2010 Cotton Bowl Mississippi vs. Oklahoma State Picks & Predictions

Last Updated on January 2, 2010 9:06 am by drew

Cotton Bowl Pick

Two teams that had higher expectations for this season meet in the 2010 Cotton Bowl Saturday at 2PM ET from Cowboys Stadium as Ole Miss faces off with

Oklahoma
State.

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Ole Miss is 8-4 on the season and 5-5 against the spread. The Rebels lost their season finale to

Mississippi
State, but had won three-straight games prior to that.

Oklahoma
State is 9-3 on the year and 6-5-1 against the spread. The Cowboys lost their finale to

Oklahoma, 27-0 prior to also having won three straight before that game.
Oddsmakers from online sports book Sportsbook.com have made Ole Miss 3-point favorites over

Oklahoma
State on Saturday afternoon. The over/under total for this game has been established at 51.

Ole Miss is scoring 30.3 points per-game and racking up 405.6 yards per-game on offense. The Rebels are led by quarterback Jevan Snead, who has had an underwhelming year. Snead has thrown for 2,464 yards and 20 touchdowns, but has 12 interceptions to match.

Oklahoma
State is holding opponents to 21.8 points and 329.9 yards per-game on the season.

Oklahoma
State is scoring 30.2 points per-game and does so with a strong running game. Keith Toston has rushed for 1,177 yards and 11 scores to lead the Cowboys while quarterback Zac Robinson has rushed for nearly 300 yards while passing for 1,966 yards and 15 scores. The Rebels defense allows just 18.6 points and 319.3 yards per-game.

The key to this game may be in Robinson playing, as he dealt with an injury toward the end of the regular season that caused him to miss some time. The Cowboys can be a very potent offense with him on the field with Toston and it gives
Oklahoma
State more weapons that

Mississippi. Snead will have to play well in this game and avoid turnovers in order for the Rebels to win, but with the SEC struggling against the bigger conferences in bowl play, we suggest a pick of the Cowboys with the points and the over.

Our Cotton Bowl Free Pick for this matchup is:

OKLAHOMA
STATE +3 and OVER 51.
College Football Bowl Season Betting Trends
OKLAHOMA ST is 0-0 against the spread versus OLE MISS since 1992

OLE MISS is 1-0 straight up against

OKLAHOMA ST since 1992

1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1992

OLE MISS is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.

OLE MISS is 30-14 ATS (+14.6 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1992.

Mississippi is 14-4 SU in its last 18 games

Oklahoma
State is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of

Oklahoma
State‘s last 7 games

Bowl Season College Football Injury Report
OLE MISS

[LB] 12/07/2009 – Greg Hardy out for season ( Wrist ) 

OKLAHOMA ST

[LB] 09/01/2009 – Orie Lemon out for season ( Knee ) 

[RB] 08/17/2009 – Kye Staley out for season ( Knee ) 

[WR] 10/07/2009 – Dez Bryant out for season ( Suspension ) 

[RB] 10/04/2009 – Jeremy Smith out for season ( Shoulder ) 

[S] 12/06/2009 – Victor Johnson is "?" vs

Mississippi in the Cotton Bowl ( Knee ) 

[LB] 12/17/2009 – Donald Booker is upgraded to probable vs

Mississippi in the Cotton Bowl ( Ankle ) 

[QB] 12/15/2009 – Zac Robinson probable vs

Mississippi in the Cotton Bowl ( Ankle ) 

[DB] 12/17/2009 – Andrew McGee expected to miss vs Mississippi in the Cotton Bowl ( Undisclosed )
Cotton Bowl Odds
Mississippi Rebels -3 Over 51 (-155)

Oklahoma
State Cowboys +3 Under 51 (+135)
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Posted: 1/2/10 9:06AM ET