NORMAN | One of the most interesting things to do after watching a Sooner game is to compare your opinion against the media. TV, radio, newspapers, internet -- it's amazing how many people make their living on post-game analysis.
Here's a chance to look at the game from a different perspective.
SoonerSports.com presents links to analysis, reaction and opinion from the national media and the opposing team. Much like our "Eye on the Opponent" series, this is a chance to catch a few things you might have missed...
This might have been Baylor's Senior Day, but Oklahoma's super sophs and a freshman sub showed the Bears who's boss. With Reggie Smith scoring on a 42-yard interception return, Juaquin Iglesias taking a free kick 88 yards for a touchdown and freshman Chris Brown rushing...
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With nine turnovers in two games, you'd think head coach Bob Stoops and his staff would be ballistic, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Yeah, the team might be screwing up, but the errors have mostly come from trying too hard. This is a young team that's still working...
College Football News The ball's in your court, Texas. And after holding serve Saturday, the Oklahoma Sooners now become the biggest Texas A&M cheerleaders oops, yell leaders this side of Kyle Field. In dumping Baylor 36-10, the 16th-ranked Sooners saw to it that the Longhorns have to work...
San Antonio Express-News It was over when: After OU exploded for 23 unanswered points in the third quarter -- including a safety and 88-yard kick return in a 16-second span. Game ball goes to: Chris Brown. The Sooners' RB, filling in for the injured Adrian Peterson, ran for 169 yards and scored a touchdown...
ESPN "We're back to, 'It isn't good enough,' " Stoops said after OU's sixth straight win. The Sooners stopped messing around after the break. Thompson zipped a 21-yard touchdown pass to Kelly. Smith returned his second interception of the day 52 yards, and freshman Chris Brown...
Dallas Morning News No. 16 Oklahoma (9-2, 6-1 Big 12) used a 23-point surge in the third quarter to ease past Baylor. One reporter asked Sooner defensive back Reggie Smith if he thought the Sooners' win in front of 31,221 Saturday at Floyd Casey Stadium felt like a spring game...
Waco Tribune After things went so well over the first half of the season, the wheels completely came apart for the Bears over the last month with four straight losses and not even coming close against the teams in the South. Blake Szymanski wasn't able to get the passing game going showing...
College Football News Each week, college football producer J. Darin Darst will predict where your team will land during the bowl season. Don't agree? Post your picks on the message board. The champions of selected conferences are contractually committed to certain bowls. Gator Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Clemson.
CBS SportsLine Oklahoma rises to No. 14 in coaches' poll. Louisville (9-1) is 11th followed by Boise State (11-0), Auburn (10-2), Oklahoma (9-2) and Georgia Tech (9-2). The only other undefeated team in the country, the Broncos are likely a win away from a berth in a BCS bowl.
CNNSI Using superior strength and quickness, Oklahoma's defensive linemen got to Szymanski by blowing through the line and overpowering Baylor's blockers. Szymanski tried to use his mobility to run from them, but they dragged him down for losses of 70 yards on five sacks...
Waco Tribune After allowing the Bears to hang around, the Sooners (9-2, 6-1) did what good teams do put the game away. OU scored 23 points in the opening 10 minutes of the third. "We got on a roll," OU coach Bob Stoops said. Stoops' words effectively captured the moment...
San Antonio Express-News If nothing else, redshirt freshman quarterback Blake Szymanski proved in his closing three-game tryout that he can take a hit. Szymanski was sacked five times and was hit so hard once that he “really didn't remember playing in the first half,” senior receiver Trent Shelton said...
Waco Tribune Even in the worst days of Gene Stallings, Tom Wilson and even Hank Foldberg, any jeer that tumbled from the stands was usually shushed by an A&M populace that embraced a belief of loyalty to the school above all else. Today, however, the 12th Man, whether on site at Kyle...
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