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to know yourself to have great self-awareness uh certainly celebrate successes along the way but man we've there ain't nobody um that is where we need to be right now and so we got a lot of work to do and this gives us another opportunity a different type of challenge this week a wounded dog coming in here a well coached football team a group of coaches that have been incredibly successful they've got a talented roster and they're trying to figure out stuff that we're trying to figure out finding the right guys to put on the bus and then put them on the right seat and so they'll have some shuffling around we'll have a little bit of shuffling round as well that's just part of you know figuring your team out Houston on offense big experienced quarterback that they got back there what have you seen uh from Houston on tap offensively again we studying Donovan all the way back to last year you know he threw for 22 touchdowns which was fourth best in the conference uh has taken over, 1600 snaps in the Big 12 and so this is an experienced athletic UM quarterback he's thrown for over 60% on a on a through the course of a year and he's in a new system and they're trying to figure out what they you know how they want to utilize them he can run he can throw it since so Ken is back they got three deep and they're all almost clones and they'll have some packages where two quarterbacks are out there and um and then they have a brand new group of guys up front that they're trying to work through uh you'll see a variety of personnel groupings 11 and uh 12 two tied end some three tied end person Personnel sets as well and they'll give you everything from empty to end over sets and four and the Back Field uh defensively they're aggressive uh they've got some real Playmakers at all three levels there linebackers and the secondary and up front and it's a group of guys that you know again if you look at uh UNL from a year ago that was a really highly successful averaging around 48 points a game a year ago and uh you know they held them well below their their um total yardage numbers their points totals and so that's a group that that's going to come in here you know uh confident Willie Fritz kind of known as a program Builder he's been doing it for a long time from watching him from afar what's made him so successful um he he keeps things simple he's about the basics he's about the fundamentals he can identify people's strengths and puts them in the right position to be successful he's going to utilize all three phases and make sure that they're playing in unison uh so the field possession uh not giving up explosive plays possessing the football getting it to the fourth quarter and then uh putting them in the right play so offensively they they do a lot of checking at the line of scrimmage to make sure they're in the right run the right pass the right protection uh so they don't take a lot of negative yardage plays and then they they do a really good job of development of the talent identifying good talent maybe undervalued and then getting them you know a lot out of that Talent you channeling the spirit of Bud Wilkinson tonight for this I mean you know hey look um nobody has you know more respect and appreciation you know for what Oklahoma football's represented for such a long time and what it means to so many people and um so high expectations and high standards uh standards always Trump those expectations but um so to be able to to recognize the the past teams um it's been a lot of fun for our players as we've tried to educate them on what those past teams and the past coaches uh what they've represented and uh so this has be a really cool opportunity for our guys to um have a little extra juice if you will you know you you hope that's not the motivating factor but they will um and I think the fans will have a great appreciation for what they see as well should be fun go get them coach appreciate you thank you Boomer that was the Bronze Fresh Market Fresh take with head coach Bren vinales bronze Ice Cream and Dairy Stores Farm Fresh for over 50 years it was the best of times it was the worst of times for the Sooners in last week's opener going into week two U leads the nation in turnover margin at plus six but they are dead last in third down conversion after going just 1 for 12 against Temple let's pause 10 seconds for station ID this is Sooner football from learfield as the transportation partner for sooner Sports backstage limo has the access to help create a VIP experience that lasts a lifetime more than just a Luxury Transportation Company backstage allows you to travel with privacy style and Excellence gaining backstage access to the Oklahoma City area lifestyle we are 50 minutes 5 away from kickoff and when we come back we'll head down to the sidelines to check in with Chris plank he's got an eye on who's in who's out in those fabulous throwback uniforms tonight Plus a check-in with our guy news 9's David Payne on tonight's weather and Teddy Layman's keys to the game OU Houston game two of the Season here in Norman this is Sooner football from learfield for more than a hundred years Oklahoma Career Tech has connected students and businesses with Career Training opportunities we help students explore their passions and we help adults learn new skills for new careers we work directly with Oklahoma businesses to make sure you get the skills employers need employers today care more about skills that's why we offer training in school districts and Technology Centers Statewide more Oklahoma value Workforce education than ever before Oklahoma Career Tech a Workforce Solution Devon energy and Oklahoma Athletics bring you Devon Sports lab an interactive sports clinic that teaches the science behind the sport students Elevate their game by learning from the experts their favorite U student student athletes learn more at devans sports.com Devon energy commitment runs deep Boomer Sooner the 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beat Texas A&M and the Sooners won 102 games during those 11 seasons and three national titles and that is our stat of the week and I am Dennis stats Kelly this week spotter shook Spotlight Shines on new transfer tight end bow sharp the redir Jr has been a welcome side early for sooner fans who've been clamoring for production from the tight end room sharp hul in five receptions for a team leading 47 yards and the opening touchdown of the season in his sooner debut the last tight end to score a touchdown was Austin stogner against West Virginia last season the last tight end to have five or more receptions in the game was Braden Willis against Texas Tech in 2022 the last tight end to lead the team in receiving yards well that was also Bron Willis in the 2022 Red River rivalry game which shall not be talked about anymore here's hoping the Jackson Arnold Bowers sharp connection won't grow dull the rest of the way hey sooner fans this is sideline engineer Tom shes with this week's did you know did you know cougar fans support their team by flashing the cougar sign made by folding the ring finger and thumb down toward the Palm this tradition dates back in 1953 when their cougar mascot lost a toe in the cage door on the way to a game with University of Texas who then mocked uh by imitating the Cougar's injury turning the tables cougar fans soon adopted that gesture as a symbol of pride now you know Boer sooner how about that I had no idea the stat of the day brought to you by o oerb if you want to better understand how oil and natural gas power Modern Life let Mike Row America's Storyteller introduce you to the people who will make it all happen go watch their stories o.com mikro Mike's adding new videos all the time and our Cavender Auto family did you know sooner history brought to you by Cavender Auto family sooner Nation drives with confidence from Cavender this is the OU Health countdown to kickoff presented by U health proud to be Oklahoma's Flagship academic Health System 43 minutes to kickoff and let's head down to the field for the first time our guy on the sidelines again tonight the great Chris plank Chris thanks Toby Vibes were high out of the party at the palace they have continued inside the the palace itself Gaylord family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium unfortunately we do have to bring you some injury updates not in uniform tonight or at least in shoulder pads is Nick Anderson looks like he's out again tonight unless there's a great rope a do coming no toan Mulla tonight and again as Bren vinal said this week Troy ever is close but he is not in uniform tonight we did see Branson Hickman suited up shoulder pads and everything but he has not gone through warm-ups at all in fact Gabe ier is down in that South End Zone where the Sooners have been working with the offensive line who looks healthy who looks in on that offensive line Gabe well I Jake Taylor looks like a guy that's gonna play to me and with with the way that he's warming up I would expect him to be your starter at the right tackle position so you're looking at some combination of seon and Tarin I'm guessing with no Hickman that would mean you're going to get Josh Bates at Center weu is Going to Be Your Right Guard that's the one you feel like you know where he's going to be but yeah with the way that Jake Taylor is going through warm-ups I expect him to play guys and Toby that's a great sign last week Jake Taylor did not play but was suited up Woody Washington did that as well so we'll be keeping an eye on snaps for Woody Washington who is dressed out as well here tonight all right thanks guys it's time out for Teddy Layman's keys to the game brought to you by Kona Ice Teddy your keys to U Houston tonight well first and foremost week in week out this is always going to be the same number one dominate the line of scrimmage um defensively last week you can check the box on that offensive line not so much I think uh we need to bounce back this week it sounds like we're getting healthier on the offensive line we need to dominate both sides on the line of scrimmage number two the vertical passing game we hit on a couple of plays or we had opportunities on a couple of plays in week one that needs to be more of a threat for us we need to start testing defenses down the field and the results of that are going to trickle down into the running game and number three no explosive plays on defense uh we've done a good job like you can tell the difference with this team the communication no mental mistakes we should be able to contain Houston's offense today no problem the only thing that could keep them in the game is if we have issues on the back end a guy not in the right Gap in the running game and we let something get out of the gate for an explosive play and they get into the end zone if we can limit that not not limit it eliminate that and we should be just fine Teddy's keys to the game brought to you by Kona Ice need a moment of pure Bliss Kona Ice has you covered we're mobile and stocked with the most delicious flavors you've ever tasted come visit us and enjoy a nice cup of our premium shaved ice well for the second consecutive weekend to start the season the weather could not be better Chris plank is down in the El Chris oh to this is absolutely fantastic the fans have rolled into the palace early there is a great atmosphere there is a great feel and let's get that weather update because Vibes are high the weather is great what you got David Payne all right soon Nation get ready boy it's been a beautiful day down in Norman temperatures right now into the mid to Upper 70s we have Sunshine we have a Northeast Breeze this evening when the game starts here shortly low 70s and through the game temperatures drop off into the mid 60s by the third and fourth quarters looks amazing at the palace this evening for Sooner football we'll have that light Northeast wind throughout the entire game as always David Payne with your sooner game day forecast despite the lack of rain this week after having a lot of action last week the turf on the field looks great not a lot of clotting with the dirt fields in great shape for game two that was David Payne the Oklahoma weather expert with your news9 game day weather update only on Oklahoma's news9 well the Sooners are locked arm and arm at the 20 yd line and they have started their March to the end zone this is a great tradition new tradition that Brent ven coach vbl has the t-shirt on like you told him to t-o yeah he's got the uh Bud Wilkinson t-shirt the only thing is it doesn't look like the medium one that was in the photo shoot it looks a little baggy but I like it more conservative look on game day yeah he's not showing off the muscles quite as much but looks like all the coaches Chris are are rocking it right they all they all are it's going to be cool if they stay with it for tonight Teddy who's your Devon energy big impact player to watch tonight I think it's going to be Grayson Holton um he had a fantastic week one against Temple and the offensive line for Houston really struggled in week one against UNLV I think Grayson Holton is our best attack defensive lineman uh you know we we've got some guys on the the interior that are big and strong and hold the point he is the guy that's the quick twitch up the field fly off the football and I think this is the perfect game for him to have huge production Grayson Halton your Deon energy big impact player to watch Devon energy commitment runs deep U's 2024 football games are available in Spanish on exodos 96.5 FM in Oklahoma City and 101.5 FM El Patron in Tulsa with our great friends Enrique and Louis you got to listen to them as well as on those stations website and also on the varsity Network app each o you broadcast features pre and postgame shows presented by Cavender Auto family check out at loore Sooners we are 37 minutes to kickoff when we come back tonight's defensive starters it's U Houston 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Weatherford High School here in Oklahoma defensive tackle 65 Jaden Jackson true freshman from Indianapolis the other the nose tackle 52 Dominic Williams 61 junr out of torren California TCU transfer freshman All-American at TCU and at the other defensive end number 32 the lawyer R Mason Thomas 62 Jr from Fort Lauderdale Florida and Chris plank you've got R Mason in your waren cat Spotlight yeah let's first hear what his coach has to say about him Miguel Chavis was our guest on Coach's Corner this week with Gabe and I and I had to ask about R Mason Thomas and absolutely in love with his ability and his want to is Miguel Chavis just being very active you know just being who he's who he's been and and so improving and he's always hit me up he's got his iPad at home and watching and studying trying to get better last year Bren vinal said he has one of the highest SE highest ceilings on the team he battled injuries ankle injuries dude was 17 years old Toby when he arrived on campus in 2022 and came in at just 222 lbs he's up now to 243 I've heard Teddy Layman call him the best natural pass rusher the Sooners have if Oklahoma can do to this offensive line from Houston what UNLV did last week could be a breakout night for R Mason Thomas Packers 28 Steven Daniel stutsman 64 senior out of windir Florida a team High six tackles a week ago 273 career tackles now for Danny preseason All-American preseason First Team all SEC his running mate number 10 Kip Lewis the 6-1 sophomore from Carthage Texas cheetah 15 Kindle Dolby coming off a good game a week ago he had a sack 511 senior from Springfield Ohio U six takeaways against temple two of those interceptions one of those belonged to Kai Walker at one corner number 26 62 Jr Louisville Transfer out of saani Georgia at the other Corner Dez Malone number four four career interceptions for the San Diego State transfer the safeties number two Billy Bowman he had a fumble recovery last week preseason First Team all SEC out of Denton Ryan High School he's a senior and number 22 Payton Bowen 6 foot sophomore from Denton guy the Sooners allowed less than 200 yards total last week to Temple they also combined for six sacks defensively for Houston at one defensive end Keith Cooper 65 senior out of Dickinson Texas hillware number five he's their best pass rusher at least statistically 11 and a half career sacks played against U when he was at T Lane back in 2021 had a sack and a blocked field goal last week against UNLV the nose guard is 92 Carlos Allen 61 Junior 295 out of Atlanta Kenesaw State transfer Gabe you've got Carlos Allen in your waren cat Spotlight for Houston yeah I really like what I've seen from Carlos Allen on tape plays with really good pad level hard to get underneath cuz he's listed in at 61 guys but I stood next to him on the sideline he's maybe 5'11 but I truly believe he wouldd be in a bigger program if he was a couple inches taller I like the physicality he plays with we saw U's interior offensive line struggled to create movement at the point of attack last week against Temple Carlos Allen is not going to make it easy tonight with the way that he plays that defensive tackle position for the Cougars so I've got my eyes on 92 for Houston's defense nose tackle number 18 Anthony Holmes 62 295 sophomore out of Houston and the dog or the other defensive end number four Rush end Brandon Mack 63 senior ol Miss transfer the linebackers one of whom's a sooner a former sooner number 25 Jamal Morris 6-2 senior from Houston transfer from OU and number 44 is Michael baton 61 senior from Houston transfer from Louisiana Monroe I asked the Houston play-by-play voice Kevin esen Felder who the best players are on this U defense or this Houston defense and he mentioned a couple of secondary guys defensively lron McCutchen is is probably the the guy that everybody points at but AJ Hy is another guy too he he's he's a safety he was there last year he was transfer out of New Mexico uh he's a guy that just really he had an interception this past week and I thought he was uh I thought he played really well he mentioned Latrell McCutchen there Chris plank he'll wear number one another name that should sound familiar he's a former sooner as well he'll be at one corner tonight for the Cougars and in your Spotlight he is one of five members from the 2021 recruiting class for Oklahoma that rank number number six in the country that will be on the field tonight of course four of those with the Sooners Danny stman Jalil faroo who unfortunately is out Billy Bowman and Ethan DS but Latrell mccut and the fourstar out of Austin LBJ was a high school teammate with Andrew makuba who is now a Texas boy he had a sit out last year and it's kind of unique because it was an old transfer rule right he didn't have his undergrad degree before he transferred from USC to Houston so as a second time transfer he had a sit out a season called it the hardest thing he ever did due to the transfer rules he said game days were the worst day of the week and actually brought tears to his eye he wasn't even on the field or around the team when they would go on the road but after Isaiah Hamilton transferred out in May to go to Old Miss he stepped up to be their number one guy be fascinating to see if Latrell McCutchen can make an impact in his return to Norman the other Corners number 12 a Johnny Carter 6-2 senior Utah straight transfer Utah State I should say safety's number eight Trail web 511 sophomore to Lane transfer the free safety number two the aforementioned AJ Hy career leading 190 tackles he had an interception last week against UNLV he transferred to Houston from New Mexico and the anchor of the nickel 15 Hershey mclen 62 senior from Friendship Mississippi that's another name that could sound familiar he played against U last year when he was at West Virginia in fact he had nine tackles against the Sooners in that game a year ago we'll take a break offensive starters coming up next we 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17 of 25 against temple four touchdowns no interceptions 141 yards passing running back 27 is Gavin Sauk just 136 yards away from 1000 in his career but Gabe hker I think we'll see a lot of Javonte Barnes tonight as well in fact he's a captain and he's in your Warren cat Spotlight I thought javante Barnes looked very explosive last week now limited Touches for him last week but one thing that I really liked from last week's game was the two back set with Javonte Barnes and Taylor Tatum on the field at the same time I think we're going to see more of that two back set in this football game with some of the injury issues at the wide receiver position I hope that that package in Seth L tril's offense continues to grow and I expect Javonte Barnes to get some more cares tonight with just how good he's looking physically I'm hoping we see a lot of number two because he's looking explosive and he's looking good Chris is that the goat that was just on the field down there Patty gasso absolutely guys we got an injured goat yeah she's got a a right arm that has been fractured fracture of the right wrist so she's waving people home too much yeah that's exactly what happened she was waving someone home and boom it just snapped because it happened so much but really cool to see her helping out our good people here at Coca-Cola at the game today and Chris is it Friday that we're unveiling the statue yes it is as a matter of fact it is we're going to get the Patty gaso statue right out front of L's field now this was slated to be unveiled during the season but we had weather issues we're going to do it during the spring game and we had weather issues so the good Lord wouldn't ruin another Patty gaso statue unveiled this Friday over to L's field should be fun I feel like she can control the weather she's the one that is bringing the bad weather so that she doesn't have to sit through it offensive line our best guess is this left tackle Michael Tarin number 70 66 senior USC transfer left guard Jacob ston number 76 out of Deer Creek High School 66323 Jr the center Josh Bates looks like he'll get the start tonight number 64 red shirt freshman 6339 from Durango Colorado Right Guard Fai wewu 64 Jr from Capel Texas North Texas transfer number number 54 and the right tackle great to see Jake Taylor back tonight number 79 6631 sophomore out of Las Vegas white outs number six Dion Burks what a debut last Friday three touchdowns his first uh the first sooner with three touchdowns in a debut at wide receiver preseason third Team all SEC here's what his offensive coordinator Seth Latrell said about him this week he's been awesome since he been here not only um you know stepping up as a leader but really coming in and um you know works extremely hard um you know he wants to be great um he wants to be coached hard um he wants to be pushed by coach Schmitty you know and uh always trying to find as many different ways for him to get the ball in his hands throughout the week and uh you know having enough touches on there um whether it's through the play action pass game or uh maybe it's through the Run game or some of the screen game and so um you know and that's all of our players Burks needs 160 yards for 1,000 career looks like Brenan Thompson will also start it wide out tonight number 15 59 JR out of Spearman Texas Texas transfer and number five Andre Anthony 61 senior Michigan transfer hoping to see him back in the starting lineup tonight looks like that could be the case at tight end Teddy Layman Bowers sharp had the first touchdown of the season a 14y last week and he is in your Warren cat Spotlight tonight yeah he was one of the bright spots a week ago and I expect that to continue you know as an offensive coordinator you're going to find what works find guys that have good production and reliable and that's what Bowers sharp is I think his his role in this offense is going to continue to grow 64 junor out of Dothan Alabama Southeastern Louisiana here's what Bower sharp said about catching that first touchdown last week it was awesome it meant it meant so much just to for the Lord to put me in this position I am right now um it was surreal for sure for my mom too and so she was in The Stance crying but yeah it was uh yeah it was awesome as for Houston on offense they weren't any better really than the Sooners on third Downs barely better two of 15 against UNLV they managed only 38 rushing yards last week and allowed six sacks it was a tough night offensively they're hoping for better tonight led by quarterback Donovan Smith the former Texas Tech Red Raider wears number one 65 235 out of Las Vegas had rotator cuff surgery in the off season last last week he went 15 of 30 135 yards did not have a touchdown two picks Teddy right back to you Donovan Smith for Houston in your Warren cat Spotlight tonight that was difficult week for him last week UNLV got after them up front but he is a big solid athlete they're going to use him in the running game they'll run counter they they'll run some quarterback lead they'll get an empty and run draw with him I think they're going to try and get the ball out of his hand quickly tonight uh move the pocket with some Sprint pass and boot stuff uh maybe some screens on the outside on the perimeter just to try and help him out a little bit running back 23 Parker Jenkins expected to get the start 511 sophomore out of Houston he was their leading rusher a year ago only 17 yards though last week offensive line left tackle 77 David and duway 66 JR out of Atlanta Western Kentucky transfer left guard 66 pton Dunn 663 25 junor from Brandon Miss Missippi a ULM transfer the center number 59 Demetrius Hunter 62 310 sophomore from Orange Texas Right Guard 72 tank Jenkins their only returning starter on the offensive line 63 320 senior Texas A&M transfer and 75 Jake Wy 66310 senior out of Aurora Colorado UCLA transfer the tight end number 13 is Jaden York 64 Jr from Austin he transferred from Texas Tech like his quarterback and the white outs zero is Joseph manjack ivth Great Name six touchdowns in the last seven games for them 6' three he transferred from USC number four Jonah Wilson red shirt freshman 62 out of Houston and number five Stefan Johnson former OSU Cowboy 6 foot Jr also from Houston starting lineups presented by simple modern Oklahoma owned simple modern is the official drink wear partner of OU Athletics simple modern good everywhere and tonight's spotlights were presented by Warren cat Warren cat is a proud sponsor of sooner Athletics contact us today for your Earth moving and power generation needs search Warren cat we are 15 minutes to kickoff and we'll take our final pregame timeout intro video coin toss Final thoughts and kickoff coming up next it's U Houston game two in Norman the is Sooner football from learfield Oklahoma Seth Wadley Chevy Buick GMC in Pauls Valley is known for a winning selection price service and a world class service 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as the Sooners pursue win number two rolling right AR wants to throw lobs caught touchdown bow sharp touchdown Oklahoma knocked in the air by an old add it to his old man that's a pick it's Kai Walker what a play tonight can the Sooners of today honor the Sooners of the past keep their record unblemished and take another step forward in this historic season we're about to find out it's football time in Oklahoma Jase Spence pette reverse skate Far Side Up and balls loose lay around picked up on the Run Kon he's to the 10 he's to the five touchdown now it's Prime Time under the palace lights it's the Oklahoma Sooners and the Houston Cougars here we go live from the palace on the Prairie historic Owen field in Norman Oklahoma this is Sooner football here we go it's football time in Oklahoma on the sooner Sports network from learfield caught busted intercepted and they're not overturning this one going to launch one deep down the sideline looking back and he caught it at the 21 falling 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Memorial Stadium game two of the Season tonight between the Oklahoma Sooners one and on the year and the 0 And1 Houston Cougars let's check in down on the field with our guy Chris plank one of the story lines that uh we've talked about all week long and Toby you brought it up with the coaches tonight the alternate uniforms representing the OU teams from 1945 to 1956 coach katum in that run so was obviously the legendary Bud Wilkinson but Gabe perhaps we've all seen the picture whenever the sooner team wore these same Uniforms on August 30th of ,3 Teddy Lan looked pretty sweet in that number 11 wild side note from that Oklahoma won that game 37 to3 but guys 83,7 fans it was the first crowd of more than 880,000 to witness a sporting event in all of Oklahoma because Trot was the first game since they added the upper deck Ted you had to feel pretty fresh in that uniform and with that Crowd Oh I loved it that was awesome what it rain like cats and dogs it rained that picture of Teddy in the rain all time picture football guy uniforms were awesome it was uh that game was a lot of fun that's as they get further and further away uh it's harder to remember everything but that one stands out for sure a lot of hits to the Head since then and before that too and an underrated aspect of it we talk a lot about the uniforms and the jerseys themselves but guys I dig the helmets I think it is a special look for this team on what is shap up to be a special night here in Norman now Joe cleone was in the booth as he always does stops by before the game he said that that uniform the 2003 U throwback started the alternate craze in college football he said there wasn't a schools doing it before you know it that was Whenever there had started to be a bunch of like the people were wearing like throwback jersey so like people would wear like the Barry Sanders Oklahoma State jersey that was kind of a a na craze at the time so yeah I think he's right all right well a new tradition that started last week the marching band The Pride of Oklahoma staying on the field and forming a uh tunnel for the football team to run through and then they will Sprint into their seats over in front of the student section after that as we await the arrival of both teams the captains have made their way to the mouth of the tunnel and trying to figure out how to to get around the banner so they can find Chris plank I think that's been one of the hardest things is for the captains when they come out to work their way around by the way Toby does give us an opportunity to talk about the junior captain of the game orthodontic's exclusively proud to sponsor the junior captain of the game Junior Captain is the Ultimate Fan Experience as Houston takes the field for children grades 3 through 7 today's Junior Captain is 12-year-old Rowdy Johnson what a name rowy from the seventh grade at Tuttle Middle School visit either location in Norman or South OK for your free orthodon exclusively consultation Houston going with the white jerseys bright cherry red pants and helmet tonight they've got the uh logo in white on the side of those helmets the visiting team makes their way to the far sideline and we await the arrival of the Sooners boy does it look like Houston brought a very limited roster here or am I just looking at it strange let's go to the video board big screen right now showing live video of the team making their way out of the locker room and toward the intro Donald and here is your [Applause] video if these walls could [Music] talk they'd tell you about 47 straight [Applause] [Music] ricked by [Applause] Brick we built a [Applause] monster a monster fed by all Americans Heisman Hall of Famers first round picks with the first pick NFL draft in Championship Oklahoma puts his head down and he's Off to the Races the most spectacular play of the day and Oklahoma team just as National Champion perhaps the greatest college football team in the history of the game but created it now it's time to unleash it there's only one Oklahoma once again this week it's Baker Mayfield as the team makes their way onto the field led by the sooner Schooner it Sprints across the 50 yd line and heads to its home the Northeast tunnel of Memorial Stadium and the Sooners in their throwback jerseys tonight Crimson tops white pants and helmet with the double Crimson stripes down the side Chris we go down to you as we get set for tonight's coin flip our officiating crew t is from the Big 12 Conference led by referee Steven Baron he has already made his way to Midfield with tonight's umpire Marlo Fitzgerald interesting side note about Steven Baron this is only his second year in the Big 12 his claim to fame I guess you could say was when he was in the Mountain West and he climbed into the stands to tell the UNLV band to stop playing during a game against Air Force that won't be the case here tonight as Kendall Dolby Jake Robert Zack Schmidt and Ethan DS make their way to Midfield to meet with the Houston captains the next voice you hear will be that of Steven Baron and his big 12 crew as we get set for the ceremonial coin toss and decide who will get the football to start this game everything going smooth as far as the greetings and salutations are concerned here we go here we go Oklahoma this is my coin I've got heads I've got Tails showing Ethan DS both sides of it now they're showing J both sides of it what is your call his call is Tails tails is the call sorry what Tails tails is very clear coin is in the air in his Tails he won the top def you want to defer you want the B Houston wi the toss they will defer until the second half Oak we start fo how about our Junior Captain Johnson learn how you can be a part of it with Orthodontics exclusively proud supporters of the junior captain of the game Sooners get the football first unlike last week it's time for our final thoughts before kickoff Teddy we always start with you final thought well key number one for me was dominate the line of scrimmage and uh I love love the fact that we get to jog out there right now try and set the tone for the entire football game with this offense run the football right at and hopefully take advantage of that go over the top Chris PL gab biker final thoughts before kick off as the Guns and Roses classic Welcome to the Jungle Bellows throughout Gaylord family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium tonight Gabe I want to see a jungle The Vibes are high in pregame the energy has been unmatched so far this sooner crowd can make a big difference I'm Juiced for this atmosphere what are you looking forward to Gabe I want to watch this offensive line got a new lineup still got some guys banged up but no one cares you're on the field you have to perform you have to execute they did not play up to the standard that they have for themselves in that room last week I look forward to seeing how they perform tonight Oklahoma will move right to left in front of us here in quarter number one that means backs to the South End Zone Houston's Jack Martin to kick it away an SEC Big 12 Showdown Saturday Night Under The Palace lights Oklahoma and Houston here we go Jack Martin steps it off Billy Bowman deep to receive alongside Gavin Sauk Martin the kicker encouraging his team to spread out a little more he says points left points right headed toward the football toad to leather and we are underway it is a highend overend kick that will come down five yds Deep In The End Zone on the first o in Oklahoma Billy Bowman takes a knee and the Sooners will start at the 25 well U took the opening drive for a touchdown last week against Temple let's see what they can do here tonight before this opening drive let's quickly pause 10 seconds for ID this is Sooner football from Le field Jackson Arnold in the shotgun Gavin saw chunck the running back double tied endep first snap of the game as a pitch Jet Sweep to Dion Burks and it's blown up for a loss Burks going left to right met as soon as he got the football by Keith Cooper all the way back at the 19 yd line a 6yd loss well they were sitting on that one uh they I don't know what that stunt was they ran up front but unblocked came right up the middle and look like they were anticipating that play I can explain it here in a little bit in motion Bowers sharp it is a handoff to Gavin Sauk that gets a yard and that's it from the 19 to the 20 and after going just one of 12 on third Downs a week ago the sooner first third down tonight will be a third and 15 and this is the trend that we've seen over the last couple of years you until until we get people out of it they're just going to crowd the line of scrimmage on us until we start pushing the ball down the field Houston's coming out right out of the gate doing it now they're going to drop eight it looks like freshman Speedster Zion Reagan into the game back to pass Arnold steps up throws late near side short catch caught by Bowers sharp who flips his way back to the original line of scrimmage the 25 but he's tackled there and the sooner offense goes through three and out on their first try boy it's tough whenever you take a massive loss on the first play from scrimmage and and I think that's how we started the game last week right but we got some good positive yards out off of it we're able to take the Deep shot to Farooq on the next play Luke El zinga's first attempt of the night the punter Makai Muse Georgia transfer deep to receive he stands on his own 26 just over a minute and a half into the game here awaiting the snap and now it's back elzinga left footed kick is a high spiraling driving kick backing used inside his 20 he touched it but it bangs off of him and rolls down the sidelines pick it up the Sooners dive on it at the 10 I think he touched it let's see the ruling yeah sooner ball a muffed punt by maai Muse I'm sure we'll look at this again it almost rolled out of bounds but it stopped about a yard shy of the sideline and Oklahoma jumped on it I think was it jacobe Johnson that that didn't know I don't think he must on the field the ball was touched by the receiving team recovered by the kicking team it'll be first down it's Lewis Carter that jumped on the football we got fortunate there that you know jacobe Johnson it's hard you can't hardly blame him sometimes you just don't see it but and he's trying to let that ball run out to get as much most yardage as possible it's good that we saw some guys on the back end saw that touch and came in and piled on it I I assume this one's going to get reviewed I will say the returner did not act like a guy on the field as the ball was touched by the receiving I saw te jumbo it wasn't apparent in live action it sure looked like it it it happened right in front of me and that he could not have act acted calmer which usually is an indicator that he didn't touch it but we'll see oh no well right there it doesn't look like he touched it what they're showing in the stadium yeah the ball doesn't see what about his right hand off the bounce right there yeah like his right it doesn't look like the spin of the ball changes any but reminder call on the field is U ball and that he did touch it so you need conclusive evidence that he didn't Toby I'm glad you said that because that was one of the points during and I understand we have big 12 officials tonight but that was one of the points the SEC hammered home during SEC media days the reviews have to be beyond beyond a reasonable doubt if you will uh with evidence that truly overrides what happened on the field the initial call on the field is presumed to be the right call in a situation like this I don't think he touched it but I don't know if you can conclusively prove he did it's wild though that how you know 80,000 and the official right there on the sideline we're absolutely sure it did after the review the ruling on the field stands first down wow well that means U gets the ball at the 10 yd line and for the second straight week Lewis Carter makes a play in special teams he forced the fumble last week that led to the Jared knic touchdown and now U's got it first and goal at the 10 yd line quickly one turnover four wide receivers set against Sawchuk on the right hip of Arnold in motion Shar there's the snap play action throw slant caught goal line touchdown Brennan Thompson first touchdown of the season for Brennan Thompson and Oklahoma off the muffed punt is in the end zone They strike first well there you go like like on series one you've got Houston piled in there to the box to stop the run and great job by Jackson Arnold reads that that heavy defense pulls it out late and throws a beautiful ball into Brenan Thompson who not an easy catch there but great job by Brenan Thompson nice execution Tyler Kelner your SEC special teams player of the week on for the extra point try it is up and good and with 1259 to go first quarter it's 7 nothing U touchdowns brought to you by Air Comfort Solutions Air 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whether or not the returner touch the ball but heads up play from Lewis Carter and when you get those opportunities good to see him take advantage of it absolutely I mean we saw it last week the offense did not convert as many of the turnovers into touchdowns that they wanted to and immediately special teams gets another turnover offense converts right away cashes it in so that's exactly what you're looking for from Oklahoma's offense you know one other thing too to keep an eye on guys uh they didn't even really get a chance to go back and debrief as soon as the offensive line got to the sidelines the coaches were getting handed their iPads and legit had to give it right back because they didn't even get a chance to look over those first three plays so the adjustments being made now as we speak after the first four offensive plays and the sooner up T 7 nothing got to give some credit too Ted to Luke elzinga that was a great Punt and it drove Muse back kind of discombobulated him a bit no I I agree and I don't know I guess into the wind a little bit maybe and be interesting to watch where this kickoff ends up but yeah absolutely he's he's been really solid and uh should be a weapon Force Ted you're right it is to a into a fairly light win but it made a difference Brian B deep to receive for Houston there's the kickoff it's returnable comes down at the 2 yd line right side to the 10 15 breaks through to the 20 up ented at the 21 took a hard hit got folded in half great coverage Kip Lewis the leading uh edge of the tackle we got a flag the hold on Houston that's going to push it back a little further guys boy that was excellent coverage there those guys were flying down real physical there whenever you know that thir the return holding receiving team number 33 10yd penalty and forcing the spot of the foul first down spot where it looks like the two armies meet each other uh Oklahoma across the board was winning those battles pushing everyone from Houston right back so the 12 yd line is where the Cougars will start this first possession for them on offense Woody Washington starting at corner did not see him last week can I Walker at the other corner and now whistles before the snap and what do we got now defensive line as expected Downs Jackson Williams and Thomas is that pton Bowen at safety with Bowman Bowman and Bowen at safety stuntman and Lewis linebacker and Kindle Dolby a cheetah so the only change from a week ago is Woody Washington starting instead of De Malone all right here we go everybody ready now from the 12 Houston going left to right Sanford the running back and they'll hand him the ball sweeping left M smash spins away Falls forward to the 11 that's still a one- yd loss Danny stutsman into dropping tackle for loss there great job by stutsman but uh Jay Jackson just flying up the field just totally ruins that play and gives a big gap for stman to run through and make the tackle great job penetration kills all Zone runs and my goodness Jaden Jackson second and 11 Cougars go with a bunch formation left into the line three wide outs one to the right man in motion left to right Smith set to throw for the first time immediately Under Pressure gets rid of it caught at the 10 by Johnson the former Cowboy backing his way to the 19 between tacklers that's a gain of eight it'll bring up third down in two or three Brit vbl is out on the numbers letting a who's the guy that can I Walker on that Miss tackle he was hot about it I we had a pressure issue there they they brought a motion across we had a pressure coming from the weak side and I think with the motion my guess is now that there's number two displays to this side uh Kip Lewis turned into the Blitzer and someone was supposed to pull out of it and I don't think we got that adjustment DJ Terry and Grayson hton check in on this first third down for the Cougars on offense it's about two and a half yards to gain play clock down to three Smith SS a in a motion one late snap whistles before the s and Willie frit used a timeout to save the delay of game there's a flag down but I think he got the timeout first head referee Steven Baron Houston has called their first timeout of the half 32nd timeout 1120 to go first quarter play because of the timeout was called seven nothing Sooners you got something down there Chris I'm just going to say something to keep an eye on guys that sideline for Oklahoma has already been worn twice so Oklahoma got dinged a couple of times last year but they haven't had the official warning yet but the side judge has been all over it throughout the first handful of defensive plays in this series warning for being out too far on the field yes being out too far on the field absolutely all right Gabe you said I'll explain later you want to explain now that the first play that was a disaster yes so they I don't know if you guys noticed they pulled the Right Guard in the right tackle so you're hoping in that situation that GT counter that GT counter flow is going to take the linebacker going to take everyone's eyes that way and you're hitting him with the quick speed sweep well when you run GT counter at the center position when you running GT counter at the center position you're blocking back and typically a defensive lineman when he feels that block back from the center either plays into him and then tries to cross his face or just tries to cross his face immediately because the ball's going the other way right well ball didn't defensive end did not try to play across bat's face straight up the field made the play quick break third down for Houston when we come back this is Sooner football from learfield lime is not always just a lime you see some limes are lucky for when a lime Jo joins The Salted rim of a crisp refreshing dressed Tois that lime is no longer a mere lime but a wedge of renowned Mexican leemon much gracias Leon and also theala enjoy theis responsibly copyright 2024 theis imported by S mik White 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first down of the game seven nothing Sooners Le we're four minutes into this one first quarter Houston from their own 29 going left to right on their opening offensive possession sooner scored after they were stopped on their first try and Houston muffed the punt oh you got the ball at the 10 and it in from there on a Brennan Thompson 10yd catch snap Donovan Smith fakes the handoff rolls left sets up now he flings it far sideline incomplete lots of contact here comes a flag woody Washington was on the back of Joseph manjack and I think he's going to get a pi well I think it's I'm hoping they don't flag kall Dolby for coming in with that hit as the ball was uh already over the head just saw the interference Defense number five b plac at the spot of the foul automatic first down I think that's a terrible call the receiver slipped and fell down in his route and as the DB was breaking on it he stood back up to try and I mean I I think that's a bad call but I honestly don't know how you call that whenever the receiver goes down in his route and then is trying to get back to his feet with the set the defensive player trying to go make a play on the ball 4 31 yd line in Houston territory first and 10 three wide receivers with a wing left pistol formation Jenkins the back they're going to hand it to him runs right folded up at the 44 tackled there it's a first down run of four by Parker Jenkins pretty good job there we get uh the quarter coming up and fitting that run on the outside whenever he's that hard flat player he can come and insert in the Run game and you saw Kai Walker come up and do that cut that running back in half second and six as we near the 10-minute Mark first quarter Jenkins this time to the right of Smith big 6'5 235b quarterback the Texas Tech transfer takes the football going to throw quick out pattern that's caught right at the first down marker by Jonah Wilson he's able to turn it up field into sooner territory to the 45 10 yd gain that's a tough spot to be in out there whenever you're on that island and coverage you you've got all of that grasp between you and your teammates and if you're worried about anything deep you give a little bit too much of a cushion and they're going to take advantage of it on the stop routes all day long you got to be able to come up and be a really sure tackler and not give them anything after the catch Kaden Ward Trace Ford Grayson Halton all check in on the defensive line third first down of this opening drive for Houston Stacy sne now at running back for the Cougars from the U 45 Smith back to pass another Quick Pass near side that's caught at the 40 tackled to the 37 maai Muse the catch 83 Kindle Dolby on the tackle but it's a gain of eight well we're bringing pressure there up the middle and we are a year late and we've got our defensive backs on an island out there if we're going to bring a pressure you got to have better timing than what we had right there you get zero pressure and you've got DBS with no protection over the top that have to give cushion Cougar's nearing field goal range second and two sooner in a four-man front Smith looks back at the far sideline seven to snap it the center Demetrius Hunter sends him the football to hand off to sne up the middle got not quite enough for the first down he's tackled just shy of the 35 so a gain of only one it'll be third and half a yard here looks like we got maybe a friendly spot on that I thought he had maybe the knee went down before he rolled forward but that was a good physical one-on-one tackle there by stutsman coming up all alone there on the edge Sammy O Omigo is in third and half a yard ball sits between the U 36 and 35 yd line Sooners lead at 7 nothing we near the Midway Point first quarter under Center Smith with Jenkins deep behind him snap play action rolling right looking deep Smith still looking bu right throws deep late across it is a diving catch made at the 15 Joseph manjack and the cougers are in the red zone that is tough good hard play action that's why I love whenever people go under Center the play action works so much better and then they're working some deep crossers there we're in good coverage initially the problem is once you get into that scramble drill it's just so hard for those defensive backs to hang on and makes a nice throw on the run outside the pocket there executed really nicely by Houston cers have taken the ball from their own 12 to the U 15 first and 10 two wide outs double tight end pistol formation Man in Motion left to right that shoulders and whistles before the snap we got a flag down I don't know if they got it off or either a timeouts been called again delay of game offense 5yd penalty first down did not get the timeout in time and that'll back him up five to the 20 Mid First Bank is a premier partner of OU Athletics and your exclusive home for the U Visa credit and debit card go to midfirst.com Sooners for details midir Bank member FDIC 643 to go first quarter 7 nothing OU first and 15 from the 20 Smith sends Johnson In Motion snap play action wants to run and he's caught in the back field and dropped Samy Oso got him back at the 21 a one-yard loss boy it almost looks like he was trying to do maybe an RPO and his receiver on the other side didn't get the call and was just going up the field stock blocking the the corner there or maybe that was just a a quarterback draw play but either way didn't didn't get executed very well 10th play of the drive for Houston second and 16 now from the 21 Smith straightens up looks back to The Far Side play clock at five now he's ready claps his hands and takes the football it's a hand off to Jenkin sweeping left bam sat down right at the line of scrimmage another Danny stutzman tackle that's at least three on this opening drive and it's third and 16 three tackles and all of them really physical look at this good pad level by stman drives the hips really good play there you could tell you know at 64 240 plus pounds and you meet stman in the hole good luck knocking him backwards we sold him short six tackles on this drive by Danny STS wow that's how many he had the entire game last week third down and 16 cred to frenzy snap Smith back to pass looks right runs back left he's caught in the back field dropped that's a sack Dominic Williams his first in the sooner uniform all the way back at the 25 boy what a play there and you see we just had the three down lineman up front and I don't know who it was on the near side jump they were trying to get a a quick little screen play to the outside and someone jumped it like crazy the corner on the near side and he had to pull that down and eat it and we're quickly up the field at the interior defensive line good job good team Defense Joseph Kim did the p last week Jack Martin the field goals this is Kim trying the field goal and it is up and good a 41 yd field goal by Joseph Kim and the Cougars are on the board for the first time it's 73 now U at 429 to go first quarter tonight's broadcast brought to you by Coca-Cola crisp refreshing and irresistibly tasty is Coke Zero sugar the best Coke ever try and decide this is Sooner football from learfield I'm Mike Rowan the last time I was back here in Oklahoma I got to hang out with some local rock stars maybe you've seen these guys they drilled 2 and 1 half miles straight down through the Rock and then 3 miles out in various directions to find the oil and natural gas we all still need in other words these rock stars used to have to dig dozens of individual Wells but now with horizontal drilling they only need to dig one that's a song I can sing along with check out the rock stars of Oklahoma oil and natural gas and enjoy their latest hits at o.com FL micro you bring the grit we'll bring the power go full force this fall with battery powered tools trusted by the pros from mowers and blowers to chainsaws and trimmers steel AK battery system includes interchangeable batteries that 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honest and fair this is what drives us 73 Sooners now with 429 to go first quarter and we are joined by theall Hall of Famer head coach Bob stops howdy coach good to be with you guys great to be with you sir I appreciate it Toby did he touch that punt or not what's that did he touch that punt or not on did you see that play yeah it hard to tell I don't know uh got to go with what they called right yeah what do you think so far coach uh you know slow start it's it's okay um again I don't I don't know act uh just let everybody settle in and you know keep playing ball one possession each so far with 429 to go first quarter and the sooner is about to get the ball back it's disturbing one rushing yard and minus one for Houston we've got one and they got negative one yeah it's not what you're used to although when you get the ball down in the Red Zone you know it's different we had that big negative yeah that I know that reverse play Jack Martin to boot it away Billy Bowman deep to receive his first kickoff was a Touchback this one shorter returnable Bowman up to take it at the five right side to the 10 15 tries to come middle of the field tripped up though at the 15 yd line look like there may have been a little bit of a a gap would have taken it straight but they may had a left return on is it just me but this isn't the NFL right but they're doing the uh XFL UFL kickoff off you know MH they kick it from the 35 they just kick it out every time why even do it just say we're going to kick it out and put it at the 30 why even go through the motion I was surprised the NFL most I thought I thought they'd put it at the 30 or the 25 where it has there's a return right they're still just going to kick it out but whatever Sawchuk Arnold on the keeper over the left side to the 20 yd line he lowers his shoulder and he gets it to the 22 no slide seven ydd gain I love the uh athlete that Jackson Arnold is yeah you don't have to worry about him taking a hit he can run that's that's a big Advantage I think through the year that's going to make a difference satuk and bar both in the game hand off Barnes sweeping right trying to get to the corner he's got it 25 first down 30 and wrapped up there out of bounds around the 31 look at the speed of javante Barnes well I like that you know that that look we saw a little bit of it last week with the two backs there and I our all of our backs have really good speed so I think that that hand sweep stuff being able to gain the edge out of that split back look could be a big weapon for us nyd run how about this Tatum is in Taylor Tatum's first snap split backs with Barnes back to pass Arnold Under Pressure steps up in the pocket he'll run and he got a few yards looked like he was going to be sacked but he got three to the 34 athleticism gets him out of it what's that Gabe late scan by the back is that who should have had that looks like Barnes was scanning late and I I just I don't think he ever saw him coming Ted it was tough it was it was pretty delayed he came from way outside V sharp checks back in as does zion Reagan he's high side of the field second and seven back to pass Arnold across the middle throws a dart but it's through the hands of the intended receiver Reagan and falls to the turf incomplete third down how we feeling about the uniforms you guys love oh love them they look great do you think I wish they had black shoes like Teddy when Teddy was there with us we mened that in the pregame that did look cool it's it's crazy how much the shoes can kind of change the whole look of the uniform changes everything third down Arnold looks right looks middle takes a deep shot looking for brenon Thompson and he missed it threw it over his left shoulder needed to put it over his right shoulder and the Sooners will kick it away another failure on third down well it was good protection there and he stood in there had some chaos surrounding but trusted it and I don't know if that was a mix up with where they were supposed to end up on that route or not but would have love to connect on it 250 to go first quarter Sooners lead at 7 to3 Luke elzinga who had a great punt first time that led to the Muff is on the field again maybe they'll muff it again well he he same guy Muse is back yeah the Georgia transfer High hand in punt this time fair catch called for and it is taken at the 28 and that's where Houston will start their second possession of the night 73 Sooners in Front 242 to go here in the first quarter coach I did want to ask you about um you know we got injury reports coming we found out this week would you have hated that no I I don't mind I was always I never HD much I uh you know what if everybody's has to do it I'm all for it I don't do you do that in the XFL uh yeah oh yeah yeah yeah I I have no problem with it and I I never hit much 29 yd line Houston I didn't feel like I needed to like look so and so is going to be out so and so is going to play he's just as good don't worry about it you know brette takes it to the 30 it does seem like that as the years have gone by football coaches have gotten a little more paranoid about that kind of information getting out yeah I don't we got Conor stallions now so yeah you got to worry about that kind of stuff don't you yeah some guys are paranoid some aren't I don't know I I never felt like I was much but I didn't want to you know do anything I didn't have to so but I I never hit much second and nine hand off to Bernett again defense one yard to the 29 or to the 31 it'll be third and eight well we already you know what I love is the depth at linebacker and you see Kobe McKenzie out there now he's playing the Mike and stutzman has moved over to play the will and you know it's going to be tough to run on this group with those two big boys playing backer Robert Spears Jennings also in the game at safety uh-oh third and eight trips right Sanford the back shotgun snap Smith straight drop looking right steps up flushed throws across the middle high catch flag is down this could be a touchdown Williams in the open field caught from behind at the 32 was he across the line of scrimmage looked like he was flag it looks like the ref is the Back Field though yeah I think he was behind the line holding offense number 77 10yd penalty inforced in the previous spot third down well that's where they've gotten us though so far as a couple of the extended plays that's when it gets really hard on the back end you know if the quarterback's able to you know kind of break loose from the initial Surge and get outside and create some different time those all the route Concepts break down you're just trying to hang on to whatever you can but then you get broken routes and that's tough tough on DBS third penalty on Houston backs it up to the 21 and brings up a third down and 18 with 108 to go in the quarter Oklahoma leads at 7 to3 probably be real conservative here on this call I would imagine trips right one left Smith has it looking across the middle throws it back left side screen and it's caught far side with room to run 30 35 pushed out of bounds I think just shy of the first down marker hardly anybody over there 37 yd line that's a 16 yd gain but they needed 18 boy this is a real good play design you know you've got the trips to the right and the back is offset to that creating the four and it's that they fake that little drag screen where the number one receiver comes back behind the line of scrimmage and they instead of bringing the back to the front side to block they hide him and he skates back and they throw that running back screen to him pretty good play design and luckily we sniffed it out late enough to be able to get that push out of bounds Suter go punt safe here on Fourth and two Willie Fritz waited to send the punt team on the field but he finally did it there's the kick Lefty far sideline Billy Bowman calls for a fair catch dropped it jumps back on top of it I was talking to Brent early in the week and Willie Fritz is a huge uh analytics guy oh really so he goes for it on fourth down like more than about anybody wow so there there there you have the punt safe the so Brent's aware of it and uh interesting you know the analytics someone tells you to go for it on your own 36 yd line and Brent and I were talking like I tell the guy to go fly a kite where some guys are like I'm going for it so uh and anyway you see that throughout the NFL NCAA now and uh Brent and I were talking about that earlier in the week that's good stuff 19 yd line U starts this possession so watch for that though through the game that they may go for it on fourth down even in their own territory more than more than most people would swing pass to javante Barnes he lowers the shoulder and delivers a hit at the 20 took it to the 21 for a short gain of two could be the final snap of the quarter if they want it to be but it looks like they're going to speed up here a bit second down and eight trips right one left Barnes the back Arnold has it hand off Barnes right side room 25 first down 30 skipped by a guy out near the 35 explosive run for javante Barnes he looks good doesn't he I mean he's he's coming downhill he's putting his head down they're trying to snap it again quite do it they can't quite get it off before the first quarter ends first downs brought to you by paycom score big by empowering employees to do their own time out learn more at paycom.com so the first quarter ends when a 13 yd javante Barnes run Sooners they'll have it first and 10 from their own 34 when we start the second leading 7 to3 coach we didn't get to chat with you very long tonight because of the way the timeouts fell so our apologies but it's always a thrill to have you hey always good to be with you uh Toby you and Teddy and uh you're a little easier than Teddy but hey I'm used I'm used to Teddy so all the best and uh hopefully we have a great game all right go enjoy the last three that's Bob 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got of violation they nearly got the penalty earlier in the game for using up all the play clock so they're going to slow it down they're going to try to really really make this game more of a minimal possession game how do you see the Sooners countering from what you've seen so far from this offense and the defensive adjustments yeah I think that when you look at U's offense it's about getting the Run game going and I love what I've seen from javante Barnes during this during this last series and I think that stuff that two back set they can really build on it but if you're Oklahoma's offense you you can't really be com con concerned at all with what Houston is doing offensively you just have to operate the way that you want to operate but yes plank it's clear Houston wants to reduce the the possessions in this game by the way we got a heck of a backourt and front Court here in the South End Zone Chad hren and Trey young here tonight T nice that's a Firepower pistol formation for U to start the second quarter from their own 34 Barnes deep three wide outs tight end right man in motion is sharp play Action Jackson Arnold deep drop looks deep lets it Fly Brennen Thompson got it 35 yd line in Houston territory and wrapped up at the 32 second quarter starts with a deep strike well that's a great play design Burks runs the over route to draw that middle safety then they hit Brennen Thompson screaming across there beautiful ball by Jackson Arnold 33 yds quick snap hand off up the middle Barnes charges to the 30 knee down they say shy of the 30 short gain on first down I love the violence that Barnes is running with tonight though you see him help that offensive line on that side just because he's coming downhill get that surge on that side get create that positive yardage JJ Hester in for his first snap he's to the near sideline sooner is going left to right that's north to south here in the second quarter double tight end left one of them Sharp now goes in motion to the right Arnold's got it going to throw quickly caught that is Burks at the 25 to the 20 first down carrying the pile to the 19 RPO Gabe that looked decisive yeah that looks much crisper than some of those situations from Jackson Arnold last week that looks really good Ted Sooners in the Red Zone brought to you by Delta dentl the state's leading provider of dental benefits they want to go fast snap Arnold looking to throw pocket collapsing around him trying to get out he spins near side still looking now he'll run it 20 down the sidelines tip toes to the 15 got a good chunk of yardage all the way to the 13 almost sacked and picked up six really good job there initially good protection and then he starts to leave the pocket and I don't think there was a breakdown at all he just got a little Happy Feet in there and was able to spin out and go the opposite direction pick up some positive yards if they protect him like that more often he'll learn to trust it second and four Barnes on the handoff up the middle runs into a pile keeps his feet moving reaching for the 10 they're going to say down at the 11 gain of two it'll be third and two Sooners 0 for two tonight on third downs one for 14 on the season they haven't had a whole lot of these though third and two as Cade McIntyre tied end out of Fremont Nebraska checks into the game antenna up here Seth Latrell was with us on Coach's Corner this week Gabe had a rave reviews for Kade three tight ends in and one of them McIntyre split out near sideline he's off the ball he's about to motion across and a timeout has been called by U hey guys one thing to keep an eye on Jake Taylor who is battling through multiple injuries Oklahoma has called the first time out of the house he he does not look comfortable out there right now he just took a shot got to what kind of looked like his rib area and he's he's struggling a little bit we'll keep our eyes on 79 down here sounds good thank you Gabe 12:32 to go till halftime Sooners lead 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then McIntyre split wide right but he is offset now he goes in motion as you said Teddy there's the snap play action lob inzone Bowers sharp no Jake Roberts touchdown wide open beautiful play design well I love that you bring the different Personnel grouping in you got that short yardage defense is going to be selling out to stop the run and good play action fake just leag that tight end through the middle of the defense get the the motion coming across with the other tight end to create some chaos in the back field that's really well uh well designed got to be a cool moment for the Roberts I was just going to say man a lifelong sooner fan went to Norman High School I was in the Norman area excuse me Norman North Norman North what an absolute moment for Jake his mom Kristen his entire family his brother Nate Big Time moment sisters a volleyball player at ni clean level athletic family just an awesome moment to see Jake Roberts hit perer here and on this night on this celebration of the greatest era of Oklahoma Sooner football to see a lifelong Die Hard sooner fan score a touchdown pretty awesome that is cool extra point is good touchdowns brought to you by Air Comfort Solutions your total Home Solution for plumbing heating air conditioning and electrical make the winning call today we did have a review by the way opening possession of the game and I failed to mention that our reviews as always brought To Us by Noble McIntyre at McIntyre law the law firm you should turn to for all of your personal injury needs Teddy that drive looked better yeah I really like that saw some great stuff from Jackson Arnold hit that deep Crosser to to Thompson that was excellent Barnes got the running game going a little bit there uh some nice different Personnel groupings here really nice play design there to cap it off that was a nice drive drive summary brought to you by the Fowler Automotive Group after this kickoff there's the boot good one driving that'll be a Touchback as it sails deep into the end zone eight plays 81 yds it took three I that's that's the best Drive of the season so far right I mean Jackson Arnold four for four passing on that drive for 57 yards the big play of the 33 y to Brennan Thompson yeah just and it was a beautiful ball he hit him perfectly so it's 14 to3 now and Houston will start after the Touchback from their own 25 new corners Dez Malone and gentry Williams in the game it is Bowman and Robert Spears Jennings at safety right to left Houston sooner showing pressure on first down Smith's got it quick throw lob down the far sideline man falls down and it's incomplete and let's see if he's okay it was intended for Jonah Wilson who was running free after Gentry Williams slipped and fell but fortunately the pass was overthrown they're they're waving they're waving to take him out of the game right now last week Gentry only had 16 snaps I think Daddy Gabe you guys have talked about it he's been battling a myriad of shoulder issues and he fell right on that shoulder that's been an issue kind of flexing his hand coming off the field not good Kai Walker replaces him hand off Jenkins up the middle bam sit down Danny stman planted it one yd loss at the 24 danman what de cleer he's on one tonight I think he likes these uniforms I don't know what it is but look at that just sna the hips I mean right in the sternum beautiful third and a little over 10 Houston two for four on third down so we got 1150 to go second quarter trips left one right man in motion snap it's a handoff on third down up the middle not much Jenkins got one maybe one and a half they rant it on Third and 11 and Houston's going going to have to kick it away well I think stutzman was in on that one too what a game he is rocking people when he arrives to the football we just got to get him to change that helmet that is nine tackles before halftime incredible it's a helmet it it clearly supposed to have a visor on it and it does it looks interesting without the visor 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health to be Oklahoma's Flagship academic Health System 20yd Punk return by pton Bowen and the Sooners leading 14-3 have the ball good field position at their own 41 to start this possession Gabe you mentioned during that timeout we were just chatting feels like Oklahoma kind of taken this game by the Scruff of the neck right now yeah that's how it feels to me feels like this offense has found the Rhythm feels like this offensive line is starting to find some confidence starting to make create some more movement in the Run game and I I really like how Jackson Arnold's decision making seems to be it just seems to be crisper and a little quicker three wide receiver set Reagan's in sawchuck it back the speeds to Reagan top of the field quick throw Far Side caught by bur hit hard immediately but he hung on at the 45 it's a foury yd gain we haven't seen last week or this Dion Burks be able to get you loose yet right Sooners over the ball quickly second and six Arnold handoff sweeping right s shuck met at the line of scrimmage Falls forward for a yard haven't seen him get loose yet either it'll be third down and five 46 little bit different angle on that zone play right there like they're trying to take it a little more outside got cut down from the back end but I like the I like the style slant batter caught by burs he's loose 45 to the 40 up ended at the 39 yd line he got a little bit of Running Room Dion Burks 15 Y into cougar territory first downs brought to you by paycom score big by empowering employees to do their own payroll learn more at paycom.com boy he explodes whenever he catches the ball he's got a little bit of room Jackson 9 of 11 passing for 85 yds two touchdowns so far and the Sooners on the March again Arnold handoff sawchuck bounced sideways couldn't get away no game hit by Keith Cooper the defensive end well it looked like he had something out to his left initially and kept it inside maybe a little bit too long maybe he's trying to set the backers up before he bounces it but chased down by the defens of in second and 10 from the plus 39 Arnold's got it play action looks right steps up wrapped up dropped sack couldn't get away from Cooper there's that guy again who's celebrating first sack of the night for Houston and Oklahoma's got third and long it looked like Arnold wanted to get rid of that ball quickly and then had to hang on to it he set up in a weird spot in the pocket looked like he was too far over to the edge and off that play action and kind of walked himself into that sack there it's third and 14 let's see if they try to get some of it this is go for it in fourth down range if you could get at least half of it here maybe four wide outs Barnes the running back right hip of Arnold 8:34 to go second quarter Oklahoma leads 14 to3 Jackson back to pass looks left throws left caught first down 25 yd line then the ball pops out and Houston falls on it is this a catch and a fumble or incomplete or was he down Bowers sharp the catch and now they say it's an incomplete pass well he got I think he had it and he took a weird hit and went spinning in the air down the field is an incomplete pass third down as just it's whether or not that ball was knocked loose when he went spinning in the air cuz if he secured it and hits the ground that was a four down isn't it it's Fourth Down we'll take the extra down he dropped it I think it's yeah no no no okay it's in complete yeah what a ball though it was a dart he just got spun and hit in the back whenever he was in midair and it and it came out from my angle it looked like he knew he was about to get hit and kind of tried to spin and protect himself elzinga trying to pin him deep in over in toward the far Sid line fair catch called for and taken at the 10 yd line nice job there sooner settle for a punt that's disappointing but good job by elzinga and Houston will start at the 10 after a TV timeout with 809 to go second quarter it's Oklahoma 14 and Houston three 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high level I'm I'm really really impressed with what he's playing through he's a that's what you want for an offensive lineman straight Tough Guy Houston from the 10 809 to go second quarter quick throw out to the side caught at the 10 yard line by the receiver manjack who tiptoes his way forward then we got some pushing and shoving over there on the sidelines Dez Malone no flag they're going to give him all the way out to the 17 so a seven yard gain on first down seven I love stutsman and iGo arguing about what they were supposed to do on that last play stord kind of threw him over there and he end up getting the tackle and they get up and they're still arguing over it Mustangs jacobe Johnson in at corner first time we've seen him tonight second and four we'll call it from the 16 Smith the quarterback has it fakes a pass now he pulls it down pump fake wants to run got a blocker bounces outside first down pushed out of bounds into the bench but he got it up for the first takes it out around the 21 boy that's really a pretty good job by Dez Malone it looks like he's turning it down here but he saw that Donovan Smith had a blocker out in front of him and he knew if he pulled his gun and got pinned inside that could be a long run so he fought outside and over the top of that blocker to keep it from uh getting outside of contain that was a pretty good job Trace Ford checks in Woody Washington as well Woody at the kind of a nickel or or maybe at the cheetah here first and 10 from the 21 Donovan Smith hands it off Sanford up the middle across the 25 then pulled back by Woody Washington day there a nice first down chunk though got about five good job by Woody Washington closing down he's the overhang player he's in a tough spot after he sees that handoff he crashes down on the inside makes a nice tackle and gets rewarded with a crushing shot to the face by Robert Spears Jennings coming from the the Deep safety spot starting tackles Jaden Jackson and Dominic Williams back in second and five from the 26 we're down to 615 to go second quarter Oklahoma leads Houston [Applause] 14-3 Smith looks at the sidelines three to snap it now he takes the football fakes the pitch runs it himself breaks one tackle Dives forward for a yard or two leis Carter in on the stop we'll give him just one yard to the 27 third down and four upcoming and this is the third lineup we've seen at backer with stutzman out there stutzman with Kobe McKenzie with Kip Lewis and now Lewis Carter crowd gets loud Houston two of five on third Downs they got a third and fourward here they go three wides with a tight end left that's Malik Carr running back Stacy Sneed moves to the left side of Donovan Smith who changes something with his o line now backs into the gun has the football he will hand it off Ste sweeping right sees a wall of crimson he's wrapped up push back won't go down now he will oh somebody came in and lit up the pile no gain Payton bow and capped it off it'll be fourth down I think it may have been Woody Washington that came up and ended it with a shot right to the chest great read by Danny stutsman he's in perfect position to kill that thing initially and then everyone else comes to the party Robert Spears Jennings who was rsj that shouldn't surprise us no and the Cougars will punt Lefty end overend line drive fair catch called for Bobble drop diving for it Payton boing got back on top of it second time tonight that an U punt returner has dropped the punt first it was Billy Bowman this time pton bow and both times fortunately got back on it and the Sooners will start at their own 39 that punt was weird it looked like it it was kind of like a half knuckle half tumbling football and he miss read it hit him right in the face mask and right out there to uh let him know about it was DeMarco Murray who coach is a returners not happy welcome back to the sidelines to Marco one other injury update Teddy Toby they've taken Gentry Williams back to the locker room so limited action tonight looks like his might night may be done we'll monitor potentially return in the second half Logan Howland in the left tackle Jake Taylor to ride tackle from the 39 Sooners leading by 11 play action Arnold rolls right throws right that's caught Reagan Zion Reagan his first career catch takes it into Houston territory to the 48 a nice gain of 13 that is that that's Tarin to right tackle isn't it correct tarwin to right tackle Howland left tackle Tarin right tackle now first and 10 Sooners in Houston territory another play action down the far sideline under through Reagan or Thompson this time he had one-on-one coverage Brennan Thompson and it'll be second and 10 I mean that looks like a bad throw he's got him beat right there and I don't know I'm wondering if he he felt like he was in in phase and wanted to throw it back shoulder but with Brennan Thompson you probably always just send that one out there but another good Blitz pickup by javante Barnes that's two or three tonight really well done second and 10 from the Houston 48 keeper Arnold runs it himself got wrapped up at the line of scrimmage and thrown back by Carlos Allen that's your guy in the pregame Gabe loss of one back to the 49 he's a good player that's just one where he's he's looping out on the little twist game there Ted yeah went backside Arnold keeps it right into him all right here we got one of these third and Longs again third and 11 this time from the Houston 49 with 345 to go in the half back to pass Arnold deep shot near sideline for Reagan over thre him out of bounds boy did you see that collision between Barnes in that linebacker another another great job by Javonte Barnes he's probably given up 30 lounds and he he goes 100 milph massive Collision that backer Sooners are going to have to punt last two possessions they've taken the ball into Houston territory and not been able to get it into field goal range we're down to 341 to go in the half elzinga able to pin him on the 10 yd line last time let's see what he can do here it's Muse inside the 10 waiting for it snap back there's the kick high end over in Muse backing inside the five he'll take it at the three and he is wrapped up at the three yard line great [Applause] [Music] coverage Jaden Hardy The Freshman and then Robert Spears Jennings come in to help they're going to spot it at the four Great punt great coverage boy Hardy does exact this is a pooch punt territory you could see him go hard to the goal line and then Loop and instead of going directly to the returner he's worried about the ball going into the end zone so he's doing exactly what he's supposed to do and then when he sees the returner catch it he converts and he's in perfect position to make a play that is awesome execution and a horrible decision by Muse correct remember last week same part of the field late first half U forced to turnover and score let's see if they can do it again here it's a handoff sweeping right Jenkins cuts it up the middle to the five that's all got one yard to the five it'll be second and nine good job I think that's our Mason Thomas in there and Kobe McKenzie Kip Lewis coming in late this is the first series we've seen without stutsman out there PJ adaba R in for the first time tonight you got PJ on one end R Mason on the other second and nine from the five 301 to go second quarter this is a glimpse of the future right here with PJ in at defensive and the two young backers Kobe McKenzie and Kip Lewis in there Houston huddles up now Donovan Smith moves under Center last time he did this they went play action for a deep shot there's the snap going to hand it off this time bouncing it sideways nowhere to go I mean they just cannot get any room in the running game Robert Spears Jennings oh no a little slow getting up for rsj and we got two guys official timeout for an injured player it looked like one of those situations where maybe he fell on his foot fell on his foot and like knocked the wind out of himself hopefully I think soen kind of fell on top of him too yeah was kind of an odd play there yeah he's holding his stomach timer please reset the game clock 23 230 he's up but now he's stopped at the 10 yd line it looks like they're looking at his right leg couple of quick injury updates gave that was Jake Taylor they took took into the injury tent for a little bit so we'll see if he can yeah it's not looking good for him he's he's given it everything he's got the fans realize that Robert Spears Jennings able to walk off the field under his own power and they checked with Brennan Thompson just after that last series The Athletic trainers came over just checked to make sure he was okay because uh after the slide he didn't come back in the game but all looks to be well with Brendan Thompson for Oklahoma so uh hopefully good news two here on Robert spars Jennings who was able to get to the sideline under his own power stutsman back in Michael boganowski in for the first time tonight on third and eight alert all cougars Michael boganowski is patrolling deep just going to leave that one alone Smith standing on the one yd line awaiting the shotgun snap we're down to 210 to go in the half Sooners have two timeouts if they want clap of the hands no football yet play clock down the 10 we're under two minutes to go now and now whistles and a timeouts been called the two-minute time that's a two-minute timeout the timeouts been called by the NCAA thank you get used to is it yeah I forgot about that thank you very much time out on the field we'll take it with them tonight's broadcast brought to you by cocacola crisp refreshing and irresistibly tasty is Coke Zero sugar the best Coke ever dry and decide this is Sooner football from learfield some days you hit snooze but not today today you have to go on a run to get burgers for the tailgate you've got to haul something heavy a cooler stocked with Bud Light when you've got beer and football nothing is hard until the other team scores Bud Light easy to drink easy to enjoy enjoy responsibly 21 plus copyright 202 24 and Heiser Bush Bud lightbeer St Louis [Music] Missouri the University of Oklahoma and sooner Sports properties would like to thank our concession Partners anheiser Bush cletcher original corny dogs Coca-Cola The Baked Bear Community Coffee Taco Mayo Wonder folk and Boomerang Diner and hey sooner fans download the Chick-fil-A app and order your favorites ahead of time 14 three Sooners lead a low-scoring first half with exactly two minutes to go we're at the two-minute timeout Houston facing a second or third and eight from their own 6yd line when play results think people just now realize Trey young was on the big screen getting a round of applause for the sooner grade who is here in Norman for the game tonight see border Moser there behind the Atlanta Hawks point guard Toby good catch on your part Robert Spears Jennings we got good news didn't even come over and get too in depth to the attention of the athletic trainers already standing outside the defensive huddle I don't know if he's going to be back in here on this play but looks like he's going to be okay going forward for the Sooners you got to be a superstar to go sunglasses at night guys like Trey young he's pulling it off Chad hren sunglasses at night too t Cas in point all right what do you what is Houston going to do here T they be conservative or well they're in an interesting spot you know if if they were if they were two yards deeper in their own territory I think they would but my guess is they're probably going to move the pocket they've had some some success getting Smith outside the pocket a little bit here and I mean it just doesn't seem like Willie Fritz is interested in being like super conservative the last time they had a a down and distance similar to this a long one backed up they threw that running back screen and got a lot of yardage out of it so I don't know my bet would be Sprint pass some trying to hit something on the sideline Robert Spears Jennings back in boganowski out on Third and eight from the six three wide outs tight end left the back is sne Smith stands on his one sooner showing Blitz they bring pressure handoff sne bounces it outside he got to the 10 he's met at the 12 he's trying to get to the first down marker he won't get there though a yard and a half shy and the Sooners will use one of their two remaining timeout B with 147 to go in the half well they tried to our defensive end came underneath I don't know if it was a call but came underneath over there are Mason Thomas Oklahoma has called their second time out of the half timer please reset the game clock to 14949 was a dangerous play because that receiver over on that side was lined up in crack position which means he's tight to the core and whenever he came under we almost got pinned on the inside and would almost gave up that Edge would have been an easy first [Music] down well first half is not done but so far defense still looks good special team still looks good they've made a game-changing play in the first half offense still kind of looks the same as last week right Ted not Dynamic so far right yes and no I mean there's some things I've seen from the offense that I actually really like uh they just you know I think Arnold took a sack on that I think was probably his fault there's been some negative yardage plays you know we took a shot on that last one on first down which I don't mind but didn't connect and it got us you know off schedule Billy Bowman now back to receive this punt it's toward the far sideline Billy says get away from it it's sailing out of bounds Bo they're going to get good pH field position here look at the 45 they're side judge of the 50 still going down the field into Houston territory stops at the 46 the Houston 46 generous there the entire break Toby the entire break Teddy that that the Sooners had on defense Jackson Arnold was on the iPad on the phone when he came off the field he had slammed his helmet in frustration but talked through it with Seth Latrell felt like he saw a few things guys whenever they got that film study here for a frustrated Jackson Arnold that last possession got to would least get into field goal reach here 142 to go in the half one timeout Sooners lead 14 to3 from the plus 46 three wides Burks Thompson and is this Reagan down near side here it is yes Reagan goes in short motion snap to Arnold wants to throw rolls right throws near side floats it deep oh that was a dangerous pass it falls incomplete looking for Burks that's probably the most dangerous looking pass Arnold has thrown this season but he got away with it second and 10 that's cell route or 973 you got a vertical on the outside you run that little fade as as the intermediate and then you've got the flat route you're trying to put the flat player in a tough position and he sank deep there should have taken the underneath throw second and 10 quick throw caught on the edge dropped on the Edge by Brennan Thompson they were setting up a little uh screen for him he had blockers in front but couldn't hang on Third and 10 it's classic took his eye off at last second to look up Phi to try and make a move is that Burks holding his shoulder coming off what you don't like to see that the athletic trainers is on it first people to meet him right when he comes off the field we're right in front of it guys we'll keep an eye on him I think he's one of the blockers out there on that little Stop Route Jaz pedway is in four wides on Third and 10 from the plus 46 yd line Arnold to throw three-man rush has time looking now flushed right throws near side it is incomplete Reagan near the sideline backing out of bounds trying to keep his feet in couldn't hang on to the foot ball and the Sooners go three and out don't gain a yard well that's a good throw yeah should have caught it you got to make that it drills him in the face mask I know he's he feels that sideline getting close and he's trying to be aware of where it is with his feet and just lose his concentration on catching that football Chris keep us updated on Burks whatever you looks like a left thumb that they're working on guys and he seems to be in pain here's the kick by elzinga third straight time trying to pin Houston deep fair catch called for bounces at the six and then carams into the end zone took a big hop forward and none of the Gunners could get there in time to save it so Houston will get it at the 20 kind of low trajectory on that one too didn't have much hang time for those guys to get down there uh that I thought that last throw from Jackson Arnold was really nice and the protection I feel like overall is improved from what we saw a week ago like he had a really nice pocket to throw from there and then decided to escape to the outside to try and create a scramble drill and and had someone I don't see how frisky Houston's Feeling by the way let's correct that looks more like forearm guys they were just stretching that left thumb for Burks okay from the 20 they're going to start with a handoff up the middle a hard hit at the 24 yd line the pile's going to stop there four yd run on first down by need think it was stman in there again it's going to be at least 10 first half tackles for Danny another flush tackle as well tuners have one timeout but we're under a minute to go doesn't look like they plan on using it here frustrating offensive first half U goes punt but got the Muff scored a touchdown then punt touchdown punt punt punt are we surprised they're not they didn't call timeout there hand off sne bounces it back left has a blocker has the first down across the 30 down the sidelines to the 40 ushered out there by Billy Bowman 33 seconds to go in the half that's kind of what I was talking about with Des Mone earlier we see someone Peak inside on the out and get actually Woody washing got held like crazy is how that got to the outside but when you lose contain like that's whenever they can turn it up and turn it into a big chunk on you d David Stone in for his first snap defensively tonight he lines up next to Dominic Williams from the 41 yd line Houston in a pistol Man in Motion right to left play action Smith going to look deep throws across the middle got a man in sooner territory at the 40 yd line it's Stefon Johnson the former Cowboy takes it down near field goal range to the 36 and he's wrapped up there 23 yd pickup 23 Second to go in the half we didn't bring much pressure had a late delay Blitz there from Kip Lewis and wide open in the middle of the field I don't know what pulled us out of the those Zone drops Houston now interested they go fast Smith late throw across the middle caught on the crossing route at the 30 yd line by Johnson again breaks one tackle now piled on at the 29 definitely in field goal range now with 10 seconds and Houston will use a houon has called their second time out of the half 30 second out Houston started this possession just thinking maybe we'll run out the clock here but they got the big play across the middle and now they're going to try to at least get him a field goal before halftime we on that one you running that shallow Crosser and Smith locked his eyes on him pretty quickly I wish Kip Lewis was just a fraction quicker on that play to to come down and and make that tackle he waited that extra count that's how it got around him and able to turn it back up field for for more positive [Music] yards time of possession in this game somewhat concerning Houston 1827 U just 1123 so it's second and three Houston from the 29 and sooner territory 10 seconds to go in the half they have one timeout left Donovan Smith nine of 10 passing tonight for 109 yds Sanford the back Smith quick throw screen to the right caught at the 30 running for the sidelines 26 late tackle mares shoulders the Tulsa transfer 4 seconds to go and they going to have to kick it now as he took it out at the 25 or 26 boy that was really good Pursuit there by the defense kall Dolby trust the guys on the inside of him goes all the way out around the block perfectly done and makes that tackle Joseph Kim made a 43 y going the other way in the first quarter this will be a 44 y kicking it right to left south to North from the right hash red shirt freshman from lton high school the Houston kicker he's got the distance and it is goodi and Houston closes the half with a field goal 146 our scored halftime Oklahoma in a closer than expected battle on this Saturday night at halftime here in Norman tonight's broadcast brought to you by Coca-Cola crisp refreshing and irresistibly tasty is Coke Zero sugar the best Coke ever try and decide the halftime show is next this is Sooner football from learfield this is Coke Zero sugar could I be the best Coke ever try and taste with your ears he those bubbles imagine them tingling on your top busy deliciousness listen to that cascading 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quite a bit better better than they did a week ago I think the protection for Jackson Arnold has been pretty good you know we've hit a couple of things in the running game and then just you know the way the G game unfolded we we kind of went away from that you had a couple of drops on that last Drive Jackson Arnold hits Brenan Thompson in the chest with the ball on that that quick little play and then on the scramble drill it throws a a missile perfect ball to the outside to Reagans and you know he drops it would have been a first down conversion so we still we need the wide receivers to step up Nick Anderson not playing you know I don't know that we found someone that we we feel great yet stepping into that role so um you know I thought javante Barnes has looked really good some of the runs early on he's been really good and Blitz pickup so there's some stuff there offensively that you like you know they pushed it down the field they hit that deep Crosser to Brenan Thompson was a beautiful throw so I don't know it's like it's a mixed bag uh I feel like they're going to get it together though execution wise you know we got to start catching the football though I mean that's four drops in the opener and two in the first half I mean we're on Pace to have eight drops in the first two games you just can't have that Chris down to you at the halftime interview with ESPN Bren vinales told Cole cuick the sideline reporter for ESPN they've got to get Jackson Arnold comfortable not that there was a problem Ted like you just said with protection but they've got to get him comfortable and we should add a little bit frustrated with the way the defense isn't getting lined up Houston's thrown some things at him they didn't see on film so they'll work on those adjustments at halftime today's Riverwind Casino first half Difference Maker has been Danny studman i' got him at 10 tackles seven of those Solo in the first half Ted and like five of them are blowup shots absolute car 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it's 14-13 Crimson tied again Midway through the third ninth ranked Missouri they're having no problems right now with Buffalo it's 31 to nothing Tigers fourth quarter underway Missouri hasn't given up a point now in seven quarters of play and again they are in the fourth quarter in Colombia Florida has a 28-7 lead over Samford 14th ranked Tennessee they're on the road to take on number 24 NC State the balls leading the wolf pack at the half it's 20-3 Volunteers in that one 18th ranked LSU they lead Nicholls 23 to 21 just underway in the second half in that one Vanderbilt there blowing out Alor State 27 to nothing in the third quarter and also this game from earlier today probably the the upset of the week I would say so Northern Illinois NIU on the road taking out number five Notre Dame and doing it in South Bend no less 5 seconds left he's kicking it right to left the win not much he's lining It Up 5 seconds left and I you up 1614 62 y snap hold Jeter kick it's blocked it's blocked it's blocked picked up by niou picked up by NIU the Huskies have done it the Huskies with the biggest upset in NIU history they come to South Ben Indiana and they knock off the number five team in the country NIU 16 Notre Dame 14 the football gods were shining down on NIU that's Andy Garcia with the call from learfield those are your chick filet scores from around the country hey sooner fans order through the Chick-fil-A app and order your favorites ahead of time I'm Jed answorth you're listening to the sooner Sports network from [Music] learfield Oklahoma City and surrounding area Chick-fil-A restaurants are proud to partner with the Oklahoma Sooners add chicken to your roster and feel like a champion order your favorites through the Chick-fil-A app and pick them up at your local Chick-fil-A restaurant to cheer on the Sooners to Victory let's go [Music] Sooners this is Coke Zero sugar could I be the best Coke ever try and taste with your ears c those bubbles imagine them tingling on 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Melissa e October 3rd Gary Allen October 4th Chris Jansen and Easton Corbin October 5th Travis trit October 25th Riverwind is OKC's favorite casino experience four wide receivers set against Sawchuk on the right hip of Arnold in motion sharp there's the snap play action throw slant caught goal line touchdown Brennen Thompson first touchdown of the season for Brennan Thompson and Oklahoma off the muffed punt is in the end zone They strike first 146 Sooners as we get set for the second half quick look at first half stats brought to you by Taco Mile Houston out gained u in the first half 156 to 139 both teams two of seven on third Downs Jackson Arnold goes 10 of 18 passing for 99 yards two touchdowns no picks javante Barnes the leading rusher four carries 27 yards Brennan Thompson had the most yardage through the air two catches 43 yards and a touchdown Danny stutzman 10 tackles in the first half Houston quarterback Donovan Smith 10 of 11 113 yds no touchdowns no interceptions first half stats brought to you by Taco Mayo tap the app and save today Teddy how about your Pike Pass keys to the second half well we got to run the football as I look at it here unless I'm missing something we've only got seven carries by running backs now Jackson Arnold's credited with five um you know I don't know how many of those were called or not but we've got to get the running game going on the offensive side and number two wide receiver play has to pick up two drops um you know one of them critical would have been a third a third down conversion on a really nice play by Jackson Arnold and then defensively we've got to get into the back field a little bit more in this passing game we've got to threaten the quarterback force him to either get rid of it before he wants be careless with the football or get him sacked in the back [Music] field Houston will get the ball first in the second half Sooners kickoff left to right Zack Schmidt the duties looks left looks right approaches the football to the weather leather it's another good kick driving kick all the way through the end zone Touchback it's almost as if someone said let's get a little bit more juice here in the second half on the side lines guys uh a lot of the players who aren't dressed out tonight got behind the sidelines had the towels going had a little extra energy Schmitty was kind of directing the orchestra to make sure that they were bringing the noise they needed to so at the very least the sidelines come out of the second out of the locker room in the second half a little bit more energy than maybe we saw at any point in the first second half keys were brought to you by Pike Pass make it home safe Oklahoma and the sooner halftime show was brought to you by Coca-Cola tackle game day with the Great Taste of Coke Zero sugar is the best Coke ever try and side first snap second half Smith throws it swing pass caught out of the back field by the tight end York he carries it from the 25 to the 32 and we've got an injured sooner Kip Lewis took a a friendly fire shot from I think that's Kai Walker that corner up there he was leaning about to make the play Kai Walker cames come in and put one right on his chest he's got to be a little bit quicker on that misdirection boot play seeing the crossing route coming uh behind the line of scrimmage put himself in better position there where did it look like you took that shot it right on the inside of the shoulder like chest shoulder area yeah that right side he's on his back right now at the 33 yd line it was one of those where he he's got his eyes on the ball carrier he's about to make the tackle so he doesn't see it he's got no time to brace for it at all and you know it that can be the part of your shoulder pad like the front of that delt area that's not covered by any pads at all sometimes whenever you've got those High clipped pads not much protection in that part of your body guys unfortunate news to report Gentry Williams has emerg from the locker room in Street Clos and he appears to have his right arm in a sling underneath the uh the pullover he's got on so that shoulder that's been giving him trouble for it feels like two years now continues to hinder his ability to get on the field oh I don't like the looks of pip Lewis they're helping him off the field here and he just got lit up by his own man and they're holding his right arm as he walks off the field and he is in pain so second and three Kobe McKenzie into replace him it's a handoff and tripped up after a one- yd gain by Kindle Dolby as the ball carrier it'll be third down and two that was Ste on the carry boy when he comes he is an excellent player at full speed speed Kindle Dolby able to make those small little Corrections and change direction and just clips that ankle there and upends him where that probably would have been a a conversion there in the first down Houston two of seven on third Downs tonight Sooners lead the game 14-6 first possession second half man in motion snap Smith hand off sne VI's right got the first down across the 35 spins his way out to the 40 found just enough of a crease to squeeze through the right side of that U defensive line for a run of eight and stman got pulled out of his Gap there there was a Crosser that that came late I think it messed with his vision and bumped him out of his Gap there he squirt that out of there for a first down first and 10 Houston they have out gained U tonight now 172 to 139 that is a stunner Smith deep shot near Sid line and intercepted by Woody Washington and a flag is down no way what a play by Woody but is he going to be called for a pi here one-on-one with manjack I think one handed intered yeah they they both had both hands on each other Woody had his head around which is normally the number one thing you're looking for here's the call pass interference Defense number five 15 yd there's no way I'm sorry that's tough call well that takes away a turnover he's he's in perfect position he's allow to defend the player and he's in perfect position looking at the ball great coverage great interception horrible call the 44 in sooner territory just the second penalty on U tonight Houston closed the first half with a field goal there in scoring March again deep shot side man wide open caught at the 10 touchdown man Jack man Jack in a busted coverage touchdown the first given up by the U defense this season and Houston within two total busted coverage here I don't know what happened the the secondary was messed up I saw kindall Dolby and Bowman trying to have a conversation out there about how they were going to adjust to to whatever it was and they didn't get it right someone on the other side it was a total bust I don't know who was supposed to be over the top of that but the corner was expecting to have a safety deep and there was no one home Houston going to try to tie it here they're going to go for two from the three yd line they put the ball in the 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Oklahoma a lot less breathing room it's 14 to 12 the sooner is the lead it with 1350 to go in the third quarter that's 1315 to go on the field with Gabe ier I'm Chris plank all right to was the first blown coverage of 2024 for the Sooners and Gabe while we try do to diagnose what went wrong what do we need to see go right for this offense here to start the second half because as Bren vable said heading into the halftime locker and they've got to get Jackson Arnold comfortable how do you do how do you accomplish that how do you do that I I mean Teddy mentioned it and his keys to the second half you have to get the Run game going you look up there at the scoreboard only 40 yards rushing for this football team these guys on the offensive line you have to start moving people off the football if if you get the Run game going everything else Falls in place offensively and I I actually think the protection for Jackson Arnold has been pretty good when they've had to go to the drop back pass game but we need to get that run game going and in fact we're keeping an eye on some injuries obviously still waiting to get some good news hopefully on Kip Lewis and gay pointed this out pton Bowen kind of struggling moving around we'll see if he's going to be able to get back out there for the Sooners in that next series it is Sam Franklin deep to receive this kickoff there's the boot it's high it's short it's returnable Franklin up and now a fair catch called for by Bowers sharp at the 14 or 15 yd line so the Sooners will start [Music] there Frankl was cat yeah that was that was dangerous territory right there usually if if you have to go backwards at all as one of those guys it's it's not your ball but fair catch called for inside the 25 and you get the ball at the 25 so that's where the Sooners will start all right they need to go on a drive here this game's getting uncomfortable Howland at left tackle Tarin at right tackle same lineup we saw to finish the first half four wides the back is Barnes Sooners left to right third quarter pitch Barnes right side hit at the 25 Dives forward to the 27 he got two yeah Corner comes up and makes that play we got to win with that block as at the wide receiver position get more on that guy we're beat get our running back cut down sharp tight end right three wides snap to Arnold quick throw out that's caught by burs makes two guys missed then got the first down then got hit I think he hurt two cougars they went flying by and they crashed into each other and they're both still on the turn time out for an injured player I Keith Cooper and former sooner Latrell McCutchen both injured as Dion Burks completely evaporated in front of them boy McCutchen just cut the other who who was it was you say it was Cooper cominger yes just cut him in half whenever Burks just as you said evaporated in front of him and Cooper wasn't expecting it at all and he was just went low right into the lower leg it did not look good that looked like it really hurt they're concerned about this injury cuz the entire Houston team is out on the field right now I mean it looked like his leg didn't get caught but McCutchen is up yeah yeah McCutchen appears to be fine but that leg was you I mean that looked bad Ted McCutchen knew it was bad too you could whenever he first went to the ground even though he was in pain the first thing he did was look back to see I don't know if he knew who he hit it's not Cooper it's Hy that's hurt yeah I thought it was it was two correct safety two not five yeah he's up and they're looking at his lower left leg it was a first down by the way H the good thing was his foot didn't get caught stand up catastrophic got caught well you saw some of the quickness of Dion bur right there and number one it's good to see Dion back on the field remember last time we saw him we were worried about his shoulder he's back out there so first down at the 35 as H's been helped up sooner Nation OU soccer is hosting the first home SEC Conference game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs Thursday September 17th at 700 p.m. special guest appearances postgame fireworks and More in store as we begin a new era get your tickets at soonersports.com tickets from the 35 Jet Sweep pitch Burks trying to get to the corner he's got it 35 to the 40 out of bounds there flag down I think they grabbed you by the face mask oh they're going to get sharp for a hold they're going to get Bowers sharp maybe it's a fivey gain on the Jet Sweep and they're backing him up boy it's just holding offense number 10 10yd penalty and forced him to spot on the foul first down those plays can be really tough out on the perimeter when you don't know where the the ball carrier is going to go inside or outside of you and just held on a little too long there but boy whenever Burks has the ball all it takes is a just a little half stutter to get someone to slow down and he's going to gain the corner on you it's a spot foul so they move it back to the 28 that makes it first and seven from there Javonte Barnes goes in motion they throw him a swing pass on the edge he's got room 30 35 and out of bounds around the 36 yd line got a good chunk of it oh they say he stepped out back at the 35 so he got seven nice you know gets it gets going downhill nice little shoulder fake there and gets the the nice game second and 10 trips to the right one to the left Reagan's in the game at a high side a low side of the field Arnold back to pass AC cross the middle caught that'll be a first down by Jake Roberts caught about a seven yd pass the turn and rumbled forward for another five or six to the 47 he just goes and hooks up over the ball and the linebacker covering him slips little Collision there maybe maybe a little push off no maybe a little you know we call that's called being physical at the top of your route and I like that you know just hook up connect with him and turn around get up filled nicely done first brought to you by pays second catch tonight for Jake Roberts first down snap it's a handoff to Barnes runs into a pile keeps his legs turning but there's no yards to be gain it'll be second and 10 any yardage tonight or most of the yardage tonight by the running backs Ted feels like it's coming on the perimeter not up the middle yeah it does and you know I'm curious I'd like to see him get back to that that two back set you can just get so creative out of it and it helps us attack the outside second and 10 Arnold flings it out again caught it 45 wrapped up there first guy to he made a nice tackle that'll be a Oney loss it was Hershey mclen the former Mountain near third and 11 upcoming Tatum checks in and I thought that was a fine job by Barnes there he caught it made a nice cut back inside but a good play there on the on the outside by the defender Ted with Tatum in I wouldn't be surprised if Houston tests him in pass protection they quite a bit of pressure in some of these situations Sooners just two of seven on third down BS they're going to run it with Arnold up the middle to the 50 he's got room 45 and he's got the first down out of Bounds at the Houston 41 on Third and 11 they call the quarterback's number and he runs it into cougar territory I like that and they blocked that little X stun on the inside and were able to gain alignment up to the next level Jackson Arnold picked it up and didn't take a shot was able to step out of bounds 14 yd Scamper 10:05 to go third quarter 142 12 our score OU Arnold play action looks deep flings it for the end zone and it's poorly thrown and intercepted at the 5 yd line Burks was the receiver in the area but it was well underthrown and picked off by Jeremiah Wilson first interception thrown this season by Jackson Arnold well this is the same play that they hit Vernon Thompson on in the first half this time he throws it over the top to Burks and I I don't know what happened there Burks not that he gave up on it but was in no position to make that 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just I don't know where he was going with that one just seemed like he underthrew it I I mean I don't think it's more complicated than that Donovan Smith under Center on first down from his own seven Sanford the running back for this first snap of the drive it's a handoff Sanford hole up the middle breaks the 10 out near the 15 T tackled by omo but it's a first down run of eight got KCK in there with stman and stman goes up and fits and canuk is goes out of his Gap there I think he maybe was going to go over the top of stman but vacated that area and the running back found it Dominic Williams and Jadon Jackson check back in here on second and two canic showing pressure in the a gap Smith quick throw behind the line of scrimmage by Muse played well but he got enough for the first Boy Billy Bowman somehow plays both sides of the guy that's blocking him before he even gets there just incredible athleticism to grab that ankle and make the tackle got just enough inches more than he needed first and 10 just across the 17 for Houston Houston's doing a good job with their play calling here they're mixing it up quite a bit run pass get the ball out of Donovan Smith's hands quickly trips right one left pistol formation now Sanford moves to the right of Smith shotgun snap handoff Sanford gets away from R Mason Thomas veers right gobbles up four or five yards before he's tackled by canic at the 22 canic comes in nice physical tackle [Music] there good second and five Houston 230 total yards 64 on the ground sooner just 183 yards of offense tonight Houston in that slow pace offense right now second and five Smith going to hand it off again Sanford popped at the 25 yd line and stood up at the 26 that is a yard shy of the marker to gain it'll be third and one Ted Houston starting to find movement on those interior combinations in the Run game they are and we're just we're too slow to come down and attack those gaps they're staying on those double teams really long before the backers show up and they're they have to come off to try and get up to them and block them we got to start coming downhill the big back Jamari and Bernett checks in 6'1 third and one man in motion left to right Muse hand off Bernett veers right up in did it'll depend on the spot looks short defended well Billy Bowman came up to make the stop right at the 27 looks like they're going to go and there it's fourth down and Houston's over the ball on Fourth and short and now whistles are we not going to measure this Manan it's really close the official that came in from the Houston Seline was pretty definitively short as as he was running on the field I saw the angle he took they're going for it aren't they they're not going to measure it it's Fourth and half a yard from their own 27 remember Bob stoop sat here and said this guy plays the analytics Smith under Center snap quarterback sneak right side didn't get much but did he get enough looks I think he got just enough that last little surge there took it out to the side you know kind of faked that he was going to go traditional quarterback sneak and then dipped back and took it around the corner there to find a little soft spot in the in the defense and it is a first downon they needed half a yard and got one yard but the drive continues for Houston sne back in at running back as they line up in a pistol 1412 Sooners leading been a weird game tonight Houston tried to take the lead Smith turns around and tells his running back something now he's got the football he's going to hand it to him sne need hammered by Danny stutzman now he got away and he's chased down by iGo it's a big loss back to the 23 5 yd loss oh man I don't know I think stutsman just wanted Omigo to get a nice tackle for loss there he's had enough prod production on the night I don't know how the bat got out of that one but released it was a catch and release it it's it's almost like stman thought they were going to blow it dead and I know that was really strange it's like maybe thought he didn't have the football I don't know that was uh that was interesting but a big big uh loss for Houston nonetheless second and 14 from the 24 tuner showing pressure with iGo here he comes Smith out to the near side reaching catch of the 28 tackled immediately by Bowman it's Muse the Georgia transfer that gets him back to the original line of scrimmage good job by Bowman cushion there long yardage it's a like a strong comeback back route he's in perfect position to make that tackle as soon as the player tries to turn up field I'll give Donovan Smith some credit he's he's been pretty dang accurate tonight with the football guys he 14 of 15 good game plan too trips left on Third and 10 compact formation here balls on the left hash all the receivers are to the short side of the field Smith straight drop looks near side hit as he throws and it is caught flag is down Muse caught it it's a first down if it stands out to the [Music] 3983 let's see what the flag's about it's on the near sideline the sooner sideline I think it's going to be offensive pass interference they tried to pick him I think they're going to get him for it yeah I saw the the short receiver spotted up and it's definitely on Houston yeah it's going to be OPI head ref referee Stephan pass offense number 14 after the goal third down so mares shoulders the Tulsa transfer called for the offensive pass interference and that backs it up to around the 14 man that is what do you think about that one Ted I'm glad they called it me too agreed yes I mean both pass interferences one's gone 4 OU and one against them have been huge calls this half remember they ran that screen play this is the same formation they ran that that running back screen in the same down in distance in the first half it is a handoff this time sne runs near side he sat on after a gain of one at the 15 and he STS another tackle we got some wrestling downfield and here comes a late flag oh boy if that's on oh my gosh I don't know what I just caught the end of it and saw Bowman in an allout wrestling match flag came after it ended after U had already separated after the play on Sports for like conduct Defense number 15 15yd penalty automatic first down they were going to have to punt and instead it's an automatic first down and they call it on kindall Dolby let's see if we get another look at what happened here it was fourth in a country mile and this is just a Kill of a penalty the ball moves to the 30 but it comes with an automatic first down I have not seen a replay yet the to the the action was 15 yds down field here's a look look like dolby's trying to get Billy off of the guy and he kind of shouts in his face Smith back to pass stumbles and Falls that'll be a sack he was under pressure Grayson hton going to get credit for the sack back at the 19 big loss 11 yd loss now they immediately put him behind the chains again Grays Hol comes through it's a sack and he got held in the [Music] process we got to we got to be a little bit smarter on on defense here we've had the big bust that costes the touchdown and then we've got that little exchange there that totally unnecessary gives him another opportunity when we're off the field third sack for U tonight second and 21 324 to go third quarter U leads at 1412 Smith looking for the screen looking right Sooners have defended it well he runs throws late just throws it into the bench nowhere to go with the football it'll be third long I know Smith just fell down but he's been active with his feet getting outside the pocket and trying to create some some scram drills and get his receivers running around in the secondary and that one no one was downfield for him just had to throw it into the bench just his second incompletion Tonight third and 21 got to get off the field here Jenkins the back Sooners bring a blitz quick throw caught on the perimeter at the 15 yd line by shoulders swims by a guy to the 25 then it looked like he was tackled by his own man at the 27 but that's 13 yd shy of the first and now they're going to have to punt now a almost 13-minute advantage in time of possession for Houston tonight well just right there you you allow a whole new set of downs and give them more opportunities and keep your offense sitting there on the sideline how about that that was a 7-minute drive that never got past the 30 yd line fair catch called for by Billy Bowman and taken at the 32 good kick and the Sooners in their own territory take possession with a two-point lead timeout tonight's broadcast brought to you by our associate game sponsor Fredo grab your favorite Fredo snacks and make every game a touchdown Fredo is a proud partner of Oklahoma Athletics this is Sooner football from learfield looking for transportation to and from sporting events birthday parties corporate events and fun nights around the town backstage limo has you covered with a company Mission to provide Oklahomans with an 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up the middle out to the 40 yd line a good first down run by the Freshman they're going to spot him at the 39 for a gain of six think that's the first time we've seen that concept tonight uh good job good blocking both guys coming around pulling got good good blocks and Tatum straight downhill Sooners go Tempo pedway in motion fake the hand a busted play and Jackson Arnold has to swallow a sack I don't know what that was supposed to be but it's not that and he's dropped back at the 34 I think he was looking for Tatum on a on a play action play there I I don't know what was going on but ugly third and nine third and from the Sooners three of eight on third Downs tonight and a lot of them have been long third and nine here from their own 34 two receivers right Burks and Reagan Brenan Thompson left Tatum the back snap straight drop Arnold looking middle nowhere to go flushed right throws late Sidelines diving attempt by Reagan did he make the catch he did not incomplete and the Sooners go three and out no feels like every series we start off and get ourselves behind the chains we had the hold by Bowers sharp there we've got a a mistake I don't know whose mistake it was but a busted play gets us back to a third and long and really difficult conversions whenever you're third and eight or 10 on on a lot of those setups very difficult any chance they might fake one here to try to Kickstart thing no the answer is no elzinga with the boot wobbly Far Side no fair catch taken at 25 and blast woo lit up at the 25 Lewis Carter again byter what a night special teams by LS Carter 26 yd line is where Houston will start 114 to go in the third and a two-point game and I don't know how Muse hung on to the football there Kip Lewis back on the field boys great sign here he did not give up this was earily similar to the Alamo Bowl where it looked like he might be out he kept grinding he was on the bike he's back let's see how effective he can be sooner defense really needs a turnover here from the 26 yd line Houston Man in Motion the tight end they're going to throw it to him in the flat 25 yd line Big Boy flag down rumbling out of bounds this is going to be on Houston that was to the tight end car but Wilson number four the wide receiver going to be called for a hold that's a big dude catching the football 6626 time out for an injured player want to let us know what the flag is first the injured player is a kougar in the sooner yeah I think it's Stefon Johnson he went crumbling down over here on the near sideline right in front of the the Sooners Robert Fon and his staff there offense number four 10yd penalty inforcement spoted the foul first out sorry T but the sooner athletic training staff was all over it because he crumbled when he came to the sidelines so it'll be a net 5 yard loss with 107 to go third quarter and Oklahoma leading 14 to 12 hungry head to Brams after the game for a bacon cheeseburger and a milkshake made with brahs A2 fresh milk proud partner of sooner Athletics it is Johnson struggling with that left leg left ankle trying to get back to the sidelines he's able to on his own power but I think the ter would be Toby a little hitching his gidd up before he gets over there well it'll be first and 15 now Houston and you got offenses who can't get out of their own way right now duking it out in a two-point game and we're getting close to the fourth quarter Donovan Smith 16 of 18 passing for 108 86 yds in one touchdown the former Red Raider backs his way into the shotgun here Kip Lewis and Kobe McKenzie the linebackers Danny stutzman n on the field right now it's a hand off to Sneed piled up the line of scrimmage and it pushes forward for a couple maybe just one to the 22 one yd gain second and 14 Bo really good job on the interior by that big defensive line I don't know who is is that Marcus strong Terry I don't know who that was but really good job on the inside fighting scrapping through those double teams SP spotter ship says it's DJ Terry in then here we go second and 14 could be the final play of the third it is a handoff Sanford sweeping right flag down big hit at the 25 another big pop was that Kip well I think it was Kip and Kobe and and maybe uh someone from the secondary maybe Robert Spears Jennings got in on it as well we got three flags on the field let's see if it's all for the same infraction one is near the near numbers the other two are in the middle of the field ille personal foul chop block offense number 66 and number 68 15yd penalty yeah they second down 66 was engaged on the back side to the goal and they cut Jaden Jackson so 66 has been engaged with his left arm and 68 goes low on the back side which the art of cutting on the back side of Zone has died in college football for some reason but the left guard needs to know that 68 is cutting him and you can't extend that arm and put him on it so that'll back him up to the 11 and Houston's going to let the third quarter clock expire four 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Courtesy of the Red White and Blue Bob Stoops out on the field to honor a couple of young Oklahomans and to pay tribute to Toby Keith we'll do this to start the fourth quarter all year phone lights illuminate red white and blue striping across the Billboards here inside Gaylord family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium there's the fireworks there's the LED on the sooner scooner it's a party and gay probably more of a party than we anticipated as we head of the fourth quarter 14 to 12 dicey situation where have you seen Gabe the thing that stood out that's kind of led to the struggles the most for this Oklahoma Sooner offense that it's not just a second half issue it's been something all game long well the Run game hasn't gotten going the way that I hoped it would tonight we've seen some flashes right we've seen some good stuff from javante Barnes but Gavin Sawchuk has been very quiet Taylor Tatum other than that run on the last drive on the GT counter has been very quiet they just haven't been able to find much space in the running game and then Jackson or they've just missed a couple of deep shots that could have been big time plays in this game and other than that we just haven't seen Ted unless you you've got a better Vantage Point up there than I do down here but I just haven't seen that that many guys get in the open either yeah well and it's execution too drops penalties busted plays it feels like it's something new every drive and we're just not in the in the flow good enough yet to overcome some of those negative plays and you know once we get off schedule it's been very difficult to get back going I mean last time we had that big third down conversion when Jackson Arnold tucked it and went and got that first down I think it was a third and 11 we throw an interception on the very next play so we've been our own biggest enemy throughout the entire game we've also one thing real quick before you continue I've been watching Payton bow and trying to stretch out whatever he's dealing with man you can sense that he's frustrated he has been running Sprints during the entire fourth quarter tribute and to the injury tint goes JJ Hester looks like he's been battling a couple of issues with his lower extremities but again the injury tolls continue to mount up on the sidelines for the Sooners that is an awesome new tradition by the way between the third and fourth qu the whole place is dark everybody's got their phones on singing Toby Keith just awesome second and 25 first play fourth quarter little throw caught at the 18 yd line spinning out to the 20 it's Marquees shoulders he got nine it'll be third down and about 15 Little Star route there good job good tackle protect the Deep plays make them throw underneath three of 11 on third Downs Houston has almost doubled the time of possession in this game sooner trying to get him off the field here they substitute in Grayson Holton and DJ Terry to rush the quarterback up the middle from their own 20 got to get it all the way out to the 36 Smith has it straight drop looking left throws across the middle it is intercepted did he hang on Robert Spears Jennings they're trying to UNP no indication yet he's got the football rsj picked it off at the 35 SE first down of the what a play they try a little uh get open rout there right over the football and he reads it comes diving in there late makes a great play on the football that was awesome came out of nowhere great catch too all hands pure that's pure right there first career interception for the Broken Arrow High School product Robert Spears Jennings and the Sooners are set up at the 32 yd line in Houston territory leading by two can the offense pay it off Reagan wide right burs and Thompson to the left Bowers sharp tight end left Barnes the back Sooners go right to left fourth quarter Burks in motion snap to Arnold handoff Barnes sweeping left Nowhere to Run piled up on back at the 33 for a one yd loss tried to go go wide there too much penetration on the front side nowhere to go and cut himself I mean there's there's no really nowhere to cut that ball back whenever you're that wide and just gave it up on the front side second down and 11 time and time again the Sooners have either by penalty or poor execution been behind the chains tonight and they are again here in motion bur's left to right Arnold's got it play action and his pass is knocked down he had Bowers sharp wide open in the flat but Hershey mclen knocked it out of the air and it's third down they call the blitz right into that little boot play that we've got called up was the perfect play called defensively and he's on Jackson Arnold before he has time to see him and and Elevate the throw over the top it's good play it's a big Gainer if he gets it over him but he couldn't third and 11 potential four down territory here keep that in mind four wide receivers with Barnes in the back field Arnold Palm to the ground looks back to the sidelines now backs into the shotgun 1333 to play Arnold will run it himself right side pushes the pile to the 30 still on his feet to the 28 still churning down near the 27 they're going to spot him at the 28 he got five crowd booze but I think they knew they were going for it on fourth down or at least they put themselves in Long field goal range here and that's what they'll do as Tyler Kelner is onto the field for a long field goal try I mean I think that tells you what what they feel right now about their ability to execute they just knew they had to do something to wedge it up there and be able to to have an opportunity at points it's a 45 yd try Kelner the Florida state transfer three for three last week snap back hold down kick is away plenty of distance and it is is no good is no good he hooked it wide left the first Miss of the season and an evening of woes continues Houston gets the stop after the interception in their own territory and with 1241 to go the score remains Sooners 14 cougars 12 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Drake fourth quarter Alabama leads South Florida 2113 Missouri has defeated Buffalo 38 nothing Tennessee up big on NC State 37-3 in the third in Charlotte Nebraska leading Colorado 28-3 in the fourth in Lincoln and Illinois has defeated Kansas tonight 2317 that final here it's 14-2 u in the fourth Houston from their own 28 pistol Smith it is a handoff left side Jenkins and just nothing all night in the Run game for Houston they got about one Jadon Jackson Another really good job there just fighting good low pad level holding Point knocking the line of scrimmage backwards excellent second and 8 and 1 half for nine 1220 to go a field goal would give Houston the lead Sooners have not scored in the second half out of the shotgun Smith going to throw fakes the quick throw now he does throw it out in the flat wide open is Williams races forward near the first down marker he's short by about a yard out to the 37 they got two to get one here you know they're going to go for it third and one from the 37 quickly over the football Houston wants a little Tempo action here now Smith is going to instead look back at the sidelines defense came up with a big play on the last possession now quarterback sneak a trick play quarterback sneep Smith was looking back at the sidelines as were his teammates and they snapped it and he carried it forward to the 40 smart Play Good execution good job by Donovan Smith selling it like he's just checking to the offensive line and they go quick I'll give stman a lot of credit he was right up in there like stman did not relax at all yep he delivered shot on Grayson hton checks in first and 10 Houston from their own 40 11 minutes to go Bunch trips left one right man in motion now left to right Smith has it play action throws it into the flat caught behind the line of scrimmage by Johnson he's able to get to the corner and dance up field he got all the way to Midfield that looked like it was going to be a loss and it ends up being an 11 yd gain into sooner territory another good play design hide him on the backside come across the formation use that speed to get around the corner first to 10 Houston at the U 49 what a night for Donovan Smith now 19 of 22 he was 15 of 30 against UNLV last weekend Smith has another play action quick throw that's caught that's Johnson over the right side short gain this time but he takes it to the 43 got six quick efficient getting the ball out of his [Music] hand 20th completion of the [Music] night second down and three long three we're under 10 minutes to play 1412 Oklahoma leads it Sanford moves behind Smith into a pistol Smith hands to Sanford runs right bounces it outside taking off his pin good tackle Robert Spears Jennings that is a no gain at best maybe a loss of a half a yard 43 is Will they'll put it down boy really good penetration on the front side I think it was R Mason Thomas on a little stunt to the inside little rip stunt then gets back vertical up field and knocks all the offensive 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Lewis up to make the tackle at the line of scrimmage fourth and four what are you going to do now Willie Fritz with the way that their defense has played I agree I I'd be shocked if they didn't go for it they're going for it one for one on Fourth Downs tonight big play obviously from the 43 got to get to the 39 three wides and a tight end the back is Sanford Smith walks up to his Center five to snap it now backs into the gun still looking at the sidelines with three with one and now we're going to take a delay of game I didn't see a timeout yeah this is kind of what I was alluding to Ted offense 5yd penalty with how well they've played on defense and with u's offense struggling to find any rhythm you probably feel good about punting it deep and for a gain by more to gain you know what I'm saying more to gain don't make U's offense earn it as opposed to giving it to him possibly at Midfield that's kind of what my line of thinking was and I'm guessing Willie Fritz is thinking the same way I am so they back him up five to make it fourth and nine Billy Bowman stands inside his own 10 yard line the punter is Liam dhy an Australian shocker there's the snap back dhy got it away short punt near side Bowman fair catch backing up and he hung on oh that was hay he hung on at the eight they're going to give him the 10 he overran it then had to backpedal and made an overthe shoulder catch and the Sooners will start at the 10 757 to go I don't know about you guys but the punt return Situation's been a little too eventful for me tonight boy it's uh every single one of them's been way more dramatic than it needs to be now here we go two-point game in the fourth Sooners have gotten the ball back big stop there can the offense maintain it we need to be much better on first down than we've been for the big majority of this football game sawu in at running back double tight ends right now sharp in motion to the left there's the snap hand off SAA crosses the 10 pushing the pile to the 11 they'll give him the 12 pile still moving see where they spotted he might have got three out of that that looked like a Rugby scrum it'll be second down Reagans and Barnes checking into the game sawchuck exits Sauk just looks I don't know guys hesitant I don't know if he's dealing with something he just doesn't seem that much explosion Jackson Arnold 15 of 26 passing tonight can he make a big throw Man in Motion sharp Arnold's got it going to throw looks right lobs it deep down the right side for Reagan over three him out of bounds incomplete was not open it'll be third down set that's where we need the some of the mid-range passing game but it's you know we've kind of gotten back to where we're everything's at the line of scrimmage or we're throwing go balls Sooners third down in a big one 710 to go third and seven and a half here they go with a four wide receiver set Arnold back to pass three-man rush steps up throws late across the middle caught by Burks I think he's got the first down he does just across the 20 to the 21 needed seven got eight move the chains there we go good job Arnold stepping up there finding him right over the football good job by Dion Burks hanging onto it and trying to get some positive yardage there seventh catch for Dion tonight felt like a collective sigh of relief from this entire crowd first downs brought to you by paycom score big by empowering employees to do their own payroll learn more at paycom.com from the 21 633 to play Arnold to throw quick caught by Burks at the 25 can't get away four yd gain on first down eighth catch tonight for Dion he web The Tackle he got spun around and just Leap frogged Forward for a couple of yards there I'm perfectly fine with them giving him the ball on every play the rest of the night strong agreement I third 605 to play second and six here's where we need to just pour it in son give ourselves a third and manageable Barnes the back they're going to play action Arnold rolls right throws across the middle and incomplete looking for Brennan Thompson Jackson threw back across his body out to the 35 and Thompson couldn't hang on third down Deion Burks got blown up in the flat on that play just a little bit behind Thompson there would have been a really tough catch Reagans Burks and B to the high side of the field thomps it to the low third down back to pass Arnold looks right quick throw slant pattern caught at the 30 it's burs again but it's going to be a yard shy ninth catch for Deon Burks tonight will bring up fourth and one and from their own 30 the Sooners are going to have to kick it here you would assume you would assume the offense for now is staying on the field though 530 to play surely they're going to try to get a a jump or at least let the clock run down play clock at 15 the offense is staying on the field on fourth and one from the 30 surely not in the shotgun seven to snap it in motion Barnes play action and they jumped there's the snap free play Arnold deep shot far Sidelines it is intercepted won't matter they got the first down on the off sides wow hard count by Arnold in it works 5yd penalty results in the first [Applause] down 459 to go it was Brandon Mack the Old Miss transfer that jumped off sides well the confusion in the back field by Barnes I think helped sell it even more he almost motioned the wrong way yeah I I thought the offsides in the Arkansas Oklahoma State game earlier was the dumbest off sides I've ever seen I was wrong that one eighth penalty for Houston first down snap Arnold will run it himself right side to 35 to the 40 good yardage out to the 41 six yds first down Jackson Arnold with his feet down to 436 to go well nobody came into tonight in a crimson andam run was down loose second down wearing a sweatshirt thinking that a two-point win would be fine but at this point will take it a near 30-point favorite Oklahoma is in an absolute dog fight or maybe a cat fight with the Cougars of Houston second down and four from the 41 they've picked up two huge first downs so far on this drive Thompson in motion hand off Barnes up the middle crashes way eight to the 45 see where they mark it they're going to give him the first downs third first down on this drive and we're under four minutes to go that safety came up to try and make a play and lost his footing a little bit and absolutely paid for it from Barnes Drive started on the 10 ninth play of the drive upcoming they've taken it 35 yds and picked up three first downs Houston has all three timeouts remaining double tight ends left Man in Motion snap Arnold hand off Barnes veer's left stood up by a cougar at the 46 and pushed back to gain of one tackled by Michael baton the linebacker Here Comes Sawchuk back in 315 to go if they can get one more first down then Fritz has to start calling his timeouts I I'm thinking maybe they'll go back to the quarterback run here they've had quite a bit of success with it and you could just tell that they don't feel very comfortable with the execution level of some of the other stuff and line up and empty and five wide I don't think we've seen this tonight Houston showing pressure Burks in motion right to left snap they're going to run it with Jackson Arnold and he's wrapped up at the line of scrimmage he faked the hand off to burs kept it it'll be third down and long and we're down to 235 to go still got that two-minute timeout going to stop the clock I would think you can't quite you're going to have to snap it at 2011 here you can't quite take it all the way to the two-minute timeout 202 if you take it all the way down back to pass on Third and nine Arnold good Blitz pickup but still nowhere to go and he's sacked wrapped up back at the 44 boy Barnes did his part but Jackson Arnold couldn't find an escape hatch and there was nowhere to go with the football as I saw it from up here no one had they were man demand coverage and everyone was sucked up tight on their man nowhere nowhere for him to go with it and with that Blitz it was a great pickup by Barnes but doesn't leave him much space to maneuver and try and get outside the pocket well field position wise the Sooners helped themselves out but they're going to have to give the ball back to Houston with all three timeouts and a chance to go win the football game timeout 2 minutes to go Oklahoma leads at 14 to2 tonight's broadcast brought to you by Coca-Cola this is sudor football from learfield if you're working on saving money in a bank account but the little voice in your head says what's the point it hardly pays any interest listen to that voice because it's right you can do better A lot better by moving your money to Communication Federal Credit Union CFCU offers High yeld deposit and high yield checking options that are flexible liquid local and secure and will make your money grow even faster it's worth it to save when you earn more move your money to Communication Federal Credit Union federally insured by [Music] 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with first half touchdowns Brenan Thompson and Jake Roberts but nothing in the second half and they're about to punt it away Houston trailing 14 to 12 with a chance to go win it with a field goal here potentially Chris plank down to you what are you sensing on the sooner sideline this defense is ready for its opportunity guys it's been obviously on the field a lot about an 11 minute time and possession Advantage for Houston but you you can kind of sense that they want this moment fans don't like it I don't know we like it that it's as close as it is but it seemed as if watching Billy Bowman and the way that Danny stman were ask been a lot most of this fourth quarter down on the defensive side guys they want this moment to try to seal this deal for Oklahoma here tonight Luke elzinga to kick it Makai Muse deep to receive snap back there's the boot High wobbly short it's going to bounce at the 20 takes a sooner bounce to the 15 on to the 10 inside the 10 rolling ring down to the seven to the six to the 5 yd line another beautiful punt by Luke elzinga there's one of your stars of the game tonight If U is able to hang on to this thing and Houston if they're going to win it they're going to have to start at their own 5 yd line boy that was when he first hit it I I thought it was a bad kick and it hit the ground and rolled out for us helped us out a ton on that one 51 yd punt 148 Houston has all three timeouts they go left to right backs to the North End Zone sooner fans in this end of the field trying to help out the defense right now Sneed the back on the goal line Donovan Smith takes the shotgun snap hands to Sneed met at the goal line dropped to The End Zone it is a safety it's a safety Grayson halted wow he met the ball Ki carrier Stacy sne when he caught it then Twisted him down in the end zone let's see if they look at this again was it was right there on the goal line but great penetration and oh I don't know I think I don't even know how you rule that I think when he first hit him the ball was between the goal line and the one Timeout on the field there's been no indication yet that they're going to look at thisi is a safety the previous play is under further review now there you go we'll take a time out it's either two points for U and they're going to get the ball back or Houston's going to have it at the half yd line 142 to go break on the field tonight's broadcast brought to you by Coca-Cola we're in a McIntyre law review this is Sooner football from learfield it starts with a simple order a cold dois dressed with salt and lime but for the salt clinging to the bottle and the lime perched on Top This is the lucky of unions as if the universe has swiped right pairing flavors together with a crisp dois this is refreshment designed by Fate blessed by Destiny and served by bartenders enjoy theis responsibly copyright 2024 theis imported by s m White Plains New York the fun never stops at Riverwind the hottest entertainment and the best rewards program in the rro visit us every Friday in September for a sunset Showdown play with your wild card to win your share of 880,000 your next big win is at River wi [Music] Casino biggest moment of this game a minute 42 the officials are looking at what is ruled on the field as a safety by Grayson hton if the safety holds it's 16 to 12 Oklahoma and they'll get the football back if not second and long on the inch yard line but Gabe biker one bad sign from our history on the sidelines the officials did break out the notepad and that's usually signed as if they're indicating they might be changing something he's got it I'm standing right next to him plank he's got it out he has not written anything down okay that's a good sign well it it kind of reminds me of the muffed punt early in the football game it may be so close that they just stick with the call on the field at least that's what I'm hoping happens but the SEC of officiating Toby whenever you and I were at SEC media days this year again I keep hearkening back to it said the assumption is that the call in the field is right except for targeting targe is the only one they go into with hey maybe it's not so the you've got to have unbelievable evidence to overturn the call on the field that hasn't always been the case in some of the reviews the replays we've seen but what do you guys think up in the booth tro they going to give it to him they're going to put it on the one or we going to have a party it's so interesting because he never has any forward progress he's going backwards kind of the whole time it's that such a lateral play out of the shotgun I mean the first Contact looks like it takes place's the call in between stand after further review the ruling on the field stands wow wow W hey wow shout out to the official he looks at me looks me right in the eyes and go [Applause] stands a safety for Grayson hton makes it 1612 now question anybody know the rule on this can you onside kick a free kick cuz Houston's going to have to free kick it back to OU I don't know that I've ever seen it is it allowed well they've got three timeouts well I know I know no it's a great question and I will be the first to tell you I do not know I do not know the answer to has anybody ever seen after a safety a team onside kick you can't if you punt it but if you if you put it on the team if you put it on the on the te then if it goes 10 yards the ball's live right I mean I think so I've never heard of but you not being able to do it but I've but the other part of is of it is you earned the possession so I yeah well looks like the Sooners team yeah that's their hands team so that answers our question well there you go they know the rules at least that's good Billy Bowman the only sooner deep so the kickoff here the free kick is from the 20 now he's holding it like he's pting is that the punter dity it is the punter dority so this is going to be a punt it looks like unless they got something squir now he can blast this ball straight up in the air and there's no te on the field here we go DH he punts it high driving far sideline Bowman fair catch called for backing to the 25 falls down Sooners have the ball back four-point lead 142 to go Houston three timeouts now I know why they punted it another dramatic catch by Bowman back there well you need at least one first down maybe two it'll be javante Barnes at running back Bowers sharp goes wide right with Dion Burks Brennan Thompson to the near side ball on the right hatch in motion sharp snap Arnold handoff Barn right side met in the hole and planted backwards he got two and Willie Fritz jumps out in front of the side judge to call a timeout his first twoy gain Houston has called their first timeout of the half 32nd timeout timer please reset the game3 138 The Tackle he's had a nice night plays with really low pads the guys in the interior of U's offensive line has they've struggled to move 92 total yards tonight this is shocking Houston 276 Oklahoma 219 which you know you've got an awesome defensive performance by Oklahoma outside of the busted play which how far how how much did that one go for the touchdown 44 you know 44 of that is on a bust a play which goes to show like how thin the margin of error is for us right now and Houston kind of spotted us a touchdown to start the football game second and eight timeouts over two remaining three tight end set now sharp Roberts and Helms all on the field snap play action going to throw lob across the middle caught Roberts behind the defense 45 Midfield what a call and he rumbles into Houston territory that's the play they ran for a touchdown in the first half and they shot the Cougars well that was a really nice play call and what catch a pretty gutsy play call where execution has been poor all night if that ball hits the ground there's going to be some angry people around here for stopping the clock but a great catch to be able to to convert that play that was a nice job and a nice throw by Jackson Arnold offensive line got split guy right in his face delivers a nice throw to Roberts 28 yds clock runs saving the timeouts we're down to a minute to go arold takes the football hands it off this time up the middle goes Barnes securing it got three and now Fritz will use his second timeout they're going to spot the ball at the 43 so it's a 2yd gain let's pause quickly 10 seconds for station ID we pass the 10:00 hour here in the central time zone football Toby Roland and Teddy Layman back with you up in the booth Chris Plank and Gabe AER down on the sidelines in the NCAA tournament you'd call it survive and Advance Oklahoma trying to do that tonight on their home field in a much closer than anticipated Showdown against the Houston Cougars out of the Big 12 Conference Sooners lead at 16 to2 with 57 seconds to go one more first down would seal the win Willie Fritz can only stop it one more time U has it second and eight on the Houston 43 Sooners come out in 13 Personnel three tight ends on the field Barnes on the right hip of Arnold snap handoff Barnes pushes into the pile at the 40 pulled back from there he got three and now Willie Fritz will use his final timeout it'll be third down and five Houston has called their third and final timeout of the a half 30 second time out no 52 seconds run a play here say it takes 7 seconds or so that gets it to 45 britz can't stop it Oklahoma's going to get really close to being able to run this thing out yeah I mean at a minimum you if you if you have to you can maybe run the fourth down play where you protect the quarterback and he throws a a sky ball to run the the clock down to zero if you're that close let's just get the first down and not have to worry about that agree third down at five third and they're going to line up in Victory formation here feels like they've done the math and feel like they can run it out under Center Jackson Arnold backs up a couple of steps now takes a knee right before getting hit 47 seconds they reset the clock there's still 8 seconds between play clock and game clock now we got some pushing and shoving going on Bates just took his helmet off flag down you've got to be youve and this stops the clock with 35 seconds well one of the problems tonight's been a couple of those lack of discipline moments you saw it on uh kle Dolby got called for the unsportsmanlike con conduct when Houston was going to have to punt gave them an automatic first down is this another here after the play unsportsman like conduct offense number 64 there will be no 10sec run up on this play 15yd penalty fourth down fourth down when does the clock start right now there's 25 on the play clock 35 on the game clock this is going to back the ball back into sooner ter and you would think the Sooners regardless are going to have to punt here and here comes elzinga they put the ball at the U 42 and the see if they're going to wind the clock or it's going to start on the snap it's going to start on the snap so yeah it's personal thought I mean Houston's going to get some time here just a horrible horrible mistake snap back to elzinga got to get it away and he does high hanger near sideline Muse fair catch called for inside the 15 taken at the 13 with 29 seconds well the beauty of the safety is they need a touchdown [Music] now I'm sorry Toby I'm in stunned Silence by what I just witnessed I have no idea was it Bates as that who it was yeah Josh b i I have no idea how how that [Music] happens they need a touchdown and they got to go 87 yds to get it in 29 seconds with no timeout trips right one left Donovan spits out of big night he's 20 of 23 there's the snap straight drop flushed right throws late threw it away into the sooner bench into the crowd 23 seconds to go good job there Mason Thomas the pressure yeah getting really good pressure with a light rush and running some twist games up front Donovan Smith tries to escape to the outside it was a good smart Rush by you know not taking an inside move making sure you Coral the quarterback sooner showing pressure they bring five up the middle quick throw Smith to the sideline caught out of bounds shy of the 20 it's Muse 19 seconds to go he got about five and they need some chunks they need big chunks they've got maybe three plays Left maybe and I I don't mind the bringing some pressure and putting the but don't let Donovan Smith sit back there comfortable and and let his receivers run around third down and five long five Smith has it fourman Rush quick throw again that's caught at the 22 and out of bounds I mean this is kind of useless right here four yd gain 14 seconds to go it's going to be fourth down again they need a touchdown and now they're 78 yds away from the end zone They just they're trying to get it to Midfield area to where they can have a final heave for the end zone weather 28 yds from Midfield [Music] y fourth and one an incompletion here in it Smith has it looking to throw steps up now flush left going to have to lob it downfield it is caught diving catch to the ground no timeouts clock will stop at the 36 yd line 7 Seconds to go it'll rest start once the ball is spotted could be the final play of the game here 7 seconds from their own 36 clock stops starts Smith back to pass flushed right this will be the last play looking throws short caught at the 45 up to Midfield slips caught from behind Ball's loose kicked around picked up by a cougar tackled from behind whistles blow you can unhitch the wagon thank god let's get out of town put the ponies in the barn and we might go there as well the ru the ruling on the field is the runner was down prior to the ball coming loose game is over the game is over and the final score is Oklahoma 16 and Houston 12 and the Sooners move to 2 [Music] and0 well we've got a long postgame show and a lot to talk about an ugly night on Owen field but it ends with a victory 1612 Oklahoma I'm just making sure that we're not going to look at something it looks like they're trying to act like they they're get trying to get their players back onto the sideline like and the officials are leaving the field Houston is calling their team back to the sideline but the officials are running into the locker room coach vinales is getting ready to do his ESPN postgame interview all the coaches and players the referees of hugging I think this game is over I if it's not they're going to have to go get the referees and bring them back out Houston's all standing on their Sidelines well Willie Fritz is yelling at his guys to get him back on the sideline guys Bren vinales is now he's motioning for all the sooner players to head back to their sideline as well too so godar they're going to push everyone back and I mean Willie Fritz came out and forcibly grabbed one of his guys and like s let's go get back to the sideline no referees and now we got a whole bunch of like kids and families and everybody on the field mascots how do you feel about that Ted you know how I feel about it the the teams are still out here U's gone back to their sideline Houston back to their sideline but we have no referees I mean the fans have left Bren vbl has gone across I'm watching him talk to Willie Fritz right now he's saying listen the refs have left I I haven't seen anything like this never seen this before back to the play you know they they ruled the player down and the play never finished there's no time left on the clock like I don't even know what they expect the call to be there's no time left on the clock it's zero right did you guys see a replay Oklahoma's starting to walk back and try to shake hands again and I I I just Billy Fritz is just standing here at about the 50 yd line I'm with you I don't know what he could unless he thinks there's a penalty that should give him one more snap and now it looks like he's resigned himself he he gave the handshake and the hug to Bren vinales I feel like he has admitted that he's in 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