What does Willie Earl’s Over/Under 2022 have in common with Steve Sarkisian’s tenure at Texas? Predictability. You can count on Over/Under being a barnburner and you can count on Sarkisian to blow a two-score lead in the second half and lose. Harsh you say? Well, it’s just what came to my mind while grading this week’s entries. Now on to the results.
We had a season high 23 entries this week which is the second biggest field of all time. Willie Earl appreciates each and every player. The high all time was 25 entries for the 2008 Oklahoma Over/Under.
Tyler Cotton and Mitch Frink tied for first place with seven correct answers. They both went one for two in the pick ‘ems winning with TCU and losing with UCLA. So, it came down to their predictions on the Texas-Oklahoma State final score. They both predicted Texas would win. Mitch had it 38-35 and Tyler had Texas 48-23. Willie Earl’s tiebreaker rule when it comes down to the score prediction is the one closest to the final point differential is the winner. Texas lost by seven, Mitch had them winning by 3 making his prediction off by 10 points. Tyler had Texas winning by 25 putting him 32 points off the mark.
If you followed, you know that Mich Frink is the winner. Congratulations to Mitch who takes home the biggest pot of all time, $70.
Mark Stephan, Helen Frink, Andy Garrod, Wes Peoples, and Clayton Frink tied for third with six correct.
The average score was 5.1.
Only one player predicted that Mitch Auburn would miss more than 1.5 field goals, he missed one. If I played I think I would have gone over given the high wind typical in Stillwater and the pressure of the game.
Just three players went under on .5 TD passes for Quinn Ewers in the fourth quarter. He didn’t throw one.
Only four players correctly went over on Spencer Sanders passing for 227.5 yards. He passed for 391.
And only four players went under on 32:01 time of possession for Texas. They had the ball for 27 minutes.
Lastly, only 2 of 23 players predicted an Oklahoma State win. I’m not sure what the reason is for the overwhelming optimism given Texas’ history over the last 13 years and especially Sarkisian’s history. Maybe it’s just hard to pick against your team. Players’ entries are strictly confidential so no one will be ridiculed if they pick Texas to lose. I thought that there was about a 60% chance Texas would lose in Stillwater.
W.E.
