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Boy, last week was a disaster, both for the Pokes and for my winning percentage. The Whiskey Cup is down to the final two weeks of the regular season, with the title game to follow.
Trent last week: 5-2 (.714)
Nate last week: 3-4 (.428)
Trent overall: 64-27 (.703)
Nate overall: 62-29 (.681)
No. 14 Oklahoma 35, BYU 24. I think BYU will keep it respectable for this, the one and only conference meeting between these two. It’s also OU’s first ever trip to Provo.
Cincinnati 13, West Virginia 30. These two haven’t played since the demise of the Big East, last meeting in 2011. I thought WVU would upset OU last weekend. Was very wrong.
Baylor 27, TCU 28. When was the last time these two met with losing records? At 3-7 and 4-6 respectively, this, the 119th Revivalry, feels a long way from the 61-58 shootout in 2014 that pitted a ninth-ranked TCU against a fifth-ranked Baylor.
No. 23 Oklahoma State 34, Houston 31. In a game that seemed a bit like time travel, rather than space travel, OSU resumed its South Alabama-form and looked like walking proof of Murphy’s Law last week. Ollie Gordon couldn’t seem to get out of his own head or his own way. OSU looked like it had spent the entire previous week reading its Bedlam clippings. I bet the Pokes get back on track but I’m not stoked to face Dana Holgorsen with his back against the wall.
UCF 38, Texas Tech 34. UCF looks like a different team since getting John Rhys Plumlee back. The Citronauts made OSU look like a different team, too.
No. 21 Kansas State 35, No. 25 Kansas 23. Tempted to go with the Jayhawks here, but just don’t see it without Jason Bean. KU hasn’t beaten K-State since 2008 but still owns the all-time edge in this inter-state matchup, 65-50-5.
No. 7 Texas 24, Iowa State 27. Going with Iowa State in the upset here. ISU has won three of the past four against Texas, though the Cyclones fell 24-21 last year in Austin. Texas nearly shitted away a game last week against TCU.