The Pokes have been an ATM machine in non-conference games in recent years under Mike Gundy. ASU true freshman QB Jaden Rashada was very highly touted -- and was supposed to get $8 million or so to go to Florida but that fell through; I ran around the courtyard wearing only a lampshade once because I was so happy to have found simply $8 in my college days (it went to tacos and Mad Dog) -- but showed some youthful mistakes in a Week 1 escape vs. Southern Utah and will see an entirely new level of defense here. OSU has held 30 of its past 33 Big 12 opponents under their season scoring average entering the game for an example.

One could look at the results of these teams' openers (27-13, 24-21) against lower-division foes and conclude neither dug deep into the offensive playbook. For Oklahoma State, though, you could conclude this is who they are. The Cowboys have not come close to this total going back to midseason 2022. Okla State could deploy three QBs, which is essentially an admission none of these guys are good enough to win the job. . The Sun Devils stayed Under in three of their last four in 2022.