Sooner Magic kicks in right on time
With five minutes left in the 3rd quarter, the Sooners had narrowed the Texas lead to 17-10 on a 53-yard Tate Sandell field goal, and judging from the reaction of the crimson clad crowd that populated the south half of the Cotton Bowl, you would have thought Oklahoma was well on its way to defeating the No. 1 ranked Texas Longhorns.
The Oklahoma fans were raucous. Texas fans were pensive.
The Sooners were in the game in the second half. And that’s not what any pundit, predictor, gambler or arm-chair quarterback in the country had predicted.
Momentum had shifted and any doubts about whether the Sooners had any chance for an upset were being supplanted by a measure of belief, or maybe we should say, blind faith, that maybe, just maybe, OU fans were going to witness the 2026 version of something called Sooner Magic.
Turns out, they did.
Sandell’s field goal was a precursor of what was to happen. Oklahoma would go on to outscore the 9 1/2-point favorite Texas 17-7 in the fourth quarter and win this year’s Red River Rivalry 27-24 with a walk off home run field goal by Sandell.
Dave: Time for some Sooner Magic
Even though Georgia scored 41 points, the defense once again played well enough to win that game. They held the Bulldog offense to almost 200 yards below their season average, and Georgia only converted on 3 of 12 third downs.
But as has been the case almost all year, once the defense got off the field, the offense did nothing to capitalize.
It’s like a broken record at this point. There were some flashes.
Mateer found tight end Rocky Beers and wide receiver Isiah Satenga often leading to a combined stat line of 165 yards on 16 catches with a touchdown between them. But it was all for naught as the Sooner quarterback once again was careless with the rock turning it over 3 times including an 85-yard scoop and score when the ball inexplicably slipped out of his hand as he wound up to pass.