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Gabriel-led Sooners put Jayhawks in their place in 52-42 win

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What a difference a week makes.

Or, what a difference having a quarterback makes.

Both were at play as the Sooners ended a three-game losing streak and on the heels of an embarrassing loss in the Red River Rivalry, defeated Kansas at home 52-42 under the reins of QB Dillon Gabriel, returning to duty from an injury.

“Dillon makes a big difference,” Oklahoma coach Brent Venables said. “As we saw today, having missed him for the last seven quarters, he makes a big difference in the flow of your whole team. Not just the offense.”

Gabriel finished 29-for-42 with 403 yards and three total touchdowns and led the Sooners (4-3, 1-3 Big 12) to the win over the No. 19-ranked Jayhawks.

 OU compiled 701 total yards of offense compared to just 195 total and 39 through the air against Texas.

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Dave: No sugar coating — this team is bad right now, until Gabriel makes return

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Now I guess we know how it felt to be texas fans when OU was handing them 65-13 and 63-14 beat downs. 

But at the very least we can take solace in the fact that we are NOT, in fact, actual texas fans. 

I can’t imagine…  It’s pretty thin times for Oklahoma Football right now.  In some ways historically thin. 

But I am sure you have heard all the stats and streaks that have been broken or started during the last three games.  No real need to re-hash it all here.  There’s no sugar coating it.  We are just a bad football team right now. 

I do think that Brent, given time, will get it turned around.  It just depends on if Joe C. will give him that time.  I mean John Blake got three years. 

But that was almost 25 years ago.  College football is much different now.  The money is fatter and the patience is thinner. 

I think Joe will do the right thing and give Brent the time he needs.  However there needs to be visible improvement pretty quickly.  Like this year. 

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Dave: Crazy stuff happens in OU vs. Texas — but not optimistic this year

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New season goal: Become bowl eligible.

And that won’t be easy considering the way the Sooners have looked that past two weeks.

There is no guaranteed win left on the schedule. We can’t even count on Kansas to be a push over anymore.

The defense is lost right now. And it may take a few years before it is found.

I saw some stats from the first few years of Venables’ tenure as Defensive Coordinator at Clemson.

His defenses ranked in the 50’s the first two years. Then in the third year they were a top 10 unit, and consistently stayed there throughout his time with the Tigers.

He is head coach now, so he has many more things that need his attention. Also, we need to realize that the Sooners lost more talent than anyone is willing to admit through graduation and the transfer portal.

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