Favorite OU Games of the Decade

College Station back 2006: OU 17, Texas A&M 16.

I was probably more relieved than anything, but Stoops was about to punt the ball in his own territory with little time on the clock in the 4th quarter, but enough time for the Aggies to drive and attempt a game winning FG. Thompson was QB and Allen was the main RB with Peterson sill injured. Thompson made the first down on a QB sneak, but Stoops called timeout, if I recall correctly. Stoops was going to punt, but the players apparently coaxed him into going for it. It worked. I don’t know who made the 1st down, maybe Allen. Sooners run out the clock to help assuage the bitter “loss” to Oregon, poor play against Texas, and the loss of AD.

Very gutsy win.

….it also sum’s up the Aggies under Franchione…OU converted the 4th down, despite Texas A&M being flagged for of all things 12 men on the field…at the home of the 12th man.

2000 Texas jump started the season, it helps that I was suffering with Texas fans in my home.

2000 Bedlam, I married that day. Here in the sticks they didnt get FOX sports SW @ the hotel all my family ws staying at. We had a prewedding reception at a sports bar about 2 blocks from the church, moved the wedding back 2 hours to accomodate the game & smelled to high hell when we (all of my family, myself, my friends) walked the 2 blocks back to the church & got married. Who would know what Bedlam meant that day when we were planning the wedding 12 mos before????

the aTm game where Marshall intercepts the ball. Great game.

2009 Bedlam- always always always nice to punish the 0 State CowChokies and put them in their place.

and the Texas game where AD breaksout and show the nation he’s the man. The spin move he made on the run up the middle put fear in Whorn hearts.

I enjoyed our game with K-State in 2000, Jonathan Beasley was a hoss. Another K-State game in Norman was great, forget the year but Roberson tried to lead the comeback against us. The more I look back on it though, any game I got to see Josh Heupel play was amazing.

But my absolute favorite was the 2001 OU-Texas game. Just not for the reasons you might think. Sure, everyone remembers Roy’s Big Play, but there were many other things that really distinguished this game overall:

1. The first glimpses of a young Jason White, who stepped in for Nate Hybl and led OU’s offense to an amazing, gritty victory. He was a redshirt freshman that year, as I recall, and he managed to step in and show real confidence and leadership in that game. He was also incredibly mobile, even running the option several times (including several keepers as well as a pitch to Q for OU’s first TD); something that gave us a glimpse of what could have been (hello, two blown ACLs).

2. Andre Woolfolk. Forgotten in this game was the fact that Andre Woolfolk, just converted to a DB after playing WR in the 2000 season, had a MONSTER game. In the first half alone, he had a key interception and blocked a Texas field goal try by jumping what looked like 10 feet straight into the air (seriously, check the replays. From the ground level shot on the ABC broadcast, you can see his WAIST over the heads of the linemen.) The last 5 minutes were about Roy Williams, but a great deal of the rest featured Woolfolk.

3. OU’s old-school defense…the defense we got USED to seeing: they held Texas to 225 total yards, and had 5 sacks and 4 interceptions on the day (including the game-winner by Teddy Lehman).

Classic.

I also like the 2003 Bedlam game, because of the Les Miles smackdown. I will NEVER get tired of seeing that guy lose.

For other games, I would also suggest the 2006 Big 12 Championship game against Nebraska, if only for the memorable 99-yard drive, one of the greatest and most critical in OU history.

Kidding

all the games played in the decade, and I can’t think of another game, I’d add, ore even suggest. Thanks for the memories!

Having grown up on the SD/Neb boarder, everyone I knew was a husker fan… not me.

Now living up WA, this game wasn’t even scheduled to be televised up here… I was beside myself!! I emailed the network and local affiliate multiple times telling them how I felt about it… Depressed that Sat morning I wasn’t even planning on watching football.. but decided to check out their local selection (probably WSU v OSU)… I nearly fell off my couch when my tv came on it was OU/neb!! Being able to watch our Sooners come storming back & destroy neb after falling behind 14-0 was such an unbelievable feeling.. WE WERE BACK!!

Of course there’s the NC game vs FSU.. and the beat downs of tex earlier in the decade and TT in ’08.. but that game vs neb is on the top of my list..

my son was exactly 1 year that day. While OU had the lead ABC asked if they could put him on the schooner to lead in/out at half time. All I heard when I got back to Texass that evening was how could I have kept him out in the heat & the sun? Poor baby was sweating on tv….. hello??? He was fine! Anyway that was also the game that Eric Bassey had the 1 positive play in his career….

And yes Works was amazing that day. The ball White threwn in the end zone incomplete to Kejaun in the Sugar Bowl would most likely have been caught by the 6in taller Works… said it when it happened, good call, but that was Works bread & butter play…