game breakdown let's talk SEC versus Big 12 on Saturday National TV affair on ABC 11: am local start that's noon Pacific 9:00 am I'm sorry noon on the East Coast 9:00 am here in Las Vegas and on the west coast of course that would be Oklahoma State and Arkansas the early week money has flown for the Hogs has shown for the Hogs they were nine n and a half at the open we're looking at seven and a halfs eight as we talk about this midweek and the toal has been bet up so we've seen some Arkansas money we've seen some over money beautiful day in Still Water 84 degrees and sunny outside and I agree with both of these line moves let's talk about Arkansas for a minute this is a team that was 4 and8 last year under Sam Pitman just one and five in game decided by a touchdown or less they were good road dogs though despite their struggles three and0 against spr as Road dog in fact nine and three for Sam Pitman in this road dog rooll since arriving uh as the arkansaw had coach 74 is a home dog I mean we like kit Pitman catching points we like him a lot this is the thing that really stands out when you look at Arkansas 17 games away from home over the last three years only two losses by more than a touchdown in those 17 games away from home over a threeyear span none last year now Oklahoma state they're one of the favorites in the Big 12 whereas Arkansas is an afterthought in the SEC this season Mike gundy's been there for what 20 years now he's been a good coach and he's been really strong as terms of straight up records on they're 19- two straight up on this field since 2021 although both losses did come as favorites South Alabama and West Virginia and of course we've got two teams off disperate performances last week Arkansas well they had 10 possessions they scored touchdowns on all 10 of their possessions against Arkansa Pine Bluff it wasn't that easy uh for Oklahoma State against South Dakota state but it's worth noting when you're talking about two teams that both played FCS it's how good with the FCS teams well South Dakota state would probably been a 40o favorite or 3540 Point favorite against Arkansas Pine Bluff so the fact that Arkansas scored 10 TDS on 10 possessions take it with a grain of thought so when we look at this Cowboys team they return a whole lot of talent you know in terms of returning starters basically everyone back from a team that won 10 games last year they were loaded but I've got two concerns about Oklahoma State in this ball game first and foremost I worry about Sam pitman's track record in Arkansas's track record as a road dog they've been really good and I'm not convinced that I'm going to step in front of that second the quotes from Gundy after last week's game talk about facing Arkansas this week they only averaged 3.8 yards per carry against that Squad you know um they give up big plays on defense in that ball game you know four long pass playes South CA State here's gundy's quote when you play a team in the SEC you're going to play girth we need to make good strides between last week and this week to be able to block a front that is better than we saw last week from a technique standpoint the team we just played was excellent they just don't have as much size as what we'll face on Saturday I think Arkansas is going to give Oklahoma State some problems on the defensive front I believe in pitman's track record I'll take my chances with the Razer backs Plus the points on Saturday and remember take advantage of that three-day all access just 49 bucks you get every play every day choose as many handicappers as you like and pick your start date whatever you want that three-day all access available for all the cappers at wagertalk.com just 49 bucks great opportunity to get on board this weekend there's your big game breakdown