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Defense shows improved tenacity in ‘ugly’ 28-11 win over SMU

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No. 18 Oklahoma’s defense made it clear it was much improved from last year’s poor performances, fending off a highly touted SMU offense and holding onto a 28-11 win Saturday on Owen Field.

The SMU Mustangs barely scratched the scoreboard in the first 30 minutes of play, trailing 14-3 at the half.

But in the fourth quarter, SMU narrowed the OU lead to 14-11 with 12:09 left in the game. Then, the Sooners offense kicked into gear.

“I love that about our team — the fight and the courage and the belief and the never flinch attitude that they had,” Coach Brent Venables said. “I thought, that was what you want to see. A year ago, I’m not sure if we would have figured out a way to win that game.”

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Sooner locomotive steamrolls ASU, 73-0

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The only stop of anything decked out in crimson on Saturday was when a freight train sat idle on the tracks after it crashed into an improvidently parked car, blocking thousands of Sooner fans exiting campus following Oklahoma’s 73-0 thrashing of Arkansas State.

For the visiting Wolves, the Sooners resembled a BNSF locomotive barrelling down Owen Field, scoring 28 points in the first quarter and gaining 642 yards total offense before the opening game of the season came to an end on a scorching hot day in Norman.

There was no first-game rustiness for OU QB Dillon Gabriel, who completed 19 of 22 passes for 308 yards and two touchdowns during his first-half only playing time. Gabriel also ran for another TD.

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Sooner turnovers, Bear run game = Oklahoma’s disappointing fourth loss

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You can’t win against a better football team when your quarterback throws three interceptions. 

That was my text to a friend after Dillon Gabriel’s pass intended for Jalil Farooq was tipped up and intercepted by Baylor’s Christian Morgan with 1:52 left in the first half.  

At that point there was plenty of football yet to be played — and even though Oklahoma’s defense would have brilliant moments in the second half  — my axiom proved true on a cool and crisp Saturday afternoon of football in Norman, where the Baylor Bears defeated the Sooners 38-35.

It was only Baylor’s second win in Norman — ever.

The remarkable thing about this game was that the Sooners were only a field goal away from the Bears for much of the game, despite those turnovers.

In fact, the Sooners played pretty good against as tough of an opponent as exists in the Big 12 (records notwithstanding), leading most of the game in all the statistics except the one that counts: the score.

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