In the home of the Alamo The vegas spread opened with Oregon St a 1-point favorite, and the Beavers were a 3.5-point favorite by game time All-time Top 10 finishes in AP Poll 26 - Texas (#8 in NCAA history) 21 - LSU (#11 in NCAA history) 4 - Oregon State (1956, 1964, 1967, 2000) Texas #46 university by US News $33,060 out-of-state tuition 46.6% acceptance rate Oregon State #139 university by US News $22,212 out-of-state tuition 77.7% acceptance rate 2012 offense #24/#37 Texas #35/#37 Oregon State 2012 defense #22/#30 Oregon State #72/#74 Texas
Texas is 0-2 in their last 2 games (lost to TCU and K State) Oregon State's last 6 games have gone L, W, L, W, L, W...with the losses @Washington by 3, @Stanford by 4, and to Oregon
The Alamo Bowl currently matches #2 in the Pac-12 (#3 this year) and #3 in the Big 12 The Alamo Bowl has sold out seven of its sixteen games (1995, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2011). The Big XII team has won the last four Alamo Bowls
Well Texas DE Alex Okafor lived up to the hype. He's rated the #3 DE of the seniors for the Draft and was a Rivals 5-star recruit coming out of high school He set a bowl record today with 4.5 sacks, also had a forced fumble and 8 tackles For the season, he has 12.5 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, 61 tackles, a blocked kick, etc