SOONERGUYS Blog

Thirty minutes after leaving Cowboys Stadium and the sting of this game is a long way from fading.

I’m not one to blame coaches for most losses.  Certainly they aren’t out there holding BYU defenders, or jumping before the snap. 

And, replacing Heisman winner Sam Bradford after he went out with injury in the second quarter tonight is a problem few coaches can solve.

But, with your offense poised to score from the one-foot line, and your red shirt freshman quarterback (Landry Jones) seeing his first college football action ever, you (the coaches) let the play clock wind down without calling a time out?

To his credit, Offensive Coordinator Kevin Wilson took complete responsibility for that error.

“I didn’t watch the clock,” Wilson said in the post-game locker room.  He said he was concentrating on getting the right play into Jones on the fourth and goal from the one.

“That cost us four points (the Sooners settled for a FG) and that one is on me,” Wilson said.  “That’s totally my fault. It is my fault.”

The Sooners beat themselves tonight, 14-13, in an offensive debacle that overshadowed a reasonably good defensive effort against a potent Cougar offense.

Let’s face it, holding BYU to two touchdowns should mean Oklahoma wins this game 31-14.  Instead, more holding and procedure penalties in this game than the Sooner committed last year in a half dozen games (forgive me for some hyperbole as I throw the hotel TV remote control across the room as ESPN shows Tim Tebow highlights), meant the high octane Oklahoma offense of last year ran out of gas in Arlington, Texas.

I will avoid reminding all who heard me this summer saying I didn’t want OU to play this game in Jerry’s monster stadium against BYU.  OK, I will shut up now.