Big 12 Championship – Soonerguys

Sooners defense holds on to 27-21 win for Big 12 Championship

Published on December 19, 2020 by Mike

An anemic second half offense put the Sooners defense in the position of having to hold off an Iowa State comeback lead by scrambling and seasoned QB Brock Purdy.

And they did.

The win was sealed by the OU defense — specifically a last minute interception of a Purdy pass by cornerback Tre Brown.

And so Oklahoma won its sixth straight Big 12 Championship in a tremendous 27-21 win over Iowa State before the Covid-limited 17,827 spectators at AT&T Stadium on Saturday in Arlington, Texas.

Brown’s interception capped the game, but his important kickoff returns also factored heavily in a field position game that favored the Sooners most of the second half.

Sooner fans were on edge late in the game as Iowa State kept gaining momentum. With 5:15 left in the game it looked like the Sooners defenders might be wearing down, holding onto a narrow 3-point lead, despite a stellar pass rush led by tackle Perrion Winfrey that never gave Purdy much comfort in the pocket most of the game.

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Dave: Big 12 Championship seems like a birth right for Sooners

Published on December 17, 2020 by Dave

We are coming to the end of a really strange college football season.

I don’t know how history will judge this year. Should there be an asterisk by all the records and Championships?

Should the season have counted? Should the season even have been played at all?

Should Ohio St. get into the play off after playing 5 regular season games? Hell, should they really have been allowed to play in the Big 10 Title game? Who knows?

I was of the opinion that the season should have been cancelled for the safety of all involved.

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Dave: Meaningless WVU out of the way — on to the Big 12 Championship game (unless Covid decides otherwise)

Published on December 12, 2020 by Dave

Baylor ended up being a very frustrating game to watch.

The offense was not its usual self after having only scored 10 points in the first half and 27 overall, breaking a 60 game streak of scoring at least 28 points.

The bright spot of course was that the defense shut the Bears out in the first half and, after a garbage touchdown with less than a minute left, gave up only 14 points total.

The defense actually only gave up one or two big plays. And they held the Bears to 25 yards rushing.

So it was the defense that kept the game in control while the offense sputtered. How often have we been able to say that in the past several years?

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