The members of the RedRaiderSports staff bring you each of their takes on Texas Tech’s Big 12 opener against Oklahoma. Here’s how Aaron Dickens, Matt Clare, Brandon Soliz, Ben Golan, Kolt Rogers, Bill Hipple and Billy Watson see Saturday playing out.

I think both teams will struggle, relatively speaking, to score on Saturday. Texas Tech's offensive issues, namely the loss of its starting quarterback, are well-documented. It's not going to surprise me if the Red Raiders struggle to crack 20 in Norman. It's also not going to surprise me to see Oklahoma fall short of it's normal high offensive standards, as Keith Patterson's defense is easily the best group that Jalen Hurts and Co. will have faced up to this point in the season.

The Sooners offense is yet again a loaded unit scoring a ton of points this season. Oklahoma is averaging over 55 points per game through the first three games, and while the Tech defense has looked improved, it's hard to imagine how they come up with enough stops tomorrow.

Interested to see how Coach Yost and the Texas Tech offense respond to last week's performance, now without Bowman and no defined answer at the backup quarterback spot.

The Red Raiders open up conference play with the biggest test of the season and possibly the best QB they’ll see, too - Jalen Hurts. I think the Sooner passing attack will take a step back this week facing a skilled, veteran secondary but I think they’ll run the ball aggressively to wear down the Texas Tech interior.

I don’t think the Jett Duffey-Jackson Tyner gameplan will gel right from the start but expect them to gain valuable experience and move forward.

Oklahoma’s offense might be the best in the country for the third year in a row and while Tech’s defense has played better in 2019 I don’t see them being at that level yet.

Tech’s offense does play better than it did in Tucson but it’s not enough in a Sooners win.

I really think Tech will play better on defense than the score indicates. However, I think the offense will stall on a lot of drives and force the defense to be on the field for more possessions. I really expect Tech to try to run the ball and play ball control to keep the OU offense off the field. Lamb/Rambo will be a handful to try and cover, and although he hasn’t been involved much to begin the season, I expect Grant Calcaterra to see more targets this week. A game that is closer than most expect at halftime, sees OU pull away in the second half.

The No. 6 team in the country will display why they are ranked so high. I still think Tech’s defense will have a decent game, but offensively, the Red Raiders won’t find their juice until a couple of possessions into the game. The first quarter will likely be dominated by Oklahoma, 21-7 or something like that. Duffey and Tyner are going to get valuable Big 12 experience from this game.

Call me crazy, but if the defense gets enough stops and racks up a few takeaways, this game might turn out to be like Arizona again.

With No. 6 Oklahoma averaging 55.6 points per game through the first three games of the season and being at home in Norman, this one could get ugly. No Alan Bowman at QB doesn't help either, but hopefully we see Jett Duffey and/or Jackson Tyner get some valuable playing time in this very tough road game. I do expect the Tech defense to slow down OU at times, but the Sooners will pull away in the 2nd half.