A furious comeback effort by the Frogs, who once trailed 30-13, came up just short, when a two-point conversion attempt after a late touchdown failed, sealing the victory for the Sooners.
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With that, let’s check out the game grades for each team’s positional units. But Perine returned quickly and, on his first carry, ran for a 72-yard touchdown.
Oklahoma outgained visiting TCU 320-157 in the opening half, while building a 23-7 advantage.
The numbers from Oklahoma’s aerial attack aren’t gaudy by any stretch. But the Sooners must hope Mayfield bounces back in time for next week’s meeting with Oklahoma State.
TCU played without its star offensive combination of quarterback Trevone Boykin and wide receiver Josh Doctson, but still managed to give itself a chance to tie the game with an extra point with 51 seconds remaining.
All in all, playing TCU could make for a frustrating experience for teams in the spread-heavy Big 12.
The Oklahoma Sooners (9-1) are coming from a 44-34 win over Baylor last week.
“That’s what we do, we fight back, no matter who’s on the field”, Green said. Mayfield has thrown for 3,209 yards, the 16h-most in the country, and 33 touchdowns, the fourth-most in the country.
The Horned Frogs face a tough task against the Sooners, as they haven’t lost since October 10 to Texas. TCU is optimistic that Boykin could return next Friday for Baylor. And had Kohlhausen’s pass been a bit higher, wouldn’t have been second-guessed at all. That allowed the Horned Frogs to put together three straight unanswered scoring drives, capped with Bram Kohlhausen’s 14-yard touchdown pass to Emanuel Porter. Again, a handicap is fair here since these guys aren’t the usual starters.
MSU will get the ball on offense ion the third quarter.
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A TCU punt six minutes into the third quarter pinned the Sooners deep in their own territory at the 8-yard line. The Horned Frogs were 11th in both polls last week.
