The schedule presents multiple chances to get back into the playoff picture.
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Will Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon – both who entered this year with high expectations – be a factor against a physical Kansas State defense that leads the Big 12 and is 18th nationally in rushing yards allowed?
Winning with emotion: Many were shocked to see Texas upset Oklahoma last week, but Bill Snyder wasn’t among them. Just when it was apparently solved after playing Tulsa and the first half against West Virginia (WVU), the Sooner offense couldn’t run or pass in the third quarter against WVU.
Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops celebrates after defeating Tennessee 31-24 in double overtime of an NCAA college football game Saturday, September 12, 2015 in Knoxville, Tenn. “We’ve got to go coach it better, and we’ve got to go execute it better”. You can bet, he saw plenty in OU’s loss last weekend. It can either make you better or make you worse. “It was a big-time rival game, and our players were just so up for it. It told the players… the way we’re going to work today, it’s going to speak for itself”. Ultimately, Texas Tech would fall as Oklahoma battled back from an early 21-7 deficit to defeat the Red Raiders 42-30 in Lubbock. The Sooners have won five straight games at Kansas State. They’ll face a Kansas State squad that lost 52-45 to TCU last Saturday.
For the match, Oklahoma was outhit by Kansas State, .366-.135. “They took TCU down to the wire”.
“The way we played was unacceptable”, said Sooners center Ty Darlington said, among the captains who addressed the team. “We’re just not doing that right now”. The Sooners, (4-1, 1-1 in Big 12) dropped 10 spots to 19th after the Texas loss. The Sooners struggled mightily against the Longhorns last week (67 yards). It’s unfortunate because he isn’t able to play up to his full potential but I also think a few of the blame needs to be deflected on the offensive line as well.
At the halfway point of the season and Big 12 teams are either competing or retreating in the Conference standings. “Darlington believes the Sooners will recover. We should be a 5-0 team going to be a 6-0 team”. The Jayhawks were a unanimous selection and are the favorite for the 14th time in conference history overall. “We have a lot of goals still out in front of us”.
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Dallas spent over $82 million on major improvements to the Cotton Bowl over the past decade, a sizable investment that returns $20 million in local spending each year from the game and related activities. A Wichita, Kansas native, Ellis was an All-Big 12 First Team selection last season and preseason selection this year, leading Kansas in scoring (13.8 ppg) and rebounding (6.9 rpg).
