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