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Dave: Run game key in Red River Rivalry — for both teams

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Well the offense looked better, getting points on seven of nine total possessions against Kansas State. The ninth possession being the kneel down to end the game.

However, a glaring problem with the defense got worse as the Wildcats continually converted third and long.

And when they couldn’t, they went ahead and went for it on fourth down and converted four out of five times on those attempts.

And all this with a K-State quarterback who was practically wearing a splint on his right leg.

Didn’t matter. Time after time Skylar Thompson, not a threat to run the ball, stood back in the pocket and ate a sandwich while he waited for a receiver to come open.

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Sooners chop the Gators 55-20 — defense trashes Trask

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As the 9,000 Oklahoma fans in crimson launched into a mocking “S-E-C” chant, the giant videoboard at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas said all that was needed to be said about the Sooners’ beat down of the Southeastern Conference runners up.

A final Goodyear Cotton Bowl score:

No. 6 Oklahoma 55  No. 7 Florida 20.

The Sooners put on a record-breaking blow out performance of the Florida Gators, lead by Rhamondre Stevenson’s 186 yards on 18 carries, Spencer Rattler’s 14 of 23 passing for 246 yards and a stingy Oklahoma defense grabbing three first quarter interceptions from Florida’s Heisman finalist QB Kyle Trask.

Coach Lincoln Riley got his first bowl victory as a head coach. His Sooners had lost three previous bowl games in the College Football Playoff.

It was also his first win against an SEC team in post season.

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Defensive weakness evident in bowl loss; time to make some changes

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Life isn’t like the movies. Real stories don’t always end in some feel-good episode. Sometimes they have no resolution.

And so ended the Landry Jones story at Oklahoma. And the Sooner football program took another turn.

Oklahoma got their butt whipped by a one-Heisman band who was everything he was billed to be, as the Texas A&M Aggies rolled the Sooners 41-13 to end the 2012 season and bring Jones’ tenure in Norman to a close.

Some fans, although surely not any that were paying much attention to the game, expressed consolation that it was the under-appreciated Jones’ last game in a Sooner uniform.

The reality is, Jones played well in the game. He was calm. He was focused.

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