Temple Owls vs Oklahoma Sooners Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 08/30/2024

Game Time: 7:00 pm ET, Friday, August 30, 2024

Venue:  Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, OK

Where to Watch:  ESPN

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Temple +43, Oklahoma -43; Over/Under:  59 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Temple +43.5, Oklahoma -43.5; Over/Under:  58.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Temple +42.5, Oklahoma -42.5; Over/Under:  59.5 points

Temple Owls:  0-0 (0-0) (AAC)

Oklahoma Sooners:  0-0 (0-0) (SEC)

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Temple Owls:  N/A

Oklahoma Sooners:  N/A

Temple finished last season with a 3-9 record overall and they had a 1-7 record in their conference games too.  They were 3-4 in their home games, 0-5 in their road games, and they were also 0-0 in their neutral site games last season, but they will be on the road for this season opener. Last season, their offense was averaging 21.1 points scored per game while their defense was allowing an average of 35.7 points per game. Their offense also averaged 372.3 yards per game while their defense was allowing an average of 441.6 yards per game. E.J. Warner led the team in passing yards with 3076, Darvon Hubbard led the team in rushing yards with 412, and Amad Anderson Jr. led the team in receiving yards with 647.

 

 

 

Oklahoma finished last season with a 10-3 record overall and they had a 7-2 record in their conference games too.  They were 6-0 in their home games, 3-2 in their road games, and they were also 1-1 in their neutral site games last season, but they will be at home for this season opener. Last season, their offense was averaging 41.7 points scored per game while their defense was allowing an average of 23.5 points per game. Their offense also averaged 507 yards per game while their defense was allowing an average of 389.4 yards per game. Dillon Gabriel led the team in passing yards with 3660, Gavin Sawchuk led the team in rushing yards with 744, and Drake Stoops led the team in receiving yards with 962.

The current betting odds have Oklahoma listed as a 43 point favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. Oklahoma was a solid team last season with their 10-3 record overall and their 7-2 conference record, but by their standards the season was a failure as they did not win the Big 12 and didn't have a chance at the National Championship either. Their first 2 seasons haven't been great under Venables but he has been fixing a lot of the problems on defense they have had over the years. Their offense struggled at times last season, but they are going to have a new quarterback starting with Jackson Arnold who is finally getting his shot this season so he will be looking to impress in this game. They were 6-0 in their home games last season and even though this isn't a game they need to worry about winning since they have a lot more talent and depth here, they still need to make a statement in this game since they are now in their 1st season in the SEC which is a much stronger conference. Temple was terrible last season with their 3-9 record overall and they failed to win a game on the road too, going 0-5 in their road games. Warner played well at times but there isn't enough talent on this team to make them a real threat here. Their defense was terrible last season, averaging 35.7 points allowed per game, and this Oklahoma offense still has a lot of talent to burn Temple with, even with their backups playing. The best way to place a bet here is on Oklahoma to cover the spread in this game. 

Temple Oklahoma Prediction:  Our NCAAF Pick for Friday, August 30, 2024 (7:00 pm ET start time) is Oklahoma 63 Temple 7.

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Temple Owls: 3-9 ATS in their last 12 games. 3-8 ATS in the first half of their last 11 games. 7-1 to the first quarter over in their last 8 games. 

Oklahoma Sooners: 9-4 ATS in the first half of their last 13 games. 10-3 (+8.85 units) on the first half moneyline in their last 13 games. 7-2 to the first half over in their last 9 games. 

Temple Owls:  None.

Oklahoma Sooners:  J. Gibson (WR) - Knee. A. Anthony (WR) - Knee.

"It was necessary. It kind of threw them off of their routine.  I thought it was critically important for us as a coaching staff to be able to acclimate these guys into that type of scenario where we changed the atmosphere, try to see how they're going to respond, and see if they can mentally get into proper space that they need to be to get ready for a game.  So in that respect it was good, it was a success that way." - Stan Drayton after his team’s final preseason scrimmage before the season starts.

“There's going to be challenges, at times, with anybody who has started one game and now they're the starter. One game under your belt, there's going to be some moments where it looks like that. We'd be negligent if I didn't say that or naïve if we didn't believe that. Those lows can't be disastrous.” - Brent Venables on his team coming into this new college football season.

WR Baines, Zae 

WR Wright, Dante 

WR Irvin, Xavier 

TE Morris, Landon 

QB Brock, Forrest 

RB Littleton, Antwain 

WR Anthony, Andrel 

WR Anderson, Nic 

WR Burks, Deion 

TE Sharp, Bauer

QB Arnold, Jackson 

RB Sawchuk, Gavin 

Passing: N/A

Rushing: N/A

Receiving: N/A

Touchdowns: N/A

Passing: N/A

Rushing: N/A

Receiving: N/A

Touchdowns: N/A

Coaches:

Temple Owls: Stan Drayton (3rd season)

Oklahoma Sooners: Brent Venables (3rd season)