Taking at look at the Tigers' quarterback situation with Brady Cook and Drew Pyne, the Sooners have gone from a 4-point underdog to a 3-point favorite.
As of 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, OU was a 1-point underdog. By 4 p.m., the Sooners were a 3-point favorite by DraftKings, Bally, and other sports books, and were favored by 2 1/2 by MGM, Fan Duel and others.The Sooners no doubt have shown moderate improvements over their last two games, leading Ole Miss at halftime in Oxford and exploding all over FCS opponent Maine on Saturday.But OU is 5-4 overall and 1-4 in SEC play. Missouri is 6-2 and 2-2.
Pyne began his career in 2020 at Notre Dame. He started for the Irish in 2022, then transferred to Arizona State last year. He’s played in five games so far for the Tigers this season, completing 35-of-55 passes for 248 yards with no TDs and last week’s three picks. Cook, a senior from St. Louis who also began his career in 2020, has emerged as a big-time playmaker for the Tigers. He threw for 2,738 yards and 14 touchdowns in 2022 and 3,317 yards and 21 TDs in 2023. So far this year he was completing 63.1 percent of his passes for 1,545 yards with seven touchdowns and one pick. Cook is fourth in school history with 8,053 yards.said Tuesday. “The players, their program, they feed off of him. He's got great juice and just he's fearless.
“You can see the guts and the toughness,” Venables said. “… Comes back in the game … with a Superman cape on and takes them third-and-13, fourth-and-5, long drive, and they go down and score to come from behind and win that game. Incredible competitor.
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