The early onset is everyone pounding Texas after Oklahoma State's debacle with Marcus Smart who is one of the Cowboys better players.
I'm going against the public here and this is a great opportunity for the OKL ST players to come together and go get a big win without Smart who is my opinion has been having a off year. I think there is far too much value on Oklahoma State here when you consider the line has moved 16.5 points from when Oklahoma State hosted and defeated Texas in January.

Added pressure will fall on Markel Brown with Smart out. Brown is second on the team with 16.6 points per gamebut he was limited to a season-low eight Saturday. The senior guard was averaging 20.3 points on 48.8 percent from the floor -- 8 for 18 from 3-point range -- over the previous three contests.
He had a season-high 27 points on 8-of-13 shooting against Texas last month.

While the Cowboys deal with Smart's absencethe Longhorns may have one of their own as they reportedly await MRI results on Jonathan Holmes' knee injury.
Holmes scored the opening two points and played only nine minutes of Saturday's 74-57 defeat at Kansas Stateending Texas' seven-game winning streak.

Oklahoma State is a team that's quickly becoming a team on the bubble and this win would go a long way towards their tournament hopes. I think Okl St has the better offense and defense here and I won't be shocked to see them pull the upset just like Kansas St did for us last night.