Turnovers and Touchdowns Key Oklahoma's Chances Against South Carolina

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NORMAN — Oklahoma is looking to break a couple of trends — and continue another — when the Sooners take on South Carolina at 3:15 p.m. Saturday at Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

OU has alternated wins and losses through the first seven games of the season and over the last two seasons, the meetings with the Gamecocks have featured the road teams winning.

Those are the trends the Sooners are looking to reverse.

The one they want to continue is the uptick in offensive production the last couple of weeks. Oklahoma had a season-high 467 total yards, 283 passing yards and 184 rushing yards against Mississippi State.

Last week was a close-but-not-quite game for bold predictions.

Tight end Rocky Beers nearly hauled in a second touchdown pass, the Sooners had a chance to hold Mississippi State to less than 250 total yards until early in the fourth quarter, and Tate Sandell hit three field goals (and missed three more chances) as his points made the difference in the outcome even if he didn't technically hit a game-winner.

Here's this week's edition of the bold predictions for the matchup with...