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Oklahoma's offense was very good against a solid Texas defense for most of the day by using a variety of misdirection running plays, play-action passing and rolling the pocket. In the first half they used a bunch of creativity and fast paced play calling to score 21 points and build a 14-point halftime lead. In the second half the Sooners took a different approach in trying to run more of a ball control offense and trust their defense. Its a move that came close to backfiring but wasn't as close as some pundits are trying to make it out to be.
The networks are making it out to sound like Aaron Williams' fumbled punt set up a game winning score for the Sooners but that couldn't be farther from the truth. Had Williams not muffed that punt, Texas would have only had 1:08 left on the clock to drive 59 yards to score a touchdown and then get a two-point conversion just to move the game to overtime. In short, Kevin Wilson's game plan worked. It may not have been pretty and it may have caused anxiety but it worked. Let me show you how.
Oklahoma's First Scoring Drive, 7-0
- 1st-10, OKLA17 14:56 D. Murray rushed to the left for no gain
- 2nd-10, OKLA17 14:24 L. Jones passed to D. Murray to the right for 2 yard loss. Texas committed 15 yard penalty
- 1st-10, OKLA30 14:10 L. Jones passed to K. Stills to the right for 5 yard gain
- 2nd-5, OKLA36 13:50 D. Murray rushed to the right for 1 yard loss
- 3rd-6, OKLA35 13:10 L. Jones passed to D. Miller to the left for 8 yard gain
- 1st-10, OKLA43 13:10 D. Murray rushed to the left for no gain
- 2nd-10, OKLA43 12:40 L. Jones incomplete pass to the right
- 3rd-10, OKLA43 12:23 Texas committed 10 yard penalty
- 1st-10, TEX47 12:23 T. Millard rushed up the middle for 5 yard gain
- 1st-10, TEX44 12:00 L. Jones passed to D. Murray to the right for 11 yard gain
- 1st-10, TEX33 11:55 L. Jones passed to R. Broyles to the left for 8 yard gain
- 2nd-2, TEX25 11:55 L. Jones passed to R. Broyles to the right for 3 yard gain
- 1st-10, TEX22 11:15 T. Millard rushed up the middle for 4 yard gain
- 2nd-6, TEX18 11:15 D. Murray rushed to the left for 18 yard touchdown. J. Stevens made PAT
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- Play Calling: 7 Pass/6 Rush
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Oklahoma's Second Scoring Drive, 14-0
- 1st-10, OKLA25 8:42 L. Jones passed to D. Miller down the middle for 5 yard gain
- 2nd-5, OKLA30 8:25 L. Jones passed to R. Broyles to the left for 4 yard gain
- 3rd-1, OKLA34 8:10 T. Millard rushed up the middle for 3 yard gain
- 1st-10, OKLA37 7:45 D. Murray rushed up the middle for 10 yard gain
- 1st-10, OKLA47 7:25 L. Jones passed to R. Broyles to the left for 13 yard gain
- 1st-10, TEX40 7:20 L. Jones incomplete pass to the right
- 2nd-10, TEX40 7:09 M. Madu rushed up the middle for 4 yard gain
- 3rd-6, TEX36 6:50 M. Madu rushed up the middle for 7 yard gain
- 1st-10, TEX29 6:30 D. Murray rushed to the right for 8 yard gain
- 2nd-2, TEX21 5:55 D. Murray rushed to the left for 5 yard gain
- 1st-10, TEX16 5:35 L. Jones passed to K. Stills to the right for 16 yard touchdown. J. Stevens made PAT
Play Callling: 5 Pass/6 Rush
Oklahoma's Third Scoring Drive, 21-7
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1st-10, TEX48 10:34 D. Murray rushed to the left for 17 yard gain
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1st-10, TEX31 10:00 D. Murray rushed to the right for no gain
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2nd-10, TEX31 9:45 Oklahoma committed 5 yard penalty
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2nd-15, TEX36 9:39 L. Jones passed to R. Broyles to the left for 9 yard gain
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3rd-6, TEX27 9:15 Texas committed 6 yard penalty
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1st-10, TEX21 9:10 D. Murray rushed to the left for 2 yard gain
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2nd-8, TEX19 8:45 L. Jones passed to D. Miller to the right for 14 yard gain
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1st-5, TEX5 8:20 D. Murray rushed to the right for 1 yard loss
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2nd-6, TEX6 8:15 T. Millard rushed up the middle for 4 yard gain
3rd-2, TEX2 7:25 L. Jones passed to J. Hanna down the middle for 2 yard touchdown. J. Stevens made PAT -
Play Calling: 5 Pass/3 Rush
Oklahoma's Fourth Scoring Drive, 28-10
1st-10, OKLA46 0:42 L. Jones passed to T. Millard to the left for 4 yard gain 2nd-6, 50 0:05 D. Murray rushed to the left for 9 yard gain 1st-10, TEX41 15:00 D. Murray rushed to the right for no gain 2nd-10, TEX42 14:30 L. Jones sacked by S. Acho and A. Okafor 3rd-20, OKLA48 13:44 L. Jones incomplete pass to the left. Texas committed 15 yard penalty 4th-10, TEX37 13:44 D. Murray rushed to the left for 2 yard loss 4th-12, TEX39 13:20 L. Jones passed to D. Murray to the right for 19 yard gain 1st-10, TEX20 13:20 D. Murray rushed to the left for 20 yard touchdown. J. Stevens made PAT
Play Calling: 4 Pass/4 Rush
A week after UCLA literally ran over Texas, Oklahoma found that balance was the key to success against the Longhorns. With Oklahoma's receivers able to create separation and DeMarco Murray dancing down the sidelines Kevin Wilson was able to keep Will Muschamp guessing with a balanced attack resulting in a 28 point/369 yard performance for Oklahoma's offense. Here are three other things Oklahoma did extremely well on offense.
1) Protected the football - With the way the game flow turned out giving Texas a short field off a turnover could have been disastrous. Landry Jones made some amazing passes but one of the best things he did was put the ball where only his receivers could catch it for most of the day.
2) Ran the ball - Don't let the stats fool you. Oklahoma lost some major rushing yards on the fake field goal and then the busted play where Landry Jones fumbled the ball out of bounds. When you look at DeMarco Murray's actual rushing stats he averaged 4.7 yards per carry to go along with his 2 rushing touchdowns. Now that's a key to success right there.
3) Made Texas pay for their mistakes - Oklahoma was clearly the more disciplined of the two teams and the Sooners made the Longhorns pay for it. On three of Oklahoma's four scoring drives the Longhorns committed crucial penalties at crucial times. All of them led to Sooner touchdowns.
Grading It Out
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Position |
Grade |
Comment |
| QB |
A- |
Landry was spot on at times by making what seemed to be impossible throws. However, he also had a few moments when he didn't go through his progressions or rushed his throws. |
| RB |
A |
Oklahoma needed a 100+ yard performance and that's exactly what DeMarco Murray gave them, along with two touchdowns. |
| OL |
B+ |
Gave up a couple of sacks and QB hurries but for the most part had a solid afternoon. |
| WR/TE |
A+ |
Kenny Stills has officially arrived! He's got to be the most exciting true freshman receiver to play since Bob Stoops arrived. Oh, and I think that James Hannah is still standing wide open in the back of the end zone. |
| Coaching |
C+ |
Communication errors and bad timing on some play calls caused a comfortable lead to turn into a bit of a Maalox moment. Still don't see benefit of the fake field goal. |
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