Oklahoma is currently a 16-point  favorite over Texas A&M right now; I expect many gamblers to bet that number up. We'll be playing in Norman, where we've never been able to beat a Bob Stoops-coached team, and our defense just gave up 35 points to the worst offense in the Big 12 in Colorado last Saturday.

Oklahoma struggled to score points against Nebraska in their 10-3 loss, but A&M doesn't have a defensive lineman of the caliber of Ndamukong Suh, so I don't expect their struggles to continue. Add in the fact that Landry Jones won't be throwing five interceptions to our players, and you begin to see our predicament. Oklahoma averages just at 30 points a game, and 139 yards rushing with 273 yards passing. Playing our defense, you can expect those numbers to go up. If we can't stop Colorado's offense, we're not going to do much better playing OU in Norman. We have the worst pass defense in the Big 12, giving up an average of 249 yards per game, and one of the worst run defenses, giving up an average of 156 yards per game. Simply put, we really don't stop anyone.

The Sooners give up an average of 12.3 points per game, good for second in the conference behind Nebraska. OU has held opponents to an average of 179.6 yards per game passing and 86.8 yards per game rushing. Our offense will have their work cut out for them. We need to find a way to neutralize tackles DeMarcus Granger and Gerald McCoy, who might be the best second-best tackle tandem in the nation, behind Nebrask's Suh and Jared Crick. Complicating matters is the fact that defensive end Jeremy Beal is one of the Big 12 leaders in sacks, with 9.5 on the season so far. Our offensive line will need to come up big just to keep Jerrod Johnson upright, and give us a chance to run the ball and throw it around a little.

Right now, that 16-point line doesn't llike a bad bet for gamblers. Oklahoma will be angry after their poor offensive performance against Nebraska, and will want to take it out on us by scoring a decisive victory. With our defense's poor play, I am not sure how much resistance we'll offer. I am just hopeful we can make it a competitive game at this point..