Sooners rush to 26-7 win over Gamecocks
In its first true SEC road game of the season Oklahoma finally found its rushing game, led by RB Tory Blaylock, who started the Sooners off with an 18-yard touchdown run to end a 75-yard opening drive.
The Sooners never looked back. With a dominant defense that had Gamecocks QB LaNorris Sanders scrambling all day, Oklahoma went on to a 26-7 win in its first ever appearance in the state of South Carolina.
Blaylock finished the day with 101 yards on 19 carries. Xavier Robinson had 58 yards on 11 carries.
It was an important win for Oklahoma, coming off the previous week’s disappointing loss to Texas (where they managed just 48 yards rushing) and a week before a strong Mississippi team comes to Norman. The Sooners are now 6-1, with a 2-1 SEC record.
“I saw a hungry and angry football team…they were hangry,” Coach Brent Venables in his post-game interview.
Dave: Run game key to Texas loss, OU’s success in remaining games
Extremely disappointed in the outcome of the game against texas.
Going in, I thought it could go either way because texas has a lot of talent, and their two loses only made them more dangerous as they would be desperate. I thought it would probably come down to
who had the ball last.
Instead, the Sooner offense turned in their worst showing of the year and wasted another strong performance by the defense. They have now not touched the endzone against the longhorns in two full games. Let that sink in.
Whether it’s fair or not, the head coaching job at Oklahoma is in large part judged on h