The time of his life arrives for Riley
Bedlam week and the day after brought two heartbreaks for our beloved Sooner football team and all of we die-hard fans.
First, a national championship-caliber contender Oklahoma State bested our guys in Crimson and Cream on the field last Saturday night in a hard-fought, highly competitive game where the Sooner squad barely came out on the short end of the stick.
Less than 24 hours later, OU Head Coach Lincoln Riley suddenly and unexpectedly abandoned the Sooner team and nation, sneaking away in the dead of night along with several of his assistants for the sun and sand of Los Angeles…
To become the head coach of the wine-and-rose-colored University of Southern California Trojans – a team that has been about a significant over the last 15 or 20 years in the world of big-time college football as a pimple on a gnat’s back.
Upset? Mad? Frothing at the mouth? OU’s fans are. It all made me wonder when the last public hanging in Oklahoma took place.
Tough second half Poke defense slows down Sooners, holds on to 37-33 Bedlam win
Oklahoma’s winning this season has been in large measure due to the stellar play of true freshman QB Caleb Williams, but experience trumped raw talent as a senior-laden Oklahoma State defense stifled Williams and the Sooners offense in the second half, holding on to a 37-33 win in Bedlam.
The loss knocks the No. 10 Sooners out of the Big 12 Championship game and eliminates them from any college football playoff consideration.
Oklahoma has won the last six Big 12 championships.
Williams was 20 of 39 passing for 252 yards and three touchdowns. And Oklahoma running back Kennedy Brooks carried for 22 runs for 139 yards.
But most of that offensive production occurred in the first half, which ended in a 24-24 tie, but with the underdog Oklahoma carrying the momentum into the locker room.
The Sooner offense was shut out in the second half. Oklahoma only scored on a muffed punt recovery and a safety.