It's the halfway point of the season and OU is off next Saturday, but AllSooners rewatched the game and takes one final deep dive into Saturday's win over the Longhorns.
One last not-so-quick look, via the ABC-TV broadcast, at Oklahoma's 34-30 takedown of No. 3 Texas on Saturday in Dallas:After a big, emotional hit on the kickoff, Woodi Washington’s tackle of Xavier Worthy on the opening play reminded me of what was so bad about Alex Grinch’s defense two years ago, when Worthy took a similar play 75 yards untouched.
Former SEC defensive tackle Da’Jon Terry with the quarterback sack on Texas’ second possession. Powerful bull rush, then really skilled hand movement to create separation, then quick feet to close the gap as Ewers was trying to get away. He looks like he’ll be right at home in the SEC next year, assuming he chooses to come back. Rondell Bothroyd and Trace Ford got pressured on Ewers on the next play.
A toss sweep to Farooq coming off the goal line and a dive to Marcus Major show how tough it is for Oklahoma to have to come out of the Texas end. Jeff Lebby didn’t want to gamble with all that noise. Gabriel’s third-down throw to Drake Stoops looked too high, but it also looked like Stoops broke off his crossing route a little short of the first down marker.
Dolby’s tackle of Jordan Whittington on a screen pass after Whittington had slipped away from Bowman was another impressive play by the Sooners’ juco transfer corner. His aggressiveness and confidence has been fun to watch. ESPN just showed a closeup of Gabriel’s right pinky gushing blood and dripping onto his pants. Just part of the legacy.
Brent Venables’ would probably disagree with me, but there seemed to be no real blame or mistakes on Jonathan Brooks’ 31-yard run. Just the perfect call for the defense Venables was in. Gabriel showed his toughness on back to back runs: he scrambled into he pile, where he took a hard helmet in the back, then drew the late-hit on Thompson while sliding at the end of a 15-yard run. He then took a read option into a pile of Longhorns and got pounded backward. He probably needs to protect himself a little better, but no doubt his teammates rallied around him as Raym and Cayden Green combine to open a massive hole for Tawee Walker to run through for a 17-14 lead.
OU might have produced a touchdown in this sequence, but two errors left it on the foot of Schmit for a 27-yard field goal that put Oklahoma back on top 20-17 at half. The first was Tyler Guyton’s false start penalty, which turned second-and-9 at the 15 into second-and-14 from the 20 and ran 10 seconds off the clock by rule. Then Walker dropped Gabriel’s pass on a clever scramble drill. Walker could have scored easily but couldn’t corral throw.
It was somewhat shocking that Ethan Downs didn’t get flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct after throwing J.T. Sanders to the ground and dragging Ewers down for another sack. Downs is the nicest guy on the roster, but his stop and prolonged flex over Ewers was pretty obvious. Da’Jon Terry and Dasan McCullough jump up again, combining on a tackle for loss of 4 yards on second-and-2. Transfer portal wins again.
It’s third down, and with two jumbo fullbacks in the backfield, Brooks has no chance. Stutsman gets off a half-hearted block and stuffs Brooks for a 1-yard loss as McCullough arrives to help pull him down, then gets help from Downs, Kanak and Bothroyd help pull Brooks backward. Jayden Gibson nearly put it away with a 50-yard catch, but what a play by Terrance Brooks to reach in at the last possible second to pull down Gibson’s right arm.
A pre-snap penalty on Texas would have wiped it out anyway, but wow, what a play by Dolby to apply a big hit over the middle and make sure Whittington didn’t come down with a fantastic catch. After Lawrence missed a tackle on a check down throw to Brooks, Dolby is back on the field at left corner. Seriously, Stoops and Farooq came into the season as Oklahoma’s two most experienced receivers, so it just makes sense that Gabriel and the coaching staff trust them the most in this situation.
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