Sooners survive Green Tidal Wave 40-35 in ugly opener
Before kickoff Sooner fans clapped to the Tulane fight song being played by the Oklahoma band.
And when the Tulane team came onto the field the crowd — in attendance numbers reduced by the last minute moving of the game to Norman because of Hurricane Ida and no doubt also by COVID concerns — gave them a warm ovation.
Not a single boo was heard. Not even from the student section. That is something unheard of in recent memory.
But those fans began to wonder whether their charitable nature was being taken advantage of by the fourth quarter, when the Green Wave had the Sooners backs against the wall and it took a much-needed defensive stand to keep Tulane from upsetting No. 2 Oklahoma.