Today’s Bodog college football preview continues with the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Cowboys have enjoyed back-to-back seasons with nine wins apiece, but moving up any more in the Big 12 will be a challenge.

Oklahoma State should employ a great ground game. Kendell Hunter was injured last season but rushed for 1,555 yards in 2008, earning all-conference honors. He’ll be running behind a questionable line, however, as four new starters are being installed. The team is also working in a new quarterback, Brandon Weedon. Weedon has spent the past few seasons playing minor league baseball.

The defense should benefit from a clean bill of health. Linebacker Orie Lemon was poised to become one of the better linebackers in the game before suffering an injury; he’ll be at full strength in 2010. The pass “D” will be extremely vulnerable, though, as both corners are gone.

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Grandmaster Sports Handicapper Joe Duffy’s expert take: None of our models have the Pokes finishing higher than fourth in the Big 12 South. Fifth is their very likely fate. At least they aren’t the Baylor Bears.