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Sooners 27-14 loss at Baylor came as no surprise

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WACO, Texas — Two important things were determined here Saturday on the north bank of the Brazos River:

One, Oklahoma’s nine-game win streak coming into its contest with Baylor was built on a thin foundation — mostly the bricks of a remarkable physical talent in freshman QB Caleb Williams, and, honestly, some luck. 

Second, Baylor Coach Dave Arenda’s excuse for his grossly unsportsmanlike time out and game-ending field goal (that it was for points needed for a conference tie-breaker calculation) was a fraud. He isn’t fooling anyone who knows the Big 12 conference rules.

I’ll explain the latter later, but first, let’s talk about the Sooner’s 27-14 loss to Baylor.

Sitting on my perch in McLane Stadium, I knew things weren’t going to go well when Gabe Brkic missed two field goals. 

That’s like watching Tiger Woods miss two 7-foot putts in a row (never mind Gabe’s attempts were from 51 yards and 40 yards, respectively).

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Dave: Williams cements claim to starting OU QB, but NFL still watching Rattler

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Lincoln Riley matched Bob Stoops record of 5-1 through his first six games against the hated longhorns last Saturday at the Cotton Bowl. 

In what might have been the greatest game ever played between the rivals, the texas longhorns new “triplets” had stat lines that looked like a video game, but in the end, it didn’t matter. 

Quarterback Casey Thompson threw for 388 yards and 5 touchdowns. 

Running back Bijan Robinson carried the ball for 137 yards and 1 touchdown and receiver Xavier Worthy caught 9 passes for 261 yards and 2 touchdowns.

All that, and they LOST. 

That and many other things made the fourth victory in a row for Oklahoma in this series that much sweeter. 

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Dave: Some of the offense’s woes fall on Riley’s play calling

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Just to get this out of the way, the people chanting “we want Caleb” from the student section last Saturday night were either drunk, or don’t really know anything about the game of football. 

Probably both. 

Rattler has no time to throw the ball deep.  The offensive line is not playing well at all.  In any facet of the game. 

And while I can understand that Caleb would give an element of a QB run game, you would be risking injury to the future of the position because Caleb would be running for his life due to the O-lines futility. 

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