Mike: Venables must make tough decisions
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.