Over/Unders For the 2016 Oklahoma State Season

We know what Vegas thinks of this team, but what do we think? I (Kyle P.) made up some over/unders for all of us to answer. Here’s what the guys had to say.

Sam Aldrich

I’d say I’m the most confident in Rudolph over 30.5 rushing and passing touchdowns. That’s a lock for me. I am the least confident in the Ateman return date. I am really not sure when he will recover from the broken foot which is a very tough injury for a skill position player to return from quickly.

In addition, the wide receivers group should be very impressive even without Ateman, so there will not be a need to rush him back.

Thomas Fleming

Most confident about Barry J. over 300. Least confident about Ateman coming back.

Kyle Boone

Brailford and Owens combining for 10.5 sacks? If that were Owens alone, I’d be close to jumping on it. Seems like free money to me. I’m not as confident in the rushing yards per game, however. OSU rushed for a tick over 125 last year, so 140.5 would be a pretty significant improvement. And Gundy has stated his goal is 125 per game, which isn’t real encouraging.

Kyle Porter

I want to take the over on Rudolph 4,000.5 passing yards to Vegas and just carry an ATM up to the desk and say “LET IT RIDE.” He was going to pretty easily clear this last season before getting injured, and Mike Gundy said this fall he finally looks like he knows what he’s doing.

I’m least confident in my Stoner pick. Racking up 300 yards as a frosh is tooooough at receiver, especially when it’s deep like OSU this year. On the other hand, it feels like he’s being talked about as if Jordy Nelson is about to have company in the Big 12 White WR Hall of Fame. I’m flummoxed.

Caleb Deck (The Intern!)

I feel most confident in Mason’s touchdown stats. This year is his year as the undisputed man, with no J.W. to take his reps in the red zone. Granted, some of JW’s touchdowns will shift to the run game, but with weapons like McClesky, Carr, Ateman, Stoner, Washington, and Barry J. on the field, Mason has lots of options for screen and fade combos to rack up the TDs this year.

(Bonus prediction: if we can win 11 games this season, this stat wins Mason the Heisman. He has low enough expectations due to artificially low TD numbers last year that a big jump puts him in contention as long as he is riding a good team.)

Least confident in Washington getting less than 60.5 receptions. I firmly believe he is capable of catching anything thrown within three yards of his torso, but with all the hype this year, he’s going to face lots more coverage. In addition to this, having such a deep receiving group will spread catches around. BUT he is James Washington and I don’t doubt he could go over on this if he’s thrown to enough.