Mayfield threw for 180 yards and a pair of scores also exploited the Pokes rush defense with 77 yards and a touchdown on 11 attempts.
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“This is incredible”, Sooners center Ty Darlington said. We just didn’t tackle well enough. “This team went through so much and battled so much adversity all year”.
An inexplicable midseason loss to archrival Texas was an emphatic game-changer to the OU football season.
With their season over, the Sooners must wait to see whether or not they’re included in the field.
Riding a balanced attack, the No. 3 Oklahoma Sooners took it the Oklahoma State Cowboys for a Bedlam win.
“I didn’t know Notre Dame lost, but you just figure that you’re third and go to a championship game away from home to the No. 9 team in the country and win by [35] points that you’d only move up”, Stoops said. The Sooners have eight wins against bowl-eligible opponents and will have the Big 12 conference title designation, something that co-champs TCU and Baylor lacked last season.
OU and the Big 12 got very good news midway through the third quarter. “Tell them directors to get it right because from the spring to now, we’ve made a great jump and the guys have really responded well, and I’m so proud of the young guys for coming along”. Miketavius Jones made a nice effort to keep Ross out of the end zone on his big return, but that’s the only nice thing we can say about that play. 4 and 5 in the AP poll and likely in the playoff rankings as well, the teams will face off not only for the Big Ten championship, but likely a playoff berth as well.
After losing to the Horned Frogs 28-21 in double overtime, Baylor fell to fourth in the Big 12 standings, but a victory over UT would place it in a three-way tie for second with Oklahoma State and TCU.
In efforts to avoid a repeat, Oklahoma has three huge factors working in its favor that TCU lacked last season. Now, no one is forgetting his name after stampeding for 121 yards in the first half, scoring by way of blazing speed and bruising power. Redshirt freshman Joe Mixon was making his share of contributions as well after bouncing an inside designed play outside for a 66-yard score.
Perine put the Sooners on top for good with a 68-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter.
Rushing Offense: The Sooners turned 42 carries into 344 yards and five touchdowns, including one from Mayfield.
Walsh, who was primarily used in just red zone and short yardage situations during the season, played the entire contest except for one series in the second quarter. Oregon, 9-3, 616 (18) 16.
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Oklahoma State’s offense struggled, but had a few highlights with J.W. Walsh tossing 325 yards for two scores, while James Washington pulled in seven passes on his way to a 169 yard game for the Cowboys.
