A 47-17 win against No. 20 Florida State has propelled Oklahoma up the AP Poll ranks to No. 7, a position held in the pre-season poll prior to the Sooners toe-stubbing performance against Utah State a week ago.
The Sooners leaped fellow Big 12 team the Nebraska Cornhuskers and come within 27 votes of No. 6 Texas.
The only thing this game lacked was good ol’ Bobby Bowden summing up the first half with one of his “wha happened out there?” sideline interviews. What happened, Bobby, was that Florida State was mauled by a fast-paced Oklahoma offense and…
Reports last week of Landry Jones’ demise were obviously greatly exaggerated.
All the talk going into No. 10 Oklahoma’s game against No. 17 Florida State was about the Seminoles’ Heisman candidate QB Christian Ponder and Jones’ shaky first game against Utah State.
But by halftime at Owen Field the Sooners had put this one away and by game’s end it was Jones who had easily won this QB duel and quieted any critics who had questioned his future as the Sooner QB.
The Sooners routed the Seminoles 44-17, with Jones completing 30 of 40 passes for 380 yards and 4 touchdowns and a swarming Oklahoma defenses shutting down a touted FSU passing attack. Ponder found himself sitting on the ground more times than the Seminoles moved the chains.