Dave: A lost season
It was going to happen sooner or later.
There was only going to be so many times the defense would keep the team in the game until they eventually had an off night.
And on that off night, they needed the offense to pick them up, instead of the other way around. Unfortunately, the Sooner offense remained missing in action as South Carolina rolled to a 42-25 victory in Norman. And it wasn’t that close.
The halftime score was South Carolina 28 and Oklahoma 10.
More telling would be the 307 total yards of offense the Gamecocks amassed versus the Sooners anemic 71. The only reason it wasn’t 28-3 was an amazing pick six by Kip Lewis. Game was over.
Mike: Venables must make tough decisions
The band played the familiar classic horror movie music Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Bach, a dreary mist enveloped Norman and Halloween turned into a slasher movie with South Carolina’s quarterback LaNorris Sellers playing Freddy Krueger, leaving the Sooners’ 2026 season bloodied and lifeless on Owen Field.
South Carolina beat Oklahoma 42-25 in what can only be described as a nightmarish evening.
Coming into this game everyone knew of Oklahoma’s struggling offense. But an elite defense, which has played well all season (even in the three previous losses), was one saving grace which had kept the Sooners in every game and delivered the nugget of hope that OU might repeat last year’s November win spree that led them to a playoff berth.
But South Carolina drove a dagger through that hope, exploding on two big plays by Sellers — one to DJ Black in the second quarter and then to Mazeo Bennet in the fourth quarter to make it 42-16 and the blood began draining from the body.
Sellers ended the night throwing for 301 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 96 yards and two touchdowns.
“We got our ass whooped tonight in every way,” Coach Brent Venables said.