Heavy Lean Towards Okie St week 1

[TheGambler]

Well, Washington State lost by an average of 29 last year, which went up to an average of 34 on the road. I mean, they won one game last year, and that was against SMU in overtime. The closest they came in any other game was 13 at home against Arizona State on Homecoming. They averaged 70 yds rushing per game last year. Out of 120, they ranked 119 in total offense, 119 in scoring offense, 120 in total defense, and 118 in scoring defense. This team is BAD, BAD, BAD.

As far as OSU's offense, I think they will be better than most would guess. I don't think it will be the same offense from 2008, but they were pretty limited last year in terms of player availability - Bryant only played in 3 games, Kendall Hunter only had 89 rushing attempts (vs. 241 the season before), and Zac Robinson played hurt most of the season. So, they basically return the same receiving corp, get back a healthy Hunter, but have to break in a new QB. That last point might limit early points, but I think the presence of Hunter takes a lot of pressure off of Weeden. Remember, Hunter was a Football Writers Association of America first team All-American in 2008, and, when he finally got healthy for our Cotton Bowl game, averaged 10.4 yards/carry.

Either way you slice it, even if OSU is down and WSU is up a little from last year, the chances of a win by 15 or more is pretty good. I say Okie St is the play here boys

[fishmonger]

makes sense. The line did some crazy shit when bookmaker came out with 26.5 point favs though. It is ok st or no play for me. No logical reasoning for wash st. But it's the EASY ones that hurt the most.

[Darkside Magick]

i saw that also because the line should be 27 as i posted somewhere else. this line is out of wack ... okla st covers easy

[kalamity85]

i don't think okie st.'s offense will be consistent in the first game. they are moving to a new offense (texas tech's spread offense) with 4 new starters on the offensive line (the only returning starter being a sophomore) and a new QB. washington st. on the other hand returns all 4 starters on their defensive front and 4/5 starters on their offensive line. they also return their QB and their top 3 WR's. i'm thinking this line is low like you guys pointed out and i think it might be a sucker bet especially since washington st. is picked to be at the bottom of the pac-10 and okie st. is playing at home.

[Husker36]

i don't think okie st.'s offense will be consistent in the first game. they are moving to a new offense (texas tech's spread offense) with 4 new starters on the offensive line (the only returning starter being a sophomore) and a new QB. washington st. on the other hand returns all 4 starters on their defensive front and 4/5 starters on their offensive line. they also return their QB and their top 3 WR's. i'm thinking this line is low like you guys pointed out and i think it might be a sucker bet especially since washington st. is picked to be at the bottom of the pac-10 and okie st. is playing at home.

Great! I wish WSU was returning EVERY starter from last year's crap team! WSU is a bad team. So unless every player decided to use PED during the offseason then I'm loading up on OKie State!

[reverend]

i am with you on okst

they will be better than most expect this year

[TheGambler]

I really felt like this was the best play on the board and it turned out as expected. Keep an eye on Okla St. this year boys