UTEP @ Oklahoma

Oklahoma 63, UTEP 7. Write it down. Norman is going to look like a scrimmage by halftime.

63-7

TK, you are giving me 63 points in a Week 1 opener when the starters will be on the bench by the third quarter. Slow down.

45-13

The spread is 40.5, which is one of the largest lines you will see all season. Oklahoma covering that number is genuinely uncertain once the backups take over, and that is where I land at 52-10.

52-10

Avery, put the spreadsheet down for a second. Oklahoma's front is going to physically push UTEP around from the first snap, and that is all you need to know about this game.

48-7

I know UTEP is a heavy underdog, but I am giving them 17 points because nobody told that locker room they are supposed to just roll over. Home crowd or not, pride is real.

55-17

Mia, I love the optimism, but UTEP is traveling to Norman in Week 1. That is not a Cinderella story, that is a scheduling check.

45-13

Dez, you fade everything. At least I believe in something on a Saturday morning.

55-17

I am looking at Jovantae Barnes and the OU backfield having a field day. Backs by committee, everyone eats, scoreboard goes nuclear.

63-7

That is the one thing TK and I agree on. Games are won up front, and Oklahoma's line should open holes all afternoon for Barnes, Blaylock, whoever they want to run.

48-7

The total is going to be interesting because Oklahoma will pull starters before that third quarter even gets going. Scoring rate drops hard when the depth chart flips.

52-10

Avery is actually right on that, which is why I am under the big round numbers. Oklahoma wins by a lot, but 63 is a TK fantasy. I have 45-13 and I feel fine about it.

45-13

Dez, you have never once in your life let yourself enjoy a blowout. Oklahoma is going to remind everyone what Norman looks like on a sunny September Saturday. I am not here to be careful.

63-7