Defense carries Sooners into Big 12 championship game, with 27-14 win over Baylor
A tenacious Baylor defense stymied the Oklahoma offense all night.
But for perhaps the first time this season it was the Sooners defense that stepped up to keep OU ahead in the game, and secured not only a 27-14 win, but a berth in the Big 12 Championship game on December 19.
The Oklahoma defense has held opponents to 14 points or less in the last three games.
After an 0-2 start for the season, when it seemed unlikely they would wind up at AT&T Stadium at the end of the season, the Sooners return to the championship game.
Oklahoma has played in the title game 12 times and lost only once.
However, Oklahoma Coach Lincoln Riley wasn’t satisfied with the performance Saturday night..
“I think our guys weren’t coached worth a damn this week, to be completely honest,” he said in his post-game press conference.
Iowa State expected to beat up West Virginia to get into Big 12 championship game
A good line up of games on Saturday. Our Pick ’em panel is favoring Texas A&M over Auburn, a toss up between Utah and Oregon State and Iowa State to clobber West Virginia.
Going into this week the Pick ’em race is led by Jack at 62-27 on the year, for nearly a 70 percent accuracy. That’s about as high as its ever been.
But the competition is close. Roger is but one game back. And Rick, Rob and Arlo are only two games behind first place.
The rest of the pack is less than one week’s worth of games following.