I’d like to see this one remain close. Hopefully our team stayed focused in the bye week. Going in as the underdog always helps in that department. I would agree with Seth that turnovers will likely end up being the key. Unlike Seth, though, I see TP as a liability in this area and I see us losing that battle. The pressure of the road game, our season riding on this one against a ranked opponent, and Sheffield nipping at his heels makes Potts force too much. When he isn’t pelting our WRs in the flats, he’s overthrowing begging to be picked off. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want a bunch of hate-replies on this… I plan to fully support TP and cheer him on as loud as the next guy. But as an objective expectation that’s how I see this one going. Batch/Jeffers/Stephens will help to keep it respectable, but the OSU D is too good against the run for our struggling O line. Winn starting at LT contributes to both of the above (TP turnovers and lack of successful running game).

OSU 31 TTU 24
OMVP – Batch after a valiant effort as TP checks to the run more and more but the Oline just can’t open it up for him to put enough points on the board to come out on top of this one.
DMVP – Sharpe in his first appearance vs a B12 South opponent. He’s been on a roll as of late and he’ll do well against a VERY stout O line, it just won’t quite be enough.

Like 2007, these two teams are evenly matched and trade scores. Tech scores last to win the game. Potts plays very effectively and stays away from tossing the easy picks.

OMVP Taylor Potts – 4 tds & 425yds
DMVP Cody Davis – 2 interceptions – 1 td
TTU 41 OSU 35

TTU – 49
Xerox U – 31

OMVP – Batch / Sheffield
DMVP – Wall / Davis / Bird / Sharpe / Howard / Duncan

Yes, I can have that many DVMP’s!!

Wreck Em TECH!!

But then again I hope he proves me wrong. It also depends on which defense decides to show up. …and please get the running game going. I suppose if Potts starts stinking the place up, Sticks is available.

Tech – 42

Okie St. – 35

Offensive MVP – Baron Batch

Defensive co-MVP – Brandon Sharpe (He’s making this an easy pick every week)
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We dominated them last year. I think both programs have taken a decent hit this year, but we’re still the better team.

TTU – 38
OSU – 24

OMVP – Torres
DMVP – Sharpe / Henley

I think the best indicator of our success is looking at the UH-OSU game. We are very similar to UH (except we’re better). We were a pair of rookie hands away from winning in Stillwater in 2007.. no reason we shouldn’t win this game.

Close one, with the deciding FG near the end of the game.
OMVP: Williams hits 2 key FGs to win
DMVP: Duncan (Sharp 2 & 3 teamed is kept out of backfield) as he takes advantage of 1-team

Pirates of the Plains: 38
Tools of the Xerox room: 28
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Offensive MVP: Potts – You heard it here first (okay, not first) 400+ yds 3 tds
Defensive MVP: Sharpe – we keep hearing the Captain say how Sharpe is “putting together” how good he can be. Today he proves it. I really wanted to go with the Defensive backfield here but I have a feeling Sharpe will have a breakout game.

Britton is going to get behind the okie defense and burn them like a California brush fire.

LOL, I really do not do well with preditions, the above is all I can muster. My best friend called me this a.m. and asked me what the Raiders are going to do Saturday and the best I could do for him was to say " when the whistle blows that will start playing and they will stop when the game runs out of time." I honestly believe that if they do that with vigor and play with great pace, they will do o.k….whatever that is.

I think this game will be close for a half, and OSU will probably have a lead at the break. But I also think some goofy things will happen in the second half. Call it a gut feeling or whatever. But I look for either a defensive TD or a special teams TD for Tech to swing momentum. After that, I honestly think we end up rolling them.

Halftime: Tech 17 OSU 21
Final: Tech 44 OSU 27

I think they will be very over-confident playing us in Stillwater. We score 2 touchdowns early, then sputter on offense for a while. OSU leads us after that until the 4th quarter. Then we blow it open. Potts plays entire game.
Offensive MVP: Batch & Torres
Defensive MVP: Cody Davis

We start off slow at first but then Potts and the WR get into rythme. The defense plays lights out and Tech runs away in somewhat of a blowout.

OMVP: Potts/Batch Combine for 6tds
DMVP: Sharp 3 sacks

Tech Wins 42 – 21

tech hasn’t had a kickoff returned for a td since 2002?!? (i’ve been really bored at work and read almost the whole media release). I would say the Pirates are due and Eric Stephens is the man to break the funk.

He will return 2 for touchdowns.

Tech 45
OSU 28

OMVP – Torres
DMVP – Sharpe

Surprisingly I feel good about this one. Go gett’em Red Raiders!

Tech – 35
OSU – 21

TP at the helm and MW at left tackle…bad things could transpire…and quickly…hopefully we can get it figured out by the second half. If we do

TTU – 26
OSU – 24

DMVP- Jamar Wall
OMVP- Baron Batch and Lyle Leong

TTU- 28
OSU- 21

I think we take a while to get rolling. . possibly behind at the half, but come back strong.
Wreck ’Em Tech!

SS got all the backup snap in practice. That mean either it’s sink or swim for TP or SS is actually healthy enough to play. Because Doege got no snaps. I wonder if Don Wms was a willing accomplice and SS actually got more practice and we see him start?