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An improbable Red River Rivalry comeback win — one for the ages

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The Sooner train left the Norman Depot on Friday morning at 8:45 am. The train crashed early in the first quarter in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

And then the Sooners (a/k/a the “Cardiac Kids”) got off the train and beat Texas 55-48 in the biggest comeback win in Red River Rivalry history.

The comeback was marshaled by true freshman QB Caleb Williams and energized running back Kennedy Brooks.

When the Sooners were down 28-7 the prospects of an Oklahoma victory on a blue-sky day in Dallas’ Fair Park seemed improbable.

But, OU Coach Lincoln Riley, had seen starting QB Spencer Rattler throw one interception and cough up a fumble too and decided enough of that, let’s go with the true freshman backup Williams — the fan favorite until, at least, he loses a game.

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Rattler answers critics with stellar performance in Sooners’ 37-31 win

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Improved play from a maligned offensive line, pin-point passing by QB Spencer Rattler, and the good eyes of replay officials came together to end Kansas State’s two-year reign over Oklahoma on Saturday.

The Sooners — aka the “Cardiac Kids” — managed a 37-31 win in Manhattan to continue their season unbeaten. The Wildcats had won the last two contests with the Sooners.

In getting the win, Rattler sent a message back home to the student section:  No one is replacing me.

The second-year quarterback, whose Heisman hopes have dimmed with Oklahoma’s offense struggling to victories, led the Sooners to this victory over a tough Kansas State Wildcats in a tough environment — one of the loudest in the conference. 

K-State’s very vocal purple-clad student section chanted throughout the game: 

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Mike: If only we had a fan base of which the football team could be proud

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I remember when the only boos heard at Owen Field occurred when the band played the visiting team’s fight song.

And that always seemed perfunctory. A half-hearted, we-gotta-do it, buuu…ewe. 

Last night during the OU-West Virginia game, boos came when the Sooners were failing to convert third downs in the second quarter.

More disappointing was a chorus of “We want Caleb”  — a chant I didn’t hear in the stadium, but apparently was nationally broadcast on prime time ABC from a mic’ed up student section of drunken frat boys.

These booing and chanting apparently didn’t notice a Sooners offensive line that was getting whipped by the Mountaineers and causing QB Spencer Rattler to run for his life all night (until the final drive when it counted the most).

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