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Sooners’ season spiraling into a disaster

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A walk off  field goal by West Virginia in Morgantown made one thing clear: The Sooners are headed for a possible 7-loss season, which would render Brent Venables’ first year as a head coach at Oklahoma a decisive failure.  

The Sooners lost 23-20 on that Mountaineers field goal, but this loss had more to do with Oklahoma’s own ability to find ways to lose than West Virginia’s ability to find ways to win.

Check off these boxes:

— A missed field goal off an upright.

— A facemask penalty to negate an otherwise defensive stop, allowing W.Va. to complete a scoring drive.

— An offensive pass interference call that wiped out an OU touchdown.

— A give up of a fake punt.

— A dropped easy touchdown pass.

— A defense that played well in the first half, but gave up big third down plays (like they have all year) in the second half — giving West Virginia three long scoring drives.

“We don’t deserve to win when not doing all those things the right way,” Coach Brent Venables said.

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Sooner turnovers, Bear run game = Oklahoma’s disappointing fourth loss

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You can’t win against a better football team when your quarterback throws three interceptions. 

That was my text to a friend after Dillon Gabriel’s pass intended for Jalil Farooq was tipped up and intercepted by Baylor’s Christian Morgan with 1:52 left in the first half.  

At that point there was plenty of football yet to be played — and even though Oklahoma’s defense would have brilliant moments in the second half  — my axiom proved true on a cool and crisp Saturday afternoon of football in Norman, where the Baylor Bears defeated the Sooners 38-35.

It was only Baylor’s second win in Norman — ever.

The remarkable thing about this game was that the Sooners were only a field goal away from the Bears for much of the game, despite those turnovers.

In fact, the Sooners played pretty good against as tough of an opponent as exists in the Big 12 (records notwithstanding), leading most of the game in all the statistics except the one that counts: the score.

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Sooner defense saves stuttering offense in 27-13 win over Iowa State

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Midway through the third quarter the early stellar play by Oklahoma’s defense was called into question.  

Iowa State converted on a 4th and 11 and then again on 4th and 12, scoring a touchdown to cut the Sooner lead to 20-13. 

Meanwhile, the Oklahoma offense hit a brick wall, with three drives in a row ending in three and outs.  

But that’s when the defense came back to life in the fourth quarter, getting two of their three interceptions to kill any chance the Cyclones of making a homefield comeback and securing a much needed 27-13 win in Ames.

Redshirt senior safety Justin Broiles and sophomore linebacker Danny Stutsman grabbed the crucial fourth quarter interceptions. 

The win moved the Sooners record to 5-3 for the season and 2-3 in Big 12 play.

It was the largest margin of victory the Sooners have had over Iowa State since 2015.

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