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Inept defense sinks Sooners for first loss in Ames since ’60

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You can point to key penalties and a late fourth quarter interception by young QB Spencer Rattler, but the Sooners lost for the first time in 60 years in Ames, Iowa because of something much simpler: tackling.

Or rather, the Sooners’ defense’s inability to do it.

Oklahoma’s 37-30 loss to Iowa State on Saturday night dropped them to 0-2 in the Big 12. It was the first back-t0-back loss for the Sooners since 1999.

The Sooners will go into the Red River Rivalry next weekend with a 1-2 record.

“Our backs are against the wall as a football team. We know that, we accept that. Our guys are hurt. Most of the guys in our room have never experienced a start of a season like this, but it’s still how you respond and I believe I know how this group will,” Coach Lincoln Riley said after the game.

Rattler played well. He threw two touchdowns (to Jeremiah Hall) and ran for another. The redshirt freshman completed 25 of 36 passes for 300 yards.

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Defensive collapse opens door for a 38-35 K-State upset win

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The absence of an experienced QB to pull wins out of scoring fests appears to be the Sooners’ Achilles heel this year.

That was evident on Saturday, when turnovers and penalties combined with a second-half collapse of Oklahoma’s defense gave Kansas State a 38-35 upset in Norman.

Redshirt freshman QB Spencer Rattler threw three interceptions, the last one a game killer in the closing seconds of the game on a final drive that Oklahoma needed to avoid its first loss at home since 2017 to Iowa State.

But it was the Oklahoma defense, which gave up 31 second half points, that put at risk what was appearing early would be the No. 3 Sooners win early.

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Rattler not rattled, Sooners breeze to 48 point shutout

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You wouldn’t have known there were 19 Sooner players missing the game. 

When Oklahoma entered the second half they were dipping deep into a roster to find anyone who needed playing time, as the No. 5 Sooners breezed their way to a 48-0 shutout of Missouri State in the season opener.

It seemed like the usual Oklahoma blow out. But there was nothing usual about this.

In the hours before kickoff there was no backed-up traffic in the southbound lanes of I-35.

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