Oregon’s visit to Oklahoma State comes with the memory of last year’s mismatch still hanging over it, even if the circumstances feel different on paper. In that meeting, the Ducks rolled to a 69-3 win, flattening the Cowboys from start to finish.
This time, Oklahoma State is supposed to be the team with something to prove. That idea took a hard hit in Week 1, though, when the Cowboys dropped a 24-10 decision to Tulsa. The result was so rough that even the 2025 Cowboys, in the source’s words, handled the Golden Hurricane better than that.
Oregon didn’t exactly cruise through its opener either. The Ducks looked nothing like a top-two team while edging Boise State, but there was at least some respect in the way they played offense. A narrow win over a program like Boise State, the source argues, carries more weight than getting beat up by Tulsa.
There is still a path for Oklahoma State to make this interesting. If you want to talk yourself into a closer game, you could point to the possibility that the Cowboys were already peeking ahead to Oregon, and you could factor in a lively Boone Pickens atmosphere. But even that requires a leap of faith the source isn’t willing to make.
The expectation here is another Ducks win, just not another total wipeout on the scale of last year. The projected result is Oregon 48, Oklahoma State 17, with the Ducks up 35-10 at halftime and able to coast through the second half.
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