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Dave: No fluke in Sooners’ beat down of ‘Bama

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I think the best thing about Oklahoma’s stunning victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide, was the fact
there was nothing at all about it that could be called a “fluke”.

Oklahoma dominated Alabama all night.

And they did it once again with a patchwork offensive line and still missing their top five wide receivers.

They held the Tide out of the end zone for the first time since 2011. They rushed for 257 yards against
their vaunted defense. And they held Bama almost 200 yards below their average offensive production,
including only 70 yards of rushing on the night.

OU also racked up almost 400 yards offense to go along with 3 forced turnovers by our defense. It was a masterful game plan by the Sooners on both sides of the ball. Run the ball to win the time of possession game and contain Jalen Milroe.

The much-maligned Oklahoma offensive line blew the Tide off the field play after play. It was a sight to behold.

Jackson Arnold had his best game of the year and may have been the toughest player on the field. Time after time he held the ball and ran it into the heart of the defense. Always gaining at least three or four yards and several times getting much more. He ended the night as the leading overall rusher between both teams with 131 yards.

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Dave: Criticism of QB play misplaced

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Oklahoma went to Columbia, MO a few weeks ago and played well enough to win…for 58 minutes. And
this time it was actually the defense that folded in crunch time allowing the Tigers to escape with a win
on their homefield.

I realize it was the defense that gave the Sooners the lead on a scoop and score, but then with only two minutes left they allowed Missouri to drive the field and tie the game.

After that Jackson Arnold of course made a colossal blunder fumbling the ball allowing Missouri their own scoop and score to take the lead and eventually win the game.

A lot of people are piling on Arnold for that awful play saying that caused us to lose the game. But again, I am laying the blame at the feet of the defense. The defense is supposed to be the strength of this team.

We know the offense has been hampered by injuries to the wide receivers and inexperience in the offensive line all year. Both OU starting quarterbacks have had to run for their lives most of the season. You can’t tell me that they wouldn’t have performed much better this year with a healthy stable of wide receivers and a more experienced O-line.

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Dave: Sooner chances of win at Mizzou are good

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I don’t care that it was just Maine. It was nice to see the offense have as much success as they did last
Saturday.

It can only help development and cohesion to have that kind of success, against any type of
competition.

It gives a glimmer of hope with much stiffer competition coming in the last quarter of the
season.

That starts this Saturday night in Columbia against an old Big 8 and Big 12 foe the Missouri Tigers. Missouri has been up and down this year with a 6-2 record. They are coming off a bye week after being shut out by Alabama.

Some of that probably had to do with the fact they lost their starting QB, Brady Cook in that game and the backup Drew Pyne proceeded to throw three picks. They couldn’t get any rhythm on offense against the Tide and that was that.

Cook is listed as questionable coming into the game against the Sooners. So, we probably won’t know until kick off if he will be able to go or if Pyne will get the start. If it’s Pyne, I like our chances a whole lot more in this contest.

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