🏈 Stewart Mandel: Week 11 Pickoff: Oregon-Stanford, LSU-Alabama; more

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Which teams will win Thursday's much-anticipated Oklahoma-Baylor and Oregon-Stanford showdowns? Can LSU keep pace with top-ranked Alabama in Tuscaloosa? Which unbeaten contender should be on upset watch this weekend?

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[TD="class: team_logo_2, width: 76%"] No. 10 LSU (7-2) at No. 1 Alabama (8-0)
It's possible Tigers quarterback Zach Mettenberger and receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry will carve up 'Bama's secondary the way Manziel and Mike Evans did. Don't count on it. The Crimson Tide's defense has been dominant for six straight games, while LSU has taken its lumps against Georgia and Ole Miss. AJ McCarron (16 touchdowns, three interceptions) should pick his spots all night.[/TD]

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[TD="class: team_logo_2, width: 76%"] No. 2 Oregon (8-0) at No. 6 Stanford (7-1)
Stanford's defense was superb in last year's 17-14 overtime win in Eugene. The Cardinal's front seven is even more dominant in 2013, but it's unrealistic to think it will slow Marcus Mariota and the Ducks to the same extent. More troubling, Stanford's offense has averaged just 23.7 points over its past three games. It will go against the nation's eighth-ranked scoring defense (16.9 points per game).[/TD]

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[TD="class: team_logo_2, width: 76%"] No. 12 Oklahoma (7-1) at No. 5 Baylor (7-0)
While we're all excited to watch the Bears' offense (717.3 yards per game) finally face a ranked foe, this game will also serve as a gauge of Baylor's largely untested defense (4.17 yards per play, No. 3 nationally). Sooners quarterback Blake Bell has had his moments, but the loss of fullback Trey Millard may hamper Oklahoma's inside running game, leading to the type of shootout Bob Stoops' team can't win.[/TD]

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