after the Red Raiders defeated a top-ranked team for the first time in school history, no one gave them much of a chance of beating Oklahoma State, another highly ranked opponent.

But Texas Tech turned in its best performance of the season on Nov. 8, easily dismantling the then-No. 9 Cowboys in a 56-20 rout.

And now, with the Big 12 South title and their improbable BCS championship hopes on the line, no one is giving the No. 2 Red Raiders much of a chance of winning Saturday night at No. 5 Oklahoma, where they never have won under coach Mike Leach.

Leach, who prefers pirates and Geronimo to country clubs and fine wines, wouldn't have it any other way.

Even though Oklahoma has a more storied tradition and usually has better players, the Red Raiders have beaten the Sooners twice in the past three seasons. Last season, Texas Tech beat Oklahoma 34-27 in Lubbock, knocking Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford out of the game in the first quarter with a concussion.

Beating Oklahoma for the third time in four seasons figures to be much more difficult. The Red Raiders are 0-4 in games played at Oklahoma under Leach. The Sooners have a 59-2 record at home in 10 seasons under coach Bob Stoops and are averaging 50.2 points per game at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium this season.

Never before has Texas Tech played a game with so much at stake. If the Red Raiders beat the Sooners, they'll win the Big 12 South and guarantee themselves a chance to play Missouri in the Dec. 6 Big 12 championship game in Kansas City. Beating Oklahoma and then Baylor at home next week also would keep Texas Tech alive in the BCS championship race.

Texas Tech has to beat Oklahoma, which has never been easy, to accomplish any of it.

"It's tough to win there, you know?" Leach said. "They're a good team, and they're well coached. We can't worry about what everybody else thinks. We've got to focus on what we're doing and go out and do the best we can."

Leach said beating Oklahoma, which has won four games in a row since losing to Texas 45-35 on Oct. 11, is Texas Tech's biggest challenge so far.

"It's the same stuff as always," Leach said. "They're well coached. They've got great players and they're very explosive. Your margin for error is just very small. Whatever they're worst at doing, they're above average at doing compared to everyone else."

The game features three players who might be invited to New York next month as Heisman Trophy finalists. Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell has thrown for 4,077 yards with 36 touchdowns and only five interceptions. Red Raiders receiver Michael Crabtree has 78 receptions for 1,010 yards with 18 touchdowns. Crabtree also produced the season's most dramatic moment, catching the winning touchdown against Texas with only one second to play.

Bradford has completed 67.9 percent of his passes for 3,406 yards with 38 touchdowns -- two more than Harrell.

Oklahoma leads the country with 51.4 points per game; Texas Tech is third with 47.9. The Red Raiders are second nationally with 556.3 yards of offense per game; the Sooners are fourth with 549.8.

"I think it's the overall team," Stoops said of Texas Tech's improvement. "Mike's offense has always been highly productive, their defense has played well, and it's obvious, too, that their running game has been a big factor. I have always felt that has been a factor that no one really talked about.

"The overall success of the whole team has moved them into this position. I have never believed that you are winning on one side of the ball. It is the production of all areas."

Texas Tech's high-octane offense has struggled during its recent trips to Oklahoma. Leach, who worked under Stoops as the Sooners' offensive coordinator in 1999, lost his first five games against Oklahoma by a combined score of 202-79. The Red Raiders' offense was held to only one offensive touchdown in each of his first three games at Oklahoma.

The Red Raiders seemed to finally break through in their last trip to Norman in 2006, taking a 24-17 lead at the half. But the Sooners shut them out in the second half, and they missed two field goals in the fourth quarter of a 34-24 loss.

"Last time we were there, we led a bunch and let them off the hook," Leach said. "But they're pretty good at getting off the hook."

The Red Raiders will be aiming for a much bigger prize Saturday night.

 

 Sooners 6-0 ATS as Host Off Road Game.

TEXAS TECH

• 5-2 ATS this season
• 4-2 ATS vs BIG XII
• 3-1 ATS on the road
• 49.7 PPG on the ROAD, 23.2 PPG given up
  

OKLAHOMA

• 7-2 ATS
• 4-2 ATS vs BIG XII
• 5-1 ATS after two + SU wins
• 3-1 ATS at home
• 50.2 PPG at HOME, 19.4 PPG given up

The #2 spot in college football has been cursed at this particular time of the season.  Oklahoma will come out of the gate like a charging bull on steroids and take the dominant early lead.  I respect stoops as a coach and expect him to have instilled the toughness necessary to get his team ready.  Texas Tech on the other hand has everything to lose, a loss here ends the perfect season and BCSCG dream.  They know that OU has mentally owned them lifetime and leaving the beloved state of Texas in the rearview, crossing over in to HOSTILE territory, will be the toughest test that TT has faced all year.  They will not be able to stop OU and can only retaliate by matching points, OTOH, OU can stop TT and keep control of the game.  In all my years that I lived in Texas, TT was always a subpar FB team that graduated a bunch of geeky engineers to man the plants in the Texas prarie.  The home team crowd will be extra pumped up here, as this should,once again, have been OU's chance for the title - a win here will put them back in that spotlight.  I look for OU to give it all they got in this one and they have the coach who can channel that energy in the right place.  Home field advantage plays a major part in CFB and the entire "indian" nation will be chanting for the home town win.  I look for this to be TT's, much like Custard's, last stand.  Final Prediction:  Oklahoma  52,  TT  42

Now all this being said, a 7 point line is pretty close to reality - on paper, but I look for OU to stampede early and hold on for win as all the intangibles point toward the home team.  I do not see TT winning this game.  period..

razorback fan

The #2 spot in college football has been cursed at this particular time of the season.� Oklahoma will come out of the gate like a charging bull on steroids and take the dominant early lead.� I respect stoops as a coach and expect him to have instilled the toughness necessary to get his team ready.� Texas Tech on the other hand has everything to lose, a loss here ends the perfect season and BCSCG dream.� They know that OU has mentally owned them lifetime and leaving the beloved state of Texas in the rearview, crossing over in to HOSTILE territory, will be the toughest test that TT has faced all year.� They will not be able to stop OU and�can only retaliate by matching points, OTOH, OU can stop TT and keep control of the game.� In all my years that I lived in Texas, TT was always a subpar FB team that graduated a bunch of geeky engineers to man the plants in the Texas prarie.� The home team crowd will be extra pumped up here, as this should,once again, have been OU's chance for the title - a win here�will put them back in that spotlight.� I look for OU to give it all they got in this one and they have the coach who can channel that energy in the right place.� Home field advantage plays a major part in CFB and the entire "indian" nation will be chanting for the home town win.� I look for this to be TT's, much like Custard's, last stand.� Final Prediction:� Oklahoma� 52,� TT� 42

Now all this being said, a 7 point line is pretty close to reality - on paper, but I look for OU to stampede early and hold on for win�as all the intangibles point toward the home team.� I do not see TT winning this game.� period..

Keep the info coming guys!

 whoever from the big 12 goes to the dance will get KILLED by ANYONE from the SEC.

the whole league has QBs throwing 70+%.......so the whole league has the best QBs in history all at the same time or do they have shitty defense.

give me Florida or Alabama for the limit.......