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1967 – the last time Oklahoma-Tennessee went down to the wire

Published on September 14, 2015 by admin

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The Soonerguys founder predicted a loss in our game against Tennessee. Had that happened it would have broken a long standing winning streak dating back to January 1, 1968.

This was the era when you still had to be good to play in a bowl game, and really good to play on New Years Day. Second ranked Tennessee met No. 3 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. It was Chuck Fairbanks’ first year as head coach, Steve Owens’ first year at running back and Bobby Warmack’s second year quarterbacking the team. Tennessee was favored.

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Sooners topple Rocky, shuts up the SEC (again) 31-24 in OT

Published on September 13, 2015 by admin

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Maybe the only thing matching the exhilaration of Sooner Magic appearing in Knoxville is the satisfaction of shutting up the S-E-C chanters.

Both happened Saturday night when No. 19 Oklahoma came from a 17-point deficit to defeat the No. 23 Tennessee Volunteers 31-24 in double overtime.

Baker Mayfield threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Sterling Shepard in the second overtime.

For Coach Bob Stoops it was reminiscent of the Sooners’ 35-31 triumph over Texas A&M during the Sooners’ 2000 national championship season.

“It’s one of the more special wins, maybe my favorite of all of them,” Stoops said. “A little Sooner magic came back out. It reminded me of maybe like we’re back at A&M back in 2000, where we made some plays to win the game that you feel pretty fortunate and blessed to make.”

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Vols have more at stake to compel them to beat the Sooners at Rocky Top-ville

Published on September 10, 2015 by admin

Let’s get this out on the table now. The Sooners are not going to win at Tennessee.

And, it won’t be because there are 105,000 orange-clad Volunteer fans yelling in the stadium — a statistic lazy sports writer nubes harped about all week, as if the Sooners have never before played in a big game or in a big stadium.

It will be because the Sooner defense hasn’t proven to me they can step up against a strong offense.

The Tennessee volunteers have a strong offense.

The key matchup will be the Vols running game vs. the Oklahoma run defense.

Tennessee ran for 399 yards in a 59-30 victory over Bowling Green last week, which marked the Volunteers’ best single-game rushing total since 1994. Alvin Kamara and Jalen Hurd each went over 100 yards. QB Joshua Dobbs added 89 yards.

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