OSU is coming off its first loss of the season, has a (possibly, possibly not) dinged-up starter at quarterback and faces a red-hot Texas team that just throttled — and I mean, throttled — Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry before squeezing out a win against Iowa State last weekend. So it should come as no surprise that the Cowboys are underdogs at home Saturday for their annual homecoming game.
It also shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that our staff generally likes OSU’s chances. It has only been home dogs five times since 2016, after all, and it has gone on to win four of those five games.