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Blog Archive: OU 64, Idaho State 0
September 18, 2009 | Football
9:27 p.m. | Final: Oklahoma, 64-0 In a rain-drenched home opener at Owen Field in Norman, the Sooners shut out Idaho State, 64-0, for the win. The victory extends Oklahoma's home win streak to 25 games which ties the school record set under Bud Wilkinson's watch from 1947-1952. See more notes on the streak below. Thanks for following along and we'll see you here next week as the Sooners host Tulsa at 2:30 p.m. 9:22 p.m. | Tola Tackle Merv Johnson on the radio broadcast just gave props to Tola Jimoh, a fifth-year senior from Tulsa Union, who just made that tackle. The Sooner bench erupted in support of Jimoh. Merv relayed that it was sort of a Rudy moment for the team. 9:17 p.m. | Nimmo in at QB Landry Jones comes out and is replaced by junior John Nimmo from Ponca City, Okla. It appears the Sooner coaches are holding Drew Allen back for a redshirt. Toby Rowland just joked that the Sooner coaching staff wanted to put Nimmo in earlier but they had trouble finding him. Ha... 9:12 p.m. | Nearing 10 Million Oklahoma has played before sellout crowds in 109 of the 134 games (home, away, neutral) since Stoops became the head coach. During that time, a total of 9,822,001 (average of 73,299) have watched the Sooners. The figure should move above 10 million some time in the 2009 campaign. 9:10 p.m. | 84,749 in Attendance An official attendance of 84,749 was just announced by the PA here at the stadium. With tonight's sellout, 4,993,990 fans have been in the stands for OU home games during the Stoops era. OU is expected to break the five million mark next week against Tulsa. The current string of sellouts is the second longest in school history, trailing a string of 69 from 1971-84.  Oklahoma Sets Attendance Records at Memorial Stadium 9:08 p.m. | Most Wins in a Decade If you didn't already know it, you're witnessing a golden era in Sooner football. With a win, OU's record during the 2000s will move to 103-20 (.837). The current decade has now witnessed more Sooner wins than any other. Oklahoma was 102-13-3 (.877) during the 1970s. 9:07 p.m. | One More Note on 1947 The transistor was invented in 1947. Perhaps the most important electronics event of the 20th century, the transistor later made possible the integrated circuit and microprocessor. Without it, we wouldn't be updating this online blog on our laptop from the stadium. 9:05 p.m. | Boxed In Nice tackle behind the line by Austin Box of Enid, Okla. That was the 11th tackle for loss against Idaho State for the Sooners. 9:04 p.m. | Remembering 1947 Want to really absorb the signifigance of the home win streak? When OU's current streak begin in 1947, the average price of a new home was $6,600, a new car was $1,300 and a gallon of gas was 15 cents. Of course, average pay for a year was just $2,850. 9:03 p.m. | TCU Features in Home Win Streaks Oklahoma followed a loss to TCU in Norman by winning its next 25 home games from 1947-1952. Sound familiar? OU followed a home loss to TCU in 2005 to win its next 24 games at Owen Field. The current streak includes a 35-10 victory against the Frogs on September 27, 2008. Strangely, the Sooners are 7-4 all-time against TCU but all four losses in the series occured in Norman. 9:02 p.m. | TD Calhoun Jermie Calhoun rolls in untouched over right tackle to become the fourth running back to score for the Sooners this evening. 8:57 p.m. | McFarland Makes Stop Parade All-American defensive tackle Jamarkus McFarland of Lufkin, Texas, makes that latest tackle for the defense. From Coach Merv: In those last couple of plays, only two Sooners on defense weren't true or redshirt freshmen. 8:55 p.m. | Wilkinson & Stoops Legendary Sooner coach Bud Wilkinson's first season at OU started the current longest home win streak. His team lost to TCU on October 25 and then went nearly six years without another home loss. Overall, Oklahoma went 44-2-1 (.946) in Bud's first 10 seasons at home (1947-1956). Coach Stoops amassed a 60-2 (.967) record at home during his first 10 seasons (1999-2008). 8:54 p.m. | Nearing Home Win Streak Oklahoma has won 24 straight home games, the longest current streak in the nation, and a mark that is just one shy of the school record. The Sooners won 25 in a row from the 1947 Iowa State game through the 1952 Nebraska game. Oklahoma Memorial Stadium History 8:52 p.m. | TD Miller True freshman Jonathan Miller of Garland, Texas, rolls 36 yards for his first career touchdown. Brandon Crow of Comanche, Okla., throws a great block at fullback. 8:49 p.m. | Safety Freshman linebacker Ronnell Lewis from Dewar, Okla., takes down the Bengal running back in the end zone for a safety. That's an impressive eight-man football product. It's OU, 50-0. 8:40 p.m. | Dom to the House, Almost Dominique Franks, another Tulsa Union product, takes the ISU punt back for an apparent touchdown -- but it's called back due to penalty. 8:38 p.m. | Way to Go Another nice punt by Tress Way -- a 43-yard kick that dies on the five. Way is becoming quite a field position weapon. Way's high school, Tulsa Union, suffered a 27-25 loss to archrival Jenks on Friday night. Nearly 19,000 fans on hand for that classic rivalry. 8:33 p.m. | Miller Time True freshman Jonathan Miller makes his first career carry for the Sooners -- a 13-yard advance. From Merv on the radio broadcast: "He reminds you more of Murray than the other backs." 8:32 p.m. | Field Drains Props to the OU field crew and the drainage properties on display at Owen Field. It has poured for the past couple of hours and the field still looks in great shape. Haven't noticed many slips by the players. 8:28 p.m. | Equipment Note We ran into student equipment manager Brian Kuenzi prior to kickoff and he told us that OU would go through approximately 50 game balls tonight due to the rain. Kuenzi knows what he's talking about because he's responsible for rotating dry footballs in for the officials. The game balls from tonight won't be usable in later games because the moisture wrecks the leather. 8:22 p.m. | Freshman on Defense A few new faces are appearing on defense for the Sooners on this drive, including Ronnell Lewis, Joseph Ibiloye and Demontre Hurst. 8:17 p.m. | View from Our Desk With the rain officially in torrential downpour status, we're sure glad we're protected from the elements here in the new SoonerVision offices in the southwest corner of the stadium. Here's a view from our desk. About half the fans with tickets in the south end zone have decided to seek shelter, but there's still a good number of brave souls out there:
It may take a few days for fans still in the stands to dry out. This is the hardest it's rained all evening. With the score 48-0 coupled with the weather, it's amazing fans are still hanging in the stands for this one. Here's a quick glance at the latest radar. 8:03 p.m. | DeMarco In Again DeMarco Murray rolls untouched into the end zone for his second score of the evening. Oklahoma goes up, 48-0. 8:02 p.m. | Home Openers Leading 41-0 at halftime, Oklahoma has now outscored opponents 140-0 in the first half in the past three home openers. 8:01 p.m. | Fan Email We received the following fan email from Justin, who is following the blog tonight: "With a 41-0 lead, do you leave Landry Jones in?" It's an interesting question considering the Sooners may want to redshirt true freshman Drew Allen, the only other scholarship quarterback on the roster. OU's other options are walk-ons John Nimmo and Ben Sherrard. Merv guesses on the radio broadcast that Drew Allen and Nimmo may come into the game at some point. 7:56 p.m. | Lull in the Game Video Media Relations' David Bassity returns with one of our favorite features for our blog. With lots of puddles starting to form on the field, let's hope Toby Rowland doesn't fall into one like this reporter. It's Rowland's first game as sideline reporter here in Norman:
5:32 p.m. | It's Football Time in Oklahoma! The famous words of PA announcer Jim Miller just resounded over the loudspeakers. Still 30 minutes before game time, Oklahoma fans are already showing up strong despite the soggy weather. We're stuck inside to keep our equipment dry, so while we're here we figured we might as well give you a behind-the-scenes look at the new SoonerVision control room where the video boards and ribbon boards are operated during the game:  5:24 p.m. | Opponent Trivia For anyone out there wondering where in the world is Idaho State, it is located in Pocatello, Idaho. Pocatello is the fourth-largest city in the state, but its population is still only around 52,000 people. That means if the entire city congregated in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, there would still be 30,000 empty seats. 5:11 p.m. | Fear the 'Stache Here's a quick pic of the OU students showing support for Sooner quarterback Landy Jones prior to kickoff here in Norman:
4:42 p.m. | Students Ready to Roll Just checked in down on the field and the OU student section is already half-full with an enthusiastic contingent of students eagerly anticipating their first look at the 2009 Sooners. Our favorite show of support so far was a group wearing "Fear the 'Stache" T-shirts in honor of QB Landry Jones, who made his college debut last Saturday against BYU and will start today's game against the Bengals. 4:11 p.m. | Ponchos Aplenty As we pulled up to the stadium this afternoon, ponchos were a common sight with rain falling steadily in Norman. If the wet weather continues during the game, we will have to move from our usual post behind the Sooner bench to an indoor location protected from the elements. Either way, we will continue to provide live updates from the stadium throughout the night so stay tuned.
10:31 a.m. | Saturday's Events Below is a quick schedule of all the events leading up to the 6 p.m. kickoff at Memorial Stadium for the OU-Idaho State game:
6 p.m. | Oklahoma vs. Idaho State Welcome to the SoonerSports.com Gameday Blog. Throughout the day, you can view commentary from our staff, observations from the sideline at Owen Field, notes from the media relations staff in the press box plus fan emails and reaction during the game. The Sooners host the Idaho State Bengals at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman on Saturday night. The game is a pay-per-view event with kickoff slated for 6 p.m. Sooner Gameday Central | Boomer Bytes | Football Video Library |
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