Oklahoma has faced two top 29 running offenses and the result was a 27-0 win over Oklahoma State who carries the #22 running offense. Then against Texas A&M who also carries a good passing game they won 65-10. Yikes! This does not look good for Stanford who is going to rely to much on Toby Gerhart to run the ball especially since their QB Andrew Luck will miss this game. Their back up is more than competent but he'll go up against a tested Oklahoma secondary that rankes #22.
Oklahoma should be feasting on Stanford's defense and I don't think they'll be stopped all day long. Oklahoma has faced 4 pass defenses in the category that Stanford falls into which is BAD. Stanford ranked 105 in the country in pass defense and Oklahoma has faced 4 teams close to that with ranks of 94, 107, 95, and 102. The results were a combined score of 179-40. Neither one of those games was close, and even though Sam Bradford won't play here Landry Jones has enough experience and has proven that when he plays a poor defense he makes the plays to win in blowouts which is exactly what I think this will be. It's really too bad for a Stanford team that looked really good at times this year.
Oklahoma will continue it's dominance against the Pac -10 as they are 3-0-1 ATS in their last 4 and they will fix their struggles int he bowl games that have been their last 6 going 1-5 ATS. This is a low key bowl for Oklahoma and the competition is not nearly what it normally is. Stanford is a nice team with some nice coaches, but they are out of the league here and just like every other Pac-10 team they will be embarrassed I think. Stanford 2-5 ATS in their last 7 non-conference games.
