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The next Soonerguys adventure: the SEC

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A while back we made use of this thing called the internet to report back to family and friends about our trip to an Oklahoma football bowl game. Posting our fun on the internet was easier than sending a bunch of emails.

That evolved into an annual thing, and then, during football season, a weekly thing. And as things are want to do, they become things that get out of hand. And before long we put a name to it and called it Soonerguys.com.

As the Sooners begin their new adventure into the SEC, this year also marks the 26th year of our website. (And yes, in the beginning it was on AOL. And no, I do not still have a flip phone.)

Today we also have a Facebook page, soonerguys.com, and we are on Twitter, @soonerguys (where the rants can really flow during OU football broadcasts — which reminds me I need to delete some of the improvident posts).

My dear old law partner (and devout Sooner) Gary Chubbuck would introduce me to his friends and other lawyers not as his business associate but rather the guy who runs Soonerguys. After all, anyone can try a lawsuit, but it takes something extra to share your fanaticism on the internet to be archived for posterity on some NSA server.

(Gary once wrote a column for the site providing an analysis of play calling from an engineering perspective. I’m not sure I understood it, but it got a lot of clicks).

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Venables has righted the Sooner ship

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There was disappointment for Sooner fans when BYU flirted with an upset of Oklahoma State on Saturday, only to see the Cowboys eek out a 2 overtime win and secure their spot in the Big 12 championship — the spot Oklahoma would have had but for a blown officials call in Bedlam.

But this week also brought a sense of satisfaction for the Sooner faithful, as all right minded fans concluded that Coach Brent Venables has indeed righted the ship, capping a successful 10-win season with a 69-45 shoot out over TCU on Friday and giving the program its 700th win.

Job well done, Coach Venables. Now, to make bowl plans.

But, almost as if to remind us that this remains a program in progress — even after 12 football games played — the final Big 12 game in Norman saw the specter of a leaky defense, allowing the Horned Frogs, down 42-16 at the half, to score 29 points in the second half.

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Arnold steps up to guide Sooners to 31-24 win over Cougars in last Big 12 road trip

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Playing without starting quarterback Dillon Gabriel in the second half, the No. 14 Oklahoma Sooners managed a 31-24 win on a slippery Provo, Utah football field over a scrappy BYU Cougars on Saturday.

Backup freshman QB Jackson Arnold — a heralded recruit seen to be a future star in Norman — saw his most playing time, leading the Sooners after Gabriel was sidelined with a concussion sustained right before halftime.

Offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby turned to the Sooners run game, both to ease the pressure on the freshman QB but also to capitalize on a BYU weakness. Gavin Sawchuk had the go-ahead touchdown run in the fourth quarter and led Sooner rushers with 104 yards on 14 carries. Arnold carried the ball eight times for 24 yards.

But a late 3rd down conversion with 2:05 left in the game, with Arnold zipping a slant pass to junior receiver Jalil Farooq, sealed the game. Farooq led the Sooners receivers with five catches and 53 yards.

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