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Great Sooner win over Baylor, but was the Playoff Committee watching at all?

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I guess there are some stories floating around that Art Briles may have said something less than flattering to Bob Stoops during their post game hand shake. So called “insiders” have said that is the case, but will not elaborate.

Wouldn’t surprise me. Arrogant prick. At his post game press conference he couldn’t bring himself to congratulate the Sooners. Closest he got to any praise for OU was saying that OU was a “good team but we made too many mistakes and they got out of here with a win.” Translation: “I don’t want to give OU any credit, we lost the game, OU didn’t win it.”

You know, sometimes that is the case. But not this time Art, and you know it. The Sooners came out with a chip on their shoulder and after Baylor’s first drive, punched the Bears in the mouth.

Whenever Baylor threatened to take the lead, the Sooners answered. And boy are the excuses coming out now. “Well, that was our back up quarterback.” That’s a very different story than what I heard before the game. All I heard from Baylor fans and Briles himself was that Stidham was ready. He isn’t your normal freshman back up. He enrolled in January and knows the offense. The offense won’t skip a beat. He’s better than Russell…and on and on. Whatever.

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The play of the season that defines these Baker Mayfield-led Sooners

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With just 4:58 left in the fourth quarter the game had come down to one play. A third and goal from the seven yard line. Oklahoma was leading 37-34.

Score a touchdown and the Sooners would likely put this slugfest of a game over. End this drive with a field goal would put Oklahoma up by just six — an uncomfortable place, given the rapidity with which the Baylor Bears had scored.

I texted friends: “This is a game winning or game losing play right here.”

Baker Mayfield, who had been brilliant all night and exceptionally lucky all night (two fumbles providently bounced back in his hands to save disaster), dropped back to pass. He was looking for Sterling Shephard running a corner route. Covered. Mark Andrews was running another route. Covered. Mayfield started to run for it — but no, the opening closed. The Baylor pass rush was closing in. And Mayfield scrambled.

It looked like one of those run-a-thousand-yards scrambles that would end in an incomplete pass, or a sack or something worse.

Then fullback Dimitri Flowers — who had been blocking in pass protection — didn’t have anyone to block as the Bear defenders were “bearing” down on Mayfield. Flowers slipped into the end zone and started waiving his hands.

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Playoff rankings are hooey, Big 12 chances riding on the Sooners in Waco

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The Sooners did what they needed to do against the Cyclones last Saturday night. Despite a lackluster 2nd quarter they torched Iowa St. 52-16. The offensive hummed along and the defense was stout.

Now we move on to bigger and hopefully better things.

But before we do, let me share a few thoughts I have about the week two Playoff Committee Rankings. What a load of horsesh!t. Look, I realize the rankings mean nothing until the final week, but some of the stuff coming out of this committee is just laughable.

And while it is very rare for me to say anything in defense of our little brother pokie state, they are getting the shaft. They have a better win than any win from Stanford, Iowa, Notre Dame or Baylor. And all those teams are ranked ahead of them. And two of them have LOST already. osu is UNDEFEATED.

And if that wasn’t crazy enough, this is what the committee chairman Jeff Long said when asked if Stanford’s high ranking was because they were being given somewhat of a pass on their loss to Northwestern because it was played at 9am Pacific Time. “Absolutely,” Long said. “Yeah, I think that it’s a significant thing.”…..What the actually f$&k!!!

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