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Welcome Home Cowboys! Key Match-Ups and Predictions for a Bounce Back Black Out

November 10, 2022
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STILLWATER – Just two weeks ago Oklahoma State was ranked No. 8 in the country and was fresh off an impressive second half finish to beat Texas 41-34 inside Boone Pickens Stadium for Homecoming. The second half of the game was a battle with Oklahoma State seeing players drop and several taken to the training room. A couple came back out and re-entered the contest. It was a game that head coach Mike Gundy agreed was the gutsiest that he’d seen as head coach.

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Welcome Home Cowboys! Key Match-Ups and Predictions for a Bounce Back Black Out

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backphil
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8:34p, 11/11/22
The Pokes need TCU to win out. A Texas win over TCU would be a major hit for the Cowboys to reach Arlington, even if we win out.
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In reply to backphil • 7:52a, 11/12/22
backphil said:
The Pokes need TCU to win out. A Texas win over TCU would be a major hit for the Cowboys to reach Arlington, even if we win out.
Agreed, TCU needs to win out, and should, IMO

Then we're only looking for KState to lose another two...... CC crosses fingers

and - Pokes win out, of course, without that, nothing else really matters.


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In reply to backphil • 8:43a, 11/12/22
No we need them to lose to Texas, who we beat, then win out.
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In reply to Imapoke • 9:25a, 11/12/22
Imapoke said:
No we need them to lose to Texas, who we beat, then win out.
I'm not sure what Texas beating TCU would get us.... Texas has to lose another game, and against TCU is the likely game. I don't think a TCU loss helps us in any way, we're too far behind them.

and... If TCU does not win out, then we might not get a rematch with them in the CCG, we might get somebody else, or get left out.

I'm pretty sure TCU needs to win out for our best chance at the CCG..... unless you see some other viable path

We already beat Texas, as you said, so if they lose another (to TCU), then we knock Texas out with the tie-breaker. Texas has TCU, BU and KU left. So, they can knock out KU for us, and BU has two tough games, that only leave KState needing 2 losses, against @BU, @WVU or KU (slim chances of losing 2 against that lot)


man, that's a whole lot of wishful thinking.
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Imapoke
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9:28a, 11/12/22
This is one pathway

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In reply to Imapoke • 9:50a, 11/12/22
This and hope someone can knock off Texas in the last two weeks!
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In reply to Imapoke • 10:04a, 11/12/22
Imapoke said:
This is one pathway

that seems fair, but either way we play TCU, and wouldn't it be more impressive beating an undefeated PurpleFrog team?

that's my reasoning anyway
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10:22a, 11/12/22
I will tell y'all right now not one of Robert's matchups will mean a damn if we can't stop the run. The last three games we have given up 6.6 yards per carry!!!! And KU averaged the most!!!
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In reply to Jally • 10:29a, 11/12/22
Jally said:
I will tell y'all right now not one of Robert's matchups will mean a damn if we can't stop the run. The last three games we have given up 6.6 yards per carry!!!! And KU averaged the most!!!
getting some of the defenders back, and having them play in their correct positions might help.

We haven't seemed to have been able to get a sustained rush, and blitzes seem to have dropped off (I believe due to injuries).

IMO, the best way to stop the ISU pass rush is to have a 2 score lead (meaning our problems are more offensive, not defensive. IMO) ISU has a superb defense, so getting and maintaining a lead is going to be tough
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In reply to Imapoke • 11:54a, 11/12/22
Imapoke said:
This is one pathway

You're right, but if TCU beats UT and everything else happens then OSU still has the tie-breaker over Baylor. There's no reason to want UT to win the TCU game or any other. They already got gifted the KSU win and that was the most important one for us.
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In reply to CaliforniaCowboy • 11:58a, 11/12/22
CaliforniaCowboy said:
Jally said:
I will tell y'all right now not one of Robert's matchups will mean a damn if we can't stop the run. The last three games we have given up 6.6 yards per carry!!!! And KU averaged the most!!!
getting some of the defenders back, and having them play in their correct positions might help.

We haven't seemed to have been able to get a sustained rush, and blitzes seem to have dropped off (I believe due to injuries).

IMO, the best way to stop the ISU pass rush is to have a 2 score lead (meaning our problems are more offensive, not defensive. IMO) ISU has a superb defense, so getting and maintaining a lead is going to be tough
I'll agree with that. I get it the D had rough games the last two weeks, but a lot of that was that the offense gave them no help. Had the Offense scored on those first two possessions, even FG's, then we have a much different game at the close of the 2nd quarter and in the 3rd quarter when the D played very well, and the O did nothing.

And KSU is a completely different game had the Offense been able to do anything buy three and out.

Yeah D looks pretty bad when its on the field down by 2 or more TD's the whole game.
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