Betsided

Is Spencer Sanders Playing Today? (Latest Injury Update for Oklahoma State vs. Texas Week 8)

By Reed Wallach

Oklahoma State's Spencer Sanders (3) fakes out the defense before running the ball into the end zone
Oklahoma State's Spencer Sanders (3) fakes out the defense before running the ball into the end zone / NATHAN J FISH/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY
facebooktwitterreddit

Sifting through injury news in college football is a tricky art as there are no guidelines for how coaches can or can not tell the public about banged up players.

Take how Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy has handled Spencer Sanders' banged up shoulder. While there hasn't been any quotes from the head coach about Sanders' shoulder, murmurs creeped out of Stillwater about it, leading to TCU taking money ahead of their matchup with the Cowboys last week. Sanders was relatively ineffective against the Horned Frogs in the second half and the opening number of Texas -1 was slammed to the Longhorns -6.5 on the idea that Sanders' shoulder isn't well enough to play.

However, Gundy hasn't said a word about it, meaning we will see if it's the veteran quarterback under center during warmups. This number indicates that the betting market is expecting Sanders to sit and for head coach Gundy's son, Gunnar, to take over.

Here's the latest on Sanders' banged up shoulder:

Latest Injury Update for Spencer Sanders

Gundy refused to tip the status of his star quarterback on Monday when meeting with reporters.

“Let’s all do ourselves a favor and not ask about injuries,” Gundy told reporters. “I’m not going to tell you about who practices and who doesn’t. You wouldn’t reveal your hand, either. It’s not personal. It’s just not smart on my part to show our hand.”

So, we know very little about Sanders' shoulder leading into the game, but it's clear that he was hampered down the stretch of the TCU game last week. The Cowboys scored six points in the second half before overtime and Sanders only completed 16-of-36 passes on the game.

The market is hinting that Sanders' isn't going to play, but keep your eyes out for reports from Stillwater about who is taking snaps in practice with the 1's ahead of this massive Big 12 game against Texas.



Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.


Get all of Reed's college football plays HERE!

Home/NCAAF Betting News