NCAAF Game of the Week – Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders
Fresh off of a fantastic home victory versus the then number one ranked Texas Longhorns, the Texas Tech Red Raiders will try and keep things going against another highly ranked, difficult team to beat, the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Cowboys actually played very well on the road against the Texas Longhorns two weeks ago. They will not be a pushover in this game and if Texas Tech believes that they could just waltz through this game after playing their butts off against the Longhorns, they have another thing coming.
Sports betting on college football can be a tricky thing. Online betting fans need to pay attention to not only injuries, records, stats, etc., but also to that funny thing called fate. No other sport in the world provides the same sort of strange mysticism that college football does. Just when a team looks unbeatable, like USC did earlier this year versus Ohio State, the gods of college football find a way to kick them in their teeth.
Here are the BetUS online sportsbook betting odds for this game.
Kick-off: 11/08/2008 8:00 pm est.
Oklahoma State Cowboys + 3 ½ – 110 + 135 O 73 ½ – 110
Texas Tech Red Raiders – 3 ½ – 110 – 155 U 73 ½ – 110
Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys are 5 and 0 against the spread versus a team with a winning record.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys are 6 and 1 against the spread in their last 7 games on the road.
The Texas Tech Red Raiders are 4 and 1 against the spread versus a team with a winning record.
The Texas Tech Red Raiders are 1-4-1 against the spread in their last 6 games following an against the spread win.
Texas Tech is coming off of a hugely emotional victory against the number one ranked Texas Longhorns. At the end of the game, Tech fans ran onto the field and took down the goal posts.
After such an alarmingly emotional game, how well will the Red Raiders play in this game? They have an offense that is pretty much unstoppable, but their defense is going to find it difficult to stop the Cowboys who have a solid enough running game to perhaps control the clock in this.
If Oklahoma State doesn’t fall behind early on in this game, then college football betting fans might find themselves sitting on yet another great money line online bet.
Week 11 OSU Cowboys vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders Prediction:
I’m inclined to take a swing on the Oklahoma State Cowboys at + 135 in the BetUS online sportsbook to upset the Red Raiders.
