Sooners’ win keeps BCS bowl hope alive
The Sooners managed to fend of Baylor’s high-powered offense in a stiff high-powered wind that struck Owen Field Saturday.
Oklahoma’s 42-34 win over Baylor keeps the Sooners’ chance for landing a BCS bowl berth in the post-season very much alive.
The win came either because or despite a defensive strategy of coordinator Mike Stoops to take away the Bears’ passing game and allow the team from Waco to rely upon their ground game.
Bears’ rushing of Baylor quarterback Nick Florence and running back Lache Seastrunk — against an OU defensive front that sometimes had no linebackers, but seven defensive backs — was effective, but not enough to outscore 14th-ranked Oklahoma.
The Sooners offense began the day with some question marks OU was without All-American center Gabe Ikard due to a concussion and started true freshman Ty Darlington in his place.
