Oklahoma State vs. Texas Tech: Picks and Predictions

Oklahoma State-Texas Tech should be a ton of fun. That's easy to say. The total is 73 and a half. Tech may need this to keep the college football playoff hopes alive. Big 12 tiebreakers could very well get messy here. A win for Texas Tech, and they will be pretty decent favorites to be in that Big 12 championship game. The issue is they are up against one of the very best offenses in the country. Some time, we'll get an explanation as to what in the world happened. Week one against Tulsa, where this team scored 10 points. I know they scored it. They turned it over four times. It doesn't matter. Drew Mestemaker, they end up being the number one pick. The number one pick come April, guys. What do you make of Oklahoma State and Texas Tech, a top 25 showdown? I've been fading Texas Tech all season long. I think they've had some lucky wins here, wins they shouldn't have had. Houston was one of them. You mentioned Houston a minute ago. They had a big comeback a few weeks ago. I like the Cowboys here with Oklahoma State. Mestemaker has shown what he can do, and that's why he may be the number one pick. And to your question about the Tulsa loss, keep in mind, this is a roster that was utterly turned over. We're talking 50, 60 brand-new players with a new coach coming in. Sometimes it takes a while. I thought it was going to take a while in Baton Rouge. It took at least one week for Oklahoma State to show what they could do when they had their big upset of Oregon. This is a good team. I know they've had some bad losses. They had another bad loss a few days ago. I think that they can play Texas Tech well today. I'm not in on Texas Tech. I actually think the Red Raiders is really overrated, but they're in position. They went out. They're in the college football playoff, but I do think that this Oklahoma State offense is going to be a little bit too much for the Red Raiders. Second nationally in total offense, third in passing. Can the Red Raiders stop the Cowboys is the question. I don't think they can. You talk about a total. I wanted to play this. It was at 65 earlier this week. Now it's 73 and a half. You know what? You can still play the over here and think about it. I'm not going to. It's too high for my blood. I'm an under guy. I used to blind bet big 12 overs all the time, Kevin, and this is one of those that you would love to be in on if it wasn't 73 and a half. I play the Texas Tech team total over 34 and a half. People might think, why would you leave? You know, Mestermaker and crew out of it. It's not that I'm fading them, but a 34 and a half, right? So we get to that 35 clean on Tech for a potential win. I didn't expect this to be the case, but Tommy Castellanos has just been a revelation for this team. He's been so much better than Will Hammond. This is one of the best rush attacks right now in the country. And the Oklahoma State defense is flatly worse than that of Texas Tech. So. It's fine that OSU at home are favorites, but I trust Tech a little bit more in this spot. I don't want to play three and a half. I want to play a team total over the 34 and a half.