First thing is first. Baker should not have grabbed his crotch and yelled expletives at the Kansas bench or any of their fans. Everyone would agree with this. That being said, WHAT THE HELL WAS UP WITH THE KANSAS…
Oklahoma delivered to Kansas a great pumpkin they won’t forget for a while.
The Sooners beat Kansas 62-7 thanks to Baker Mayfield’s 27 of 32 passes for 383 yards and four touchdowns.
Despite Mayfield’s stellar day, it was Sterling Shepard who got most of the limelight. He had 183 receiving yards and a touchdown on 11 catches. Samaje Perine added 90 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries for the Sooners (7-1, 4-1 Big 12).
It was the 11th straight loss for Kansas, dating back to last season.
The Jayhawks had no answer for a powerful Sooners offense that scored 50 points for the third time in as many games. It was the first time Oklahoma has done that since 2008.
Oklahoma took a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter when Mayfield threw a strike to Joe Mixon, who outran defenders for a 68-yard touchdown. The Sooners scored again on their next drive, which culminated in an 11-yard touchdown pass to Durron Neal. On the following drive, Shepard’s leaping catch in the end zone stretched Oklahoma’s lead to 21-0 with 1:51 left in the first quarter.
Oklahoma outgained Kansas 248-41 in the first 15 minutes of play.
That one hurt. And the most frustrating part about it was it didn’t look like the Sooners wanted it enough.
Last week I said they needed to come into this game with more fight and more intensity than they have had all year. They were no where close to that. And I blame the coaches.
Everything we heard from everybody all week was how OU would blow out texas for a third straight year. It wouldn’t be close. texas stinks and the Sooners would wipe the floor with them.
I guess the coaches let the players believe that and believed it themselves. They thought they could show up with the word Sooners on their chest and it would be easy. They thought they were entitled to the win. They thought they could run the offense they wanted to run regardless and they would win.
How else do you explain the complete lack of QB running game? Against a texas squad that has been gashed by the QB run game all year?