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Dave: Let’s end the ‘what if’ game

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I have an idea.  Let’s have instant replay after every play. 

Have the booth review every camera angle of every part of every snap.  Make sure there are no rule infractions, and everything is fair and square and by the book. 

On average there are 180 total plays in a college football game.  The average review takes two minutes.  However, that is only looking at a specific aspect of a play.  If they had to review all the camera angles just looking for infractions from every player, it would take considerably longer. 

For sake of argument, let’s just double the average time to four minutes per review.  Doing the math, that would be 12 hours of replay review.  Add that to the average length of a college football game, which is about 3 hours and 30 minutes, we get a game that lasts 15 hours and 30 minutes. 

Talk about let’s make a day of it. 

I wonder if that would satisfy Auburn fans after the wailing and gnashing of teeth they did following their loss to the Sooners?

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Dave: Time to learn if OU is legit’ SEC threat

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The Sooners did what they were supposed to do last Saturday morning when they dominated outmatched Temple to the tune of 42-3.

With the Owls gaining just over 100 yards against a swarming Oklahoma defense, they never stood a chance. Mateer continued his torrid pace with another 282 yards passing and a touchdown along with a
51-yard rushing touchdown.

The running game was churning with 228 total yards highlighted by Tory Blaylock gaining 100 yards at over 7 yards a clip. However, there were a couple of concerns that came out of this game which will directly affect the upcoming contest with Auburn.

R. Mason Thomas will miss the first half Saturday, due to a targeting penalty against the Owl’s quarterback. The other being the injury suffered by Keontez Lewis.

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Sooners lift weight off their shoulders with big win over Michigan in national spotlight

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That was a big game for the Oklahoma program.  And everyone knew it. 

After Mateer took a knee to run out the clock, the players of course celebrated.  But it was a little different than your average non-conference home game win celebration. 

I saw a player fall to the ground and make an imaginary snow angel.  I saw a player doing a back flip.  And I saw a player take a knee and look around as if to just take it all in. 

The players even lifted Venables on their shoulders for a few moments in the excitement of it all.  Brent said he understood why they did it, but was embarrassed by it, of course because this win was not the goal of the whole season.  But he did understand that it was big.

The players and the coaches knew what everyone was saying outside the walls of their meeting rooms and offices.  They would have to win this game to prove that they are back to what Oklahoma football should be. 

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