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Dave: Sooner Magic turns out ‘Fool’s Gold’

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I unfortunately may have found a downside to “Sooner Magic”. And I think the downside is that
sometimes it may provide a false sense of security.

I’m sure after the Auburn game a lot of people ,including myself, felt better about our chances moving forward. We had just gone into our first SEC road game with a true freshman at quarterback and won. Everything is going to be fine!

But when you look closer at that contest, Auburn beat us in almost every statistical category except the scoreboard. Almost 200 more total yards, 15 more first downs, and over 10 more minutes in time of possession. Ifthe Tigers just kept running the ball in the fourth quarter, they most likely win.

But one mistake from the Auburn quarterback and the Sooners come out on top. And again, we start feeling good about our season. But Auburn is not a good team. They are now 2-4 on the year with three home losses.

The Sooner offense could not sustain drives. The defense gave up almost 500 yards of total offense. And after two weeks of feeling good about ourselves, we found out that “Sooner Magic” can sometimes be “Fool’s Gold”.

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Dave: Let’s send the untested ‘horns to the corny dog stand

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The SEC got a good taste of what Sooner Magic is all about when Oklahoma walked out of Auburn with
what seemed like an unlikely win, trailing deep into the fourth quarter.

The Tigers helped a little by trying to throw the ball in their last few possessions rather than stay with the ground game and milk the clock. Kip Lewis literally tripped backwards into coverage, snagged the ball out of the air and ran down the sideline reaching the end zone just as the defender pulled him to the ground.

And in doing so coined the term “Kip Six”.

As impressive as that was, maybe the more important take away from the game was the play of quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. and the offense.

Being a true freshman in his first start in a road game in the SEC is daunting enough. But throw in the fact that he was without OU’s top five receivers and a suspect offensive line, and it was an amazing showing. He played with a poise that defied his age and experience. No turnovers and in a tight game, hit a massive pass to J.J. Hester for 60 yards to set up the touchdown that brought OU within one possession of the lead.

Add to that a flying two-point conversion after Kip’s heroics that eventually won the game, we could not have asked for more from Hawkins.

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Dave: Sooners’ injury bug is now a monster

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Oklahoma essentially has half a college football team. An SEC defense, but a Pop Warner offense. Andthat just won’t win you many football games.

It certainly didn’t last Saturday in our first loss of the season to Josh Heupel and the Vols.

It’s either the injuries, the coaching, the players, or all the above.

Probably all the above. Why can’t we have a good defense and a good offense all at the same time?

Seems it’s either one or the other for the Sooners in recent memory. And it does not look like it will get better anytime soon.

Have you seen the latest injury report? Anderson, Anthony, Gibson, Tatum….all out or doubtful.

And that’s just scratching the surface. Our most productive wide receiver, Deion Burks is now listed as questionable. Even the kicker is out with what is believed to be an appendectomy.

All this and now we are faced with the prospect of a true freshman starting quarterback for the foreseeable future.

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