MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bookies are expecting a bloodbath when West Virginia visits Oklahoma this week.
Circa Sports, the first sportsbook to set a line for the game, is favoring the Sooners by 33.5 points.
It is the second-biggest point spread that West Virginia has ever faced as an underdog. The only larger spread came in 2001 when the Mountaineers were a 35-point underdog to No. 1 Miami. That Hurricanes team, considered by some to be the greatest college squad of all-time, beat the Mountaineers 45-3.
This year’s Sooners aren’t quite at that level, but are formidable nonetheless.