Maybe it’s time to look on the bright side: it’s Sunday, and there’s college football to care about.
The Oklahoma Sooners’ Week 11 matchup against No. 19 Ole Miss was rescheduled from Saturday to noon CT on Sunday since the Rebels were the only team in college football unable to get to their destination in time to still play on Saturday.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issuing a rare nationwide ground stop on Friday delayed all U.S. flights for hours and halted travel plans for college football teams across the country. OU and Ole Miss, though, are the only ones having to play on Sunday.
Ole Miss couldn’t figure things out, but the Sooners were the ones to suffer, as the SEC threatened OU to either agree to play a day later or forfeit. Vegas oddsmakers, though, apparently think the Sooners actually benefited the most on the field.
OU fans have every right to be furious about the situation, as travel plans had to change, and some can’t even attend the game at all now, but it gives college football fans an extremely rare game to watch and bet on during an NFL Sunday.
Travel delays influenced a lot of inflated and deflated spreads, but the rescheduling for OU and Ole Miss completely flipped the odds. The Rebels had been slim 1.5-point favorites all week, but suddenly, by Saturday morning, the Sooners are now favored to win a game that will certainly be watched closely.
Final odds for Oklahoma vs. Ole Miss
Spread
Oklahoma -2.5
Ole Miss +2.5
Moneyline
Oklahoma -132
Ole Miss +110
Total (over/under)
+/- 48.5 points
Record against the spread
Oklahoma 4-5
Ole Miss 4-5
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Score prediction for Oklahoma vs. Ole Miss
The Sooners will certainly have extra motivation after getting swindled by the SEC and Ole Miss, but they’ll have the opportunity to drag the Rebels through the mud. Literally.
There’s no real change between playing on Saturday or Sunday in normal circumstances, but the weather will transform this into a completely different game than it would have been the day before. It’s already raining in Norman, and it shouldn’t let up until long after kickoff.
Interim offensive coordinator Jason Witten just put on a masterclass showing of what it takes from this team to win last week in his play-calling debut. He chewed the clock, protected the football, and unlocked quarterback John Mateer as a runner. Now, the same game plan that Witten already used to win is the blueprint for winning in these conditions.
Meanwhile, Ole Miss is without star running back Kewan Lacy. The Rebels’ backfield still features Trinidad Chambliss, who is one of the best quarterbacks in the country, but he’ll be compromised, both as a passer and a scrambler, as long as the cold rain keeps falling.
This will be a defensive battle in the mud, and that’s Brent Venables’ speciality. The Sooners are gonna be like pigs wallowing in that mud.
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