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Mayfield takes charge and leads Sooners to 52-38 record-setting win over TU

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mikesblogOklahoma’s game against Tulsa was like walking a tight rope without a net.

After TU scored 14 points in the last minute of the first half, closing the Sooners lead to seven, it seemed like the game was just a play or two away from falling into disaster.

But, then, Baker Mayfield came in and said, at least figuratively, “we got this.”

Mayfield set a school record with 572 yards. He threw four touchdown passes. He ran for two more.

And Oklahoma won 52-38, in a game where the offense bailed out the defense, which struggled defending against TU’s Baylor-esque offense. It was a returned favor from the previous week, when the defense seemed to keep Oklahoma in the game at Tennessee even when the offense sputtered.

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Sacrilege in the SEC writes another chapter of Sooner Magic

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SEC! SEC! SEC!….Sorry, couldn’t help myself.

With tongue firmly planted in cheek, that is what I started yelling when Zach Sanchez intercepted the ball in the second over time last Saturday night against the Tennessee Volunteers. It was just so satisfying to again beat the almighty SEC for the third straight year. This time in front of 105,000 screaming SEC fans in a true road game.

Once again Stoops and the boys stood up and declared the SEC is not all that. Early in game week you could tell this one would be a heated contest. Bob Stoops innocently enough answered a question that apparently riled up Volunteer fans.

He was asked what effect playing in front of 105,000 fans at storied Neyland Stadium might have on his team. His answer was basically we play in front of full stadiums almost every week. And we’ve been on the road at Notre Dame and Florida St. in front of huge angry crowds and have won . So he didn’t think it would be an issue.

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1967 – the last time Oklahoma-Tennessee went down to the wire

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The Soonerguys founder predicted a loss in our game against Tennessee. Had that happened it would have broken a long standing winning streak dating back to January 1, 1968.

This was the era when you still had to be good to play in a bowl game, and really good to play on New Years Day. Second ranked Tennessee met No. 3 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. It was Chuck Fairbanks’ first year as head coach, Steve Owens’ first year at running back and Bobby Warmack’s second year quarterbacking the team. Tennessee was favored.

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