Undefeated Oklahoma vs. Perfect Texas: Red River Key Matchup
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00:02 For the first time since 2011,
00:05 the Red River Rivalry features Oklahoma and Texas both unbeaten.
00:11 You a perfect five and oh.
00:14 Texas a perfect five and oh at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas facing off on Saturday.
00:21 The Longhorns, though, a six and a half point favorite.
00:24 The line just at this point last week was only four and a half in favor of Texas.
00:30 The over under stands at 60 and a hook.
00:33 So for the first time since 2011, again, these two teams enter the Red River Rivalry both undefeated.
00:39 What is the key for one of these teams to emerge a perfect six and oh?
00:46 You're going to have to play a perfect game to beat Texas.
00:47 They may be one of the two most complete teams in the country along with Oregon
00:51 when you talk about the entire roster top to bottom and everything that they do well.
00:54 So it's very hard to go up against the Longhorns.
00:56 However, the dog in this series is 22 and 11 over the last 33 matches.
01:01 So what I find interesting about the number more than anything
01:05 is that that same six and a half number was out there two weeks ago.
01:08 Remember when Alabama played Ole Miss, we had that same six and a half number just hanging out there
01:13 daring you to sort of take the favorite here at under a touchdown.
01:16 It sort of starts to feel a little bit like that vibe here.
01:19 Look, you know, I backed Oklahoma a couple of times this year.
01:21 I backed them against Cincinnati earlier in the year laying a bigger number.
01:25 Got a push at 14 and it felt like Oklahoma made some mistakes in that game and left some points on the table.
01:32 That's the sort of thing they can't afford to do against a team like Texas
01:36 because they are so good and they will take advantage of every mistake you give them here.
01:41 As I said, Texas, in my opinion, one of the two most complete teams in the country right now.
01:45 I got to lean with the Longhorns here.
01:47 I just I don't know if Oklahoma really has been tested at this level at this point in the season.
01:53 Mark, we take a look at this game overall and it is the Red River rivalry,
01:57 but the total opened up at 64 and a half at Fandul, now down to 60 and a half.
02:01 Do we see an actual shootout in the Red River rivalry here?
02:06 Oh, I would say the correlation would be over in Oklahoma and the under in Texas.
02:12 If Oklahoma can score against a Texas defense that is statistically very good,
02:17 they're going to end up putting this thing over.
02:19 I don't know that Oklahoma gets to 30 in this matchup.
02:24 I do know that I would my math gets him in that 2426 range
02:29 and I don't know if that's going to be enough for him to get there now again,
02:32 Texas offense could put this thing over on their own because they could score 40 on anybody at this point,
02:36 but I would tend to think that the correlation of this is if you like Oklahoma
02:40 and you think they can cover this game, it's because they're scoring against a very good Texas defense.
02:45 It hasn't been scored upon much by anybody.
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