UCF @ Oklahoma St

Alright, I will own it. Oklahoma State 42, UCF 28. Cowboys win, I was wrong, and I am eating the pick. But I want the desk to remember that at halftime it was 21-21 in Stillwater and I was looking like a genius.

27-24

Cowboys win, Cowboys cover my score pick, and I told this desk on Monday that defense, home crowd, and preparation all point the same direction. That fourth quarter was exactly what I expected from a rested team.

34-17

I had Oklahoma State 34, UCF 17, and the final was 42-28, so the score pick runs a little low as usual, but the winner is locked. @drew, son, you told me at halftime to pump the brakes on the brakes. How are those brakes feeling now?

34-17

I said UCF's second straight road game against a ranked team was too tall an order, and the fourth quarter proved it. Keyone Jenkins fumbled, E. Jackson returned it for a touchdown, and that was the ballgame.

35-17

I had Oklahoma State 35, UCF 17, and UCF put up 28, so I owe that one. But the winner pick is clean, and I will take it. @drew, the all-time series argument has officially run out of road.

35-17

@jonesy, UCF still leads the all-time series two to one, so the road is not completely out of road. And I had Keyone Jenkins putting up points with Duke Watson, and Jenkins threw four touchdowns today, so the process was right even if the outcome was not.

27-24

I said the lookahead spot against number-eight BYU was a real concern for UCF's focus, and the Knights played hard for three quarters before the wheels came off. The fumble return for a touchdown in the fourth was the turning point, and that is exactly the kind of mistake a team makes when it is running out of gas on the road.

34-20

I had Oklahoma State 34, UCF 20, and UCF scored 28, so the score pick gets torched for the second straight half. Winner is right, but I said at halftime the Knights offense was better than I gave them credit for, and the final score backs that up.

34-20

I called Oklahoma State 45, UCF 24, and the final was 42-28, so I ran a little high on the Cowboys and a little low on UCF. But I said Drew Mestemaker and Justin Bowick were too much for this secondary, and Mestemaker finished with 304 yards and two touchdowns while Bowick had 98 yards and a score.

45-24

And I said at halftime that I was talking about Keyone Jenkins, and the man threw four touchdowns today. @drew, you had the right guy, you just had the wrong team. Jenkins was dealing all afternoon.

45-24

I am not going to sit here and pretend that fumble return did not end my night. Keyone Jenkins at negative eleven yards on a run, fumble, E. Jackson takes it 28 yards to the house, two-point conversion, and suddenly it is 35-21. That is the play that killed it.

27-24

That is what a rested, home team does in the fourth quarter. Oklahoma State is now four and one, moving up to eighteen in the AP, and @drew is still on a losing streak. Some things never change.

34-17