Sooner Offense Has More Ammo Than Pokes In 47-41 Bedlam Shootout
by ccmachine on Nov 28, 2010 1:51 AM CST
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PrintFirst off I have to say that Saturday night's Bedlam football game was one for the ages. It will (and rightfully should) go down as a classic. Everyone knew that Oklahoma's offensive was going to have to be creative to keep up with with OSU's potent offensive attack including Kevin Wilson who called a great game. However, when all was said and done this game came down to the depth charts.
Everything started up front for Oklahoma with the offensive line paving the way to success. The Sooners posted 47 points and 589 yards against Oklahoma State with an average gain per play of 5.6 yards. For the most part the offensive line did a solid job of protecting Landry Jones and opened up holes for DeMarco Murray to average 4.3 yards per carry. Landry was sacked twice but I'm gonna go ahead and say that this was their best performance on the road this season.
The fruits of the line's labor was an offensive performance that will be talked about for quite some time, particularly the fourth quarter which may have been the craziest quarter in Bedlam football history.
| Time | Team | Scoring Type | Description | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:29 |  OKLA |
FG |
Jimmy Stevens kicked a 24-yard field goal |
27 - 24 |
| 7:42 | OKLA |
FG |
Jimmy Stevens kicked a 31-yard field goal |
30 - 24 |
| 6:11 | OKLA |
FG |
Jimmy Stevens kicked a 26-yard field goal |
33 - 24 |
| 4:11 |  OKST |
TD |
Brandon Weeden passed to Justin Blackmon down the middle for 15 yard gain (Dan Bailey made PAT) |
33 - 31 |
| 3:17 | OKLA |
TD |
Landry Jones passed to Cameron Kenney down the middle for 86 yard gain (Jimmy Stevens made PAT) |
40 - 31 |
| 3:03 | OKST |
TD |
Oklahoma kicked off, Justin Gilbert returned kickoff for 89 yards (Dan Bailey made PAT) |
40 - 38 |
| 2:44 | OKLA |
TD |
Landry Jones passed to James Hanna to the left for 77 yard gain (Jimmy Stevens made PAT) |
47 - 38 |
| 0:48 | OKST |
FG |
Dan Bailey kicked a 34-yard field goal |
47 - 41 |
Coming into this game, OSU's rushing defense was 2nd in the Big 12 and only allowing 3.7 yards per carry. Against a defense like that you've got to feel that Oklahoma's running backs were more than successful. As a team, the Sooners ran for 122 yards with DeMarco Murray and Trey Millard averaging 4.3 yards per carry. Millard got the scoring started with a 6-yard blast in the first quarter and Murray was the workhorse the team needed him to be to keep the defense honest, rushing for 82 yards on 19 carries.
Where the game was won was in the skill positions where Oklahoma just had too many threats for O-State to cover. The defensive focus for the Cowboys clearly was on Murray, Finch and Broyles but down the depth chart they couldn't account for Cameron Kenney and James Hanna (who is still wide open in the secondary).
Ryan Broyles had a modest 80 yards on 9 receptions with a score but the stars in the passing game were (and the difference makers in the game) were Cameron Kenney and tight end James Hanna. Kenney had 6 receptions for 142 yards with two scores but his biggest play was the 86-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter when he torched the O-State secondary. That set up James Hanna and Kevin Wilson's play call of the year. After the Pokes scored on the kickoff return to draw within two points Wilson did an excellent job at selling the run and the Cowboys did a horrible job by selling out to stop it. With the, "Oh Crap" look on all 11 defenders face Jones dropped back on a play action pass and hit a wide open Hanna for a 77-yard score to seal the deal. Hanna finished with 129 yards on four receptions (with the score) and all four of his catches were huge for either first downs or the score.
That brings us to Landry Jones who we watched grow up before our very eyes. The Jones we got in the first half was close to atrocious (3 picks/2 TDs) and made me feel (I'm sure I wasn't alone) fortunate to be up by seven at the half. However, the Landry Jones of the second half was extraordinary and hopefully was a glimpse of the future. By my count, Jones was 17-for-27 in the second half for 274 yards, two scores and no turnovers. In the end, Jones had a career night with 467 passing yards and four touchdowns.
It should also be mentioned that Jimmy Stevens was terrific with a perfect night including field goals of 29, 24, 31 and 26-yards.
If stats told the story then you'd want to know that the Sooners converted 16 third downs and ran a total of 105 offensive plays.
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I voted DeMarco.
His numbers may not have been as gaudy, and he may have had to leave with an injury, but I honestly believe we would have lost this game without him. Whether we were in third-and-short or third-and-medium, he single-handedly delivered several key first downs. Many of these, it should be noted, were no thanks to the run-blocking of our O-line, which I thought got beat too often. The second/third/fourth efforts that he made to get to the stick may not be SportsCenter worthy, but they kept us in the ballgame.
Landry made too many bad throws (not just the interceptions) to get my vote, although he would be my number two, if for no other reason than just for the sheer volume of decisions he had to make in this one. (And I’ll admit it, I was spoiled by Sam and I’m not over it yet.)
In the immortal words of Socrates, "I drank what?"
by SaintSooner on Nov 28, 2010 2:25 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
I agree, I voted for murray too. he was a workhorse tonight
The 17 points they had at half time were from sooner mistakes. The defense was unbelievable in the first half, stopping the cowpukes at every turn.
The second half became the shootout everyone thought it might be.
Does anyone doubt this is going to be a very talented team next year?
He didn't get my vote, but I'd have a hard time disagreeing with you.
He got multiple HUGE first downs! I’m just praying that he didn’t suffer yet another late season injury costing him these next two games.
"I don't like Texas. I don't like the city of Austin. And I don't like the color orange. It reminds me of puke." The Boz
by Jordan Esco on Nov 28, 2010 10:38 AM CST up reply actions
I wanted to vote for every player listed but chose Kenney
being in the doghouse the kid came out and produced. KW finally grew a pair in the 4th qtr and made some terrific calls.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMER!
baffled
by how many votes landry received. that was a phenomenal game to watch, but if not for landry, we’d have won by 20. i tend to keep quiet on the KW debate… but honestly, i think we have more of a landry problem than an OC problem.
and i promise that’s the only negative thing i’ll be saying all day.
think the big factor when the game was on the line he delivered this time
"There are 10 games left and we know how many those are" Jerry Jones 10/25/2010
Landry finally gets his signature win
Yes we had some bad Landry last night but with that came resilient Landry.
I could not be happier for him. 4,000 yards passing 34TD’s 10Int most teams would love to have him as their QB.
"There are 10 games left and we know how many those are" Jerry Jones 10/25/2010
107 plays on offense and 36min of time
OSU’s D was just plain gased in the 4th Q and it showed on those TD passes.
"There are 10 games left and we know how many those are" Jerry Jones 10/25/2010
fieldgoals
Well, if it weren’t for three consecutive beautiful field goals from Little-Mr.-Heartattack-for-the-fan, we have no ballgame. (Didn’t he quietly set some kind of extra point record as well.) He might not be the one, but I humbly submit that I don’t see how you can leave him off the list. Especially considering the unimaginable pressure he must be under every time he’s on the field.
Kenney played like he promised he would at the beginning of the season. A great redemptive game. DeMarco looked fabulous all game, back to his old form, I’d say. If they had ANY run blocking on the team at all he’d be scary. Loved watching him juke/spin the db out of his socks. Hope he’s ok after the injury. If not, it will be very sad. Landry’s still got issues. (an example, again he under throws a streaking Stills down the boundary on what would have been an easy td if he hits him in stride—when’s he gonna learn that Stills is faster than he thinks on those) Thank goodness he can also make many sensational throws as well.
In spite of all the babbling about Blackmon, who is great as reported, and maybe it’s the home team fan in me, but I think Broyles may be the best receiver in the country.
I’m not totally sure about this, but I still think KWilson might be a genius, or at least plenty creative. We have NO RUN BLOCKING ability, and yet he manages to manufacture sort of a run game and sort of a fake run game with bubble screens etc. Every play he has to think what would be the right call here, and then factor that against the odds of the guys being able to execute it. I watched the Boise game and thought that 4th quarter was as exciting as it could get…till I saw this one. Whew!! Can’t make the big play down field, eh? Take that! Boomer-Sooner!!
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