Tapper had 3 sacks and forced 2 fumbles to be named Big 12 co-Defensive Player of the Week.
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Since that loss to the Longhorns, Oklahoma has been exceptional on both sides of the ball.
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The Sooners take on No. 6 Baylor next week before facing TCU and Oklahoma State to close out the regular season. “It’s a team that whooped up on Texas”, said Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield, who completed 27 of 32 passes for 383 yards and four touchdowns in last week’s 62-7 win over Kansas before leaving after one possession of the second half.
“Our first goal is the Big 12 championship”, Mayfield said. Can he carry over that consistency into the next three games, starting with next Saturday’s showdown at Baylor?
It’s no telling now what things will look like in the Big 12 race three weeks from now, but it is certain to be much different than the logjam we have at the top two-thirds the way through the season. To get our goal at the end, we’ve got to do it one game at a time. After all, Bill Snyder is always good for one or two upsets a year, regardless of what kind of team – good or bad – Kansas State puts on the field.
The quick scoring continued in the second half where the Sooners had two more touchdown drives that lasted less than two plays. “Struggling running the ball makes it hard to pass”.
Add it up, and OU outscored those team teams, 180-34.
Oklahoma scored five touchdowns on drives that lasted less than a minute. Over the last three outings, the Sooners are averaging 300.7 rushing yards on 6.0 yards per attempt. OU’s 751 yards of total offense were its most since 1988. “We lost to Texas”.
Iowa State ran 54 times last weekend against Texas, one shy of its season high. Maybe not anything. Comparisons performed by looking at common opponents, after all, certainly do not constitute a scientifically significant sample, but they do offer up a few interesting points and patterns worthy of discussion.
Fifteen Sooners have been taken in the NFL Draft first round in the last five years.
The move to bench senior quarterback Sam Richardson in favor of sophomore Joel Lanning should also help the Cyclones run the ball more effectively. He also has not thrown for a touchdown in the last three contests, so if he can’t right that ship come Saturday, it will be a long night indeed in Sooner land. “It’s a team that whooped up on Texas”. Included on his touchdown resume were passing plays of 80, 74, 50 and 48 yards.
The Hawkeyes remain unbeaten and ranked in the top ten as they seek a ninth straight win while playing at Indiana.
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Oklahoma Offense and Defense Analysis. It froze up the ISU defense completely, and it was just the start the Sooners needed in a game they had to win before they enter their gauntlet stretch to end November. The Cowboys took down TCU 49-29 in Stillwater Saturday. It is the best home winning percentage among Power 5 schools during the time period (Ohio State is next at.881).
