Oklahoma - Stanford

Sun Bowl December 31, 2:00pm El Paso, TX

Oklahoma (7-5) _____________ Big12 __________ 102.05 ____ YPG = 406.3 (115%) PPG = 28.1 (111%) __________dYPG = 294.4 (73%) → -36% _________dPPG = 14.7 (51%) → -53% ____ Wk Opponent oPts Score 1 Brigham Young 253.27 L, 13-14 2 Idaho St -550.20 W, 64-0 3 Tulsa -112.30 W, 45-0 5 Miami (FL) 274.34 L, 20-21 6 Baylor -105.91 W, 33-7 7 Texas 487.27 L, 13-16 8 Kansas -89.35 W, 35-13 9 Kansas St -32.33 W, 42-30 10 Nebraska 177.80 L, 3-10 11 Texas A&M -11.32 W, 65-10 12 Texas Tech 131.04 L, 13-41 13 Oklahoma St 211.94 W, 27-0

Stanford (8-4) ______________ Pac10 __________ 199.79 ____ +8% ← YPG = 441.4 (123%)__________ +40% ← PPG = 36.2 (151%)__________ dYPG = 398.5 (109%) dPPG = 26.2 (104%) ____ Wk Opponent oPts Score 1 Washington St -302.11 W, 39-13 2 Wake Forest -53.61 L, 17-24 3 San Jose St -289.14 W, 42-17 4 Washington 19.13 W, 34-14 5 UCLA 37.15 W, 24-16 6 Oregon St 189.28 L, 28-38 7 Arizona 236.36 L, 38-43 8 Arizona St -109.63 W, 33-14 10 Oregon 385.85 W, 51-42 11 USC 227.93 W, 55-21 12 California 176.17 L, 28-34 13 Notre Dame 23.90 W, 45-38

Quite looking forward to seeing what happens in this one, actually. The Sooners D has been solid all year, and their offense should be able to rack up some yards & points against a not quite average Cardinal defense. The Cardinal's have Toby Gerhart though along with some big wins - walloping Oregon and USC were better than anything the Sooners have done this year. Could Stanford pull it off? Certainly. But I think Oklahoma will show some poise and their bowl experience will help them hang on.

The Line: Stanford +9.5

The Call: Oklahoma wins, but Stanford covers the spread

The Result: Oklahoma 31-27

Good all around game. Entertaining, both teams played well on both sides of the ball, etc. Finally the Sooners get another bowl win. It's not the BCS, but it's a good boost for the next year. Stanford should be set for a solid year as well - even though they're losing some players, they have some young ones too that should make things interesting in the Pac10 again.