I think CMU+20.5 vs okie lite a solid play. Cowboys not exactly built to blow teams out and if you recall they let a couple little guys stay real close w them last season, missouri st and Tulsa both stayed within 1 score, I believe tulsa was leading in the 4th, and boise should have beat them in what turned out to be a 1 point win after a awful whistle prevented a boise scoop and score that woulda won the game!
I have no doubt cowboys will be good once again but they did lose some good players off that d along w their DC, warren emerged at Rb last year and saved their butts and he now gone, I’m sure they will find another horse but it could take them a gm or 2 to figure it out (kinda like last season when they were in close games vs lessor teams). Sanders still playing qb for them (yet another kid that feels like he been around for half a decade!) which I suppose is a strength? I’ve Always been skeptical of him, I used to refer to him much like Martinez at neb as a turnover waiting to happen, credit to him for most part he cleaned that up last year outside a couple awful games, the baylor game comes to mind and the boise game Gundy refused to even let him throw! His completion percentage/accuracy leaves something to be desired but he def should the ability to improve his game last year so he could be better. It will take time for another big dog wr to emerge for him tho which again just points to me thinking they not gonna come out the gates flying.
Cmu no stranger to playing and giving power 5 schools all they want, McElwain has done a good job here. Last season they played mizzou tough, they did get run by lsu but I believe there were some crappy circumstances/for some reason flight got in day of game? They beat wash st in a bowl. None those teams are on okie lite level but think it shows what CMU about. They bring a lot of talent back with their qb who now has more experience and a stable of really good running backs, they had a awesome oline last year but they did lose 2 tackles to the nfl, that certainly could hurt vs a cowboys d who great at getting after the qb but they bring back all their interior guys who will prob join their teammates in nfl at some point and by all accounts have talented guys to replace the ones who were drafted! They have some talent on the d but why i like them is cause I just don’t think cowboys offense is world beaters by any stretch and have proven to take some time to get it going. I’d be really surprised if cmu gets blown out here, I expect it prob be very competitive at half, looking at this total seems to me books expecting cmu to get around 17 points? I think 2 tds and they cover this as I just don’t expect cowboys to come out and hang 35+ as long as cmu avoids turnovers I think this be more of a grind than that. Okie lite by 2 scores in a game I think plays under the 58.5 total seems right to me (now that I’ve gotten to this point I realize I like the under quite a bit also! Lol).,
