The Sooners take on No. 6 Baylor next week before facing TCU and Oklahoma State to close out the regular season.
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Win or lose, the snide comments and second-guesses about Baylor’s soft football schedule and dubious College Football Playoff pedigree should end Saturday. One heck of a break-up by running back Trever Ryen is the only reason Lanning didn’t throw another interception. “We definitely want to get them back”. TCU also possessed the football for 37-plus minutes.
This was supposed to be a big night for Iowa State tailback Mike Warren, who came into the game needing just 46 yards to become the Cyclones’ first 1,000-yard rusher since Alexander Robinson in 2009. It was one-sided for three of the four quarters.
NCAA rules prohibit in-person scouting of future opponents and, after Lebby was spotted on the Tulsa sideline, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops filed a complaint with the Big 12 office. He picked up his 100th career conference win during K-State’s last trip to Lubbock, a 49-26 victory in 2013. Lanning has five touchdown passes in his last two games.
As with any Oklahoma State home game, the man whose name graces the stadium, T. Boone Pickens, was front and center.
WACO _ Baylor quarterback Jarrett Stidham’s sudden switch from Texas Tech to the Bears stunned recruiting fans last December. The Cowboys are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 meetings and the home team is 7-2 ATS in their last 9 meetings.
“I had no idea he was going to call that first play”, Baker Mayfield said after the game. League officials suspended Lebby for the first half of Saturday’s game.
“It wouldn’t take much to change that order”, Long told ESPN’s Rece Davis. Rudolph has eight touchdown passes in his last three games. “We’ve been in a bunch of big games since 2010, really”. For their part, the Cyclones of Iowa State entered the season with reasonable expectations but have simply been unable to deliver, clawing their way to a 3-5 record throughout week 8.
It’s time for the Big 12 to panic. They are coming off a 24-0 win over Texas, the only team to beat Oklahoma this year.
Kansas State has been one of the best red zone teams over the past few years. A loss to the in-state rival could hurt their Playoff chances regardless of what they do in the SEC Championship game. Of those 245 scores, 179 have been touchdowns. The Sooners rank third nationally in scoring offense and sixth in total offense.
His 153 yards last week against Baylor rank fifth in school history by a QB and were the most by a Wildcat QB since Daniel Sams had 199 yards against Baylor in 2013.
Offensively, OU will test Iowa State’s revived defense with a solid combination of rushing the football and play action passing. In the receiving end, Sterling Shepard had 183 yards and one touchdown in 11 receptions while Dede Westbrook added 83 yards in six catches.
Oklahoma pulled off a reverse flea flicker that resulted in a 75-yard touchdown pass to fullback Dimitri Flowers.
“When they go one play and you’ve got to go back out there it’s like ‘Damn!’ I’m happy, but damn”.
The Sooners lead the Big 12 in sacks. Former Purdue men’s basketball coach Gene Keady is second on that list at 31.3 percent.
He also connected on attempts from 43 and 45 yards.
OU scored three straight TDs in the first quarter on its way to a 52-16 blowout win. They have surpassed 50 points in four consecutive games for the first time since 2008.
The Cats are in search of their fourth-straight season with 70-plus TFLs.
Davis made timely pass breakups at UTSA when he batted down a 4th-and-Goal pass and against Louisiana Tech at the goal line on third down.
Britz leads all Big 12 defensive tackles with 9.0 TFLs, which are the most by a Wildcat DT since 2010 (Jeffrey Fitzgerald, 10.0).
Oklahoma is 4-0 since that humbling loss against the Longhorns. The Sooners have scored at least 50 points in all four games. A wide-open receiver streaking down field, so open that no Iowa State defender was within 10 yards of him.
Head coach Art Briles is pleased that experts are starting to take notice of the Bears and knows there’s a golden opportunity to make a statement with the country watching.
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My Prediction: While Oklahoma should coast to an easy win against the Cyclones, it is hard to see them taking the spread. He is tied with Raphael Guidry, who had five in 2011 alone. There were no Oklahoma touchdowns in the second quarter. He’s obviously making plays on the field.
