Oklahoma Sooners open the season as heavy favorite over UTEP Miners

As game week gets underway, here’s a look at the opening lines for Oklahoma’s matchup with UTEP courtesy of Tipico Sportsbook.

With week zero in the books, it’s time to turn our attention to game week for the Oklahoma Sooners as they prepare to welcome the UTEP Miners to Norman.

UTEP is coming off of a disappointing week zero loss to the University of North Texas. It was a 14-13 game at halftime as the two sides rallied from a scoreless first quarter to put some points on the board in the second.

After UTEP kicked a field goal to close the first half, UNT scored 17 unanswered points to pull away from the Miners to take the early-season Conference USA matchup.

The Sooners will welcome a UTEP team hoping to bounce back from a disappointing second half to perform better in Norman. However, as the early-week point spread indicates, UTEP may not provide much of a challenge.

The Oklahoma Sooners begin their first game week of the Brent Venables era with something to prove, and UTEP provides the right opportunity to make their first statement of the season. The Sooners open up as 31.5-point favorites. There’s little doubt that Oklahoma will win the game, and though it’s a big spread, the Sooners offense will provide an explosive opening week, which should give OU a chance to cover the spread in Venables’ first game as the head coach.

As the Sooners begin game week, let’s take a look at the opening lines.

The lines, courtesy of Tipico Sportsbook

  • Point spread: Oklahoma -31.5
  • Money line: Oklahoma -10000, UTEP +1500
  • Over-under: 56.5

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