Oklahoma State Football: 3 bold predictions vs. Oklahoma in Week 12

STILLWATER, OK - NOVEMBER 30: Running back Chuba Hubbard #30 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys looks for an opening against the Oklahoma Sooners in the fourth quarter on November 30, 2019 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. OU won 34-16. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) /

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STILLWATER, OK – DECEMBER 03: Oklahoma State Cowboys fans carry the goal post after a 44-10 win against the Oklahoma Sooners at Boone Pickens Stadium on December 3, 2011 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

1. The Cowboys win

Oklahoma State has lost five in a row and 15 of its last 17 games to its in-state rival. Many good, highly-ranked Cowboys teams have taken the field against the Sooners and have been utterly embarrassed or simply outgunned. In addition, OU enters this game as a seven-point favorite.

That can all change Saturday night.

True, OU’s offense has turned things around since opening conference play with losses to Kansas State and Iowa State. The Sooners, however, have put up back-to-back games of 62 points against two hapless Big 12 defenses in Kansas and Texas Tech. They needed four overtimes to defeat Texas and have yet to consistently get stops against a Top 25-caliber opponent in 2020.

There are plenty of future NFL players who will be wearing crimson on Saturday night. But if OSU’s ground game can get things going and open things up for sophomore quarterback Spencer Sanders, the Cowboys can snap their five-game losing skid behind their stellar defense on Saturday.

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