What a game! This one has the makings of being the best Red River Shootout in years. Oklahoma comes in with a very experienced offense led up front by a veteran O-line, especially in All-American guard Duke Robinson. Heisman hopeful QB Sam Bradford has a plethora of weapons in his arsenal to move the ball downfield in RB DeMarco Murray and experienced WRs in Joaquin Iglesias and Manuel Johnson. Brent Venable’s stout D includes pass-rushing terror DE Auston English and DT DeMarcus Granger. Nic Harris leads an inexperienced yet highly skilled secondary. Texas will try to utilize their athlete’s speed and the good decision-making of star QB Colt McCoy. Look for McCoy to hook up with his most trusted WR Jordan Shipley and rely on a RB-by-committee in Chris Ogbonnaya, Vondrell McGee, and Fozzy Whittaker. I think the overall key to this game is how the Longhorn’s D contains Bradford and limits his chances on blowing open the game. I really like the way new Longhorn D coordinator Will Muschamp has instilled a toughness and intensity into a very good Texas defense. DE Brian Orakpo, third in the nation with six sacks this season, will have to get steady pressure on Bradford to force him out of the pocket. Texas’ secondary must step up and limit the big plays by the Sooner offense in order to stay in the game. In the end, I think the Sooner O will be a little too much in a very tight matchup, 33-28 OU.
No. 4 LSU @ No. 11 Florida (8:00 ET CBS)
The Swamp will be rocking Saturday night as the Tigers come into town. I think this has the makings of a huge game for Tebow and Co. They will surely come out gunning on offense, trying to show the nation that the Ole Miss game was a fluke. Don’t get me wrong, the Tigers have an excellent defense, anchored by an NFL caliber D line, but it’s so hard to get a win in the Swamp, a night game for that matter, especially with an inexperienced QB in Jarrett Lee. The key for the Gators is to get their ground game going led by superb athlete Chris Rainey and dynamic do-it-all reciever Percy Harvin. Urban Meyer will have his boys fired up and ready to pull off a big win, because they get another chance to showcase their skill and re-affirm their status among the elite teams in the country. It does not hurt that I am biased towards my favorite coach in Coach Mac down there in Gainesville. I am taking the Gators, and big, 38-21 Gator chomp.
No. 17 Oklahoma State @ No. 3 Missouri (8:00 ET ESPN2)
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