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Mike: Venables must make tough decisions

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The band played the familiar classic horror movie music Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Bach, a dreary mist enveloped Norman and Halloween turned into a slasher movie with South Carolina’s quarterback LaNorris Sellers playing Freddy Krueger, leaving the Sooners’ 2026 season bloodied and lifeless on Owen Field.

South Carolina beat Oklahoma 42-25 in what can only be described as a nightmarish evening.

Coming into this game everyone knew of Oklahoma’s struggling offense. But an elite defense, which has played well all season (even in the three previous losses), was one saving grace which had kept the Sooners in every game and delivered the nugget of hope that OU might repeat last year’s November win spree that led them to a playoff berth.

But South Carolina drove a dagger through that hope, exploding on two big plays by Sellers — one to DJ Black in the second quarter and then to Mazeo Bennet in the fourth quarter to make it 42-16 and the blood began draining from the body.

Sellers ended the night throwing for 301 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 96 yards and two touchdowns.

“We got our ass whooped tonight in every way,” Coach Brent Venables said.

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Dave: Multiple opinions, multiple problems

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DAVE’S WORRY METER

Oh no, we suck again. I know that isn’t very “true fan”-like.

However, I’ve pulled for Oklahoma since I was a little kid. Graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and I’m a 27 year football season ticket holder. I get to vent every once in a while.

The offense is broken. It just is. And who knows if they can fix it in time to salvage the season.

To top it all off David Stone, perhaps our best player on defense, has an injured knee. Listed as questionable the last time I saw, he at least will be hampered if he plays.

No problem though. We only play the number 1 and number 2 teams in the nation away from home the next couple of weeks.

(Are you picking up on my sarcasm here? You should be because I’m laying it on pretty thick).

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Sooners survive Lobos 14-6, poor offensive show

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You knew when the OU twirler dropped her baton and then an errant firework scorched the turf during the pregame run on that things weren’t going to go well for the Sooners the rest of the evening.

Omens aside, the events during Oklahoma’s narrow 14-6 game which it didn’t win as much as it survived, and the post-game remarks about it, made for a disappointing and perhaps foreboding turn in the Sooners’ 2026 season.

Oklahoma’s fans turned on their quarterback, launching the first boos of the still fledgling season when QB John Mateer inexplicably completed his first pass to the wrong team — an interception to begin his first action since throwing a game-losing INT in Ann Arbor a week before.

Later in the second quarter the fans turned on offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle, especially when he chose to run the ball in the waning minutes of the half to set up a field goal (that would miss), rather than have Mateer pass the ball for a hoped for touchdown.

This overshadowed a stellar performance by Oklahoma’s defense, making six sacks and 10 tackles for a loss. Their fourth down stop at the end of the game sealed a win.

The night vs day imbalance between Oklahoma’s offense and defense is a mirror image of a Lincoln Riley team — but in Riley’s case, the Sooners’ offense was so potent it didn’t matter as much.

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