West Virginia – Soonerguys

Sooners’ season spiraling into a disaster

Published on November 12, 2022 by Mike

A walk off field goal by West Virginia in Morgantown made one thing clear: The Sooners are headed for a possible 7-loss season, which would render Brent Venables’ first year as a head coach at Oklahoma a decisive failure.

The Sooners lost 23-20 on that Mountaineers field goal, but this loss had more to do with Oklahoma’s own ability to find ways to lose than West Virginia’s ability to find ways to win.

Check off these boxes:

— A missed field goal off an upright.

— A facemask penalty to negate an otherwise defensive stop, allowing W.Va. to complete a scoring drive.

— An offensive pass interference call that wiped out an OU touchdown.

— A give up of a fake punt.

— A dropped easy touchdown pass.

— A defense that played well in the first half, but gave up big third down plays (like they have all year) in the second half — giving West Virginia three long scoring drives.

“We don’t deserve to win when not doing all those things the right way,” Coach Brent Venables said.

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The Adventures of Soonerguy

Published on November 11, 2022 by Melissa and Tim

The early morning air hangs heavy over the Blue Ridge Mountains of West Virginia. Crickets still sing dimly in the dark over the quiet murmur of Lake Puskarhootchie. Birds chirp. Frogs croak. But suddenly another sound breaks the calm atmosphere.

“Whoop! Whoop!”

This is no whooping crane, nor is it a West Virginia Highway Patrol Car pulling over a rowdy tailgater dragging his muffler from the back of his 1979 Chevy 4×4 pickup.

It’s much more like the call of the fabled Bigfoot or “Sasquatch” resonating resoundingly over the landscape.

“Whoop! Whoop!” it repeats. The birds, the frogs, and the crickets go silent. Then we hear the tremulous reply,

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Dave: Playing smart the key to a Sooners win in Morgantown

Published on November 11, 2022 by Dave

Baylor is not a good team. Oklahoma had the talent to beat them. Especially at home.

But three turnovers, another turnover on downs and stupid penalties….Even still the Sooners scored 35 points. There are some who would tell you that scoring 35 points should be enough to win a game. And it probably should. But what Oklahoma fan in the past several years could with a straight face say they would take 35 points and feel comfortable that the Sooners were going to win a game?

They might have put up 50 had they been able to hold onto to the ball and played smarter.

As it was, the Bears capitalized on OU’s mistakes and beat the Sooners for the second year in a row.

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