That’s more like the OU football standard. You win the physicality battle on both lines of scrimmage, win the turnover battle, be solid in the kicking game… and run the damn football.
Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
That is the script to winning games in the SEC.
I’m so proud of Brent Venables, Danny Stutsman, Billy Bowman and the other OU players who made their last appearance in Norman.
It’s a huge in that it keeps OU’s nation leading bowl appearance streak intact. But more importantly it changes the narrative moving forward for the program. It changes the take for high school recruits and transfer portal players who now know OU is just really several pieces away from being relevant again.
My three helmet stickers go to Jackson Arnold, Ethan Downs, and Trace Ford.
Trace Ford and Etahn Downs were awesone all night long. They hit and hurried Jalen Milroe for sixty minutes. Almost knocked him out of the game with a TKO in the fourth period. It was like watching the old OU football team treat Spencer Sanders like their bitch in the last Bedlam game played in Norman.
There’s still some things to clean up like Taylor Tatum’s early fumble on the Alabama twenty yardline. The missed chip shot field goal by Zach Schmidt, and the dropped pass on an otherwise beautiful trick play which should have scored another touchdown.
Jackson Arnold, dude…that’s the version of yourself you need to replicate to be the OU starting quarterback. I’m proud of you. You ignored the outside chatter and believed in yourself, your coach, and your teammates. And that’s life, buddy. That’s how you win life or at the least get through it with your dignity intact. I’m incredibly proud of you. You were like a mini-version of Jalen Hurts with your tough running game.
No time to savor the win though. Next week in Baton Rouge to close out the regular season.
Great job, guys.
I’m so proud of you.
Mike J
An incredible performance by OU! 💪🏈 Dominating Alabama with that physical, classic style is exactly what the program needed to regain momentum. It’s great to see the team playing with grit and determination—huge credit to Brent Venables and the players stepping up in their final Norman game. 🌟🎉
Jackson Arnold showing growth under pressure is promising—keep channeling that energy and focus! The defense, led by Trace Ford and Ethan Downs, was relentless, embodying that old-school OU spirit. 🔥👏 While there’s room for improvement with turnovers and missed opportunities, this win sets the tone for the future.
Baton Rouge awaits—finish strong, Sooners! 🔴⚪
Sascha,
Thank you for the spot on awesome post. On the road so far in the SEC the Sooners have been solid in their first half performances at Auburn, at Ole Miss, and at Missouri. In objective retrospect the Sooners were fortunate in the Auburn game and unfortunate in the Missouri last minute loss.
For the the first time this season in the Alabama game, as Coach Venables put it in his presser…the Sooners hit first, they hit throughout the game, and hit Alabama in the mouth at the end of the game. That’s SEC football.
So what I’m hoping to see from our Sooners in Baton Rouge is sixty minutes of OU taking care of the ball, running the damn football with our new star Xavier Robinson featured, and hitting these LSU fake tough guys in the mouth for sixty minutes.
There’s ONLY ONE OKLAHOMA!!!
Thanks for the great post.
Mike J