OSU is going to have its way in Provo against BYU on Friday, according to EA Sports College Football 25.
I simulated the Cowboys’ road matchup against the Cougars 10 times and made it an 8 p.m. kick (the closest to 9:15 I could get it) with 15-minute quarters. Below are the results in The O’Colly weekly OSU game simulations.
Average result, score
OSU went 7-3 against BYU, and the average score was OSU 26.1-20. The 6.1-point margin of victory meant EA Sports projected the Cowboys to cover the 9-point spread.
The over/under game total of 52.5 went under, as the game total average was 46.1.
Cowboy statistics
On average, OSU had 388 yards of total offense. BYU, on the other hand, had 340.5 yards of total offense.
Cowboy quarterback Alan Bowman started and completed 61.2% of his passes and threw for 200.9 passing yards, 1.1 touchdowns and 0.7 interceptions on average.
Running back Ollie Gordon II averaged 111.7 rushing yards and 0.4 rushing touchdowns. Gordon still (!) hasn’t fumbled in any sim this season.
As for the wide receivers, Brennan Presley averaged 4.2 receptions, 54.4 receiving yards and 0.4 receiving touchdowns; Rashod Owens averaged 3.4 receptions, 51.4 receiving yards and 0.4 touchdowns; and De’Zhaun Stribling averaged 2.8 receptions, 38.7 receiving yards and 0.3 receiving touchdowns.
On the defensive side of the ball, safety Lyrik Rawls led the Cowboys in tackles five times (and tied with safety Ty Williams once), Trey Rucker led once (and tied with Williams twice), Cam Smith led once and Kody Walterscheid led once.
Finally, kicker Logan Ward went 24 of 26 kicking field goals and 25 of 26 kicking PATs.
More results
Despite The O’Colly‘s in-real-life report that Garret Rangel is starting, Bowman started all 10 sims. He played better than he did in the sims against WVU two weeks ago, though.
Gordon got injured in two of the 10 sims, too.
Well, EA Sports thinks OSU is going to snap a three-game losing skid. If so, it would be very on brand for OSU head coach Mike Gundy and Co. And the video game has predicted OSU to win every game this season — which hasn’t worked the last three actual football games.
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