Oklahoma Beats oSu to Win Bedlam and the Big 12

Not only that, the Sooners’ win in Stillwater was a de-facto Big 12 championship game, completely unlike what TCU ended with in 2014. The victor of this contest will punch their ticket to the playoffs. – Chad Kelly threw for 236 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score to lead MS (9-3).

The two semifinal bowl games this year are the Orange Bowl, played at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., and the Cotton Bowl inside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. With a non-conference victory over 10-2 Notre Dame, a 10-point conference win over 10-2 Florida State and four other wins against teams with winning records, Clemson has done everything asked of it up to this point.

“It’s always satisfying to be sitting here in this position as the Big 12 champion”.

Who could have thought the last night of the Sooners’ season would end with a “Big 12 champs!” serenade onto a rival’s field, followed by a “Heis-man!” chant for his quarterback who, two years ago, shrugged off an entire conference of raised eyebrows to leave Texas Tech and become a two-time walk-on at Oklahoma.

But because the Sooners will not play another game before the final set of CFP rankings are revealed Sunday, they will have no opportunity to sway members of the selection committee with a fresh closing argument this week, when most of the nation’s playoff contenders will compete in league championship games. Clemson faces a tricky matchup with North Carolina in the ACC championship, Alabama should handle Florida with no problems, and the Big 10 champion is also in. “I don’t see how they could leave us out”.

OSU retaliated with Walsh’s 72-yard bomb to James Washington, but OU answered with Perine’s second touchdown, a 25-yard run. The Sooners were just playing a different game in the first half. Oklahoma State’s defense is no pushover with that front four.

Grogan’s 21-yard field goal cut the Pokes’ deficit to 44-23, but the Sooners came back with a 72-yard drive. After giving up 38 points to Tulsa on September 19, causing some concern, Oklahoma’s defense hasn’t given up that many points since – not against anyone in the points-heavy Big 12. Mayfield’s 5-yard run finished the drive, and OU led 51-23 with 4:42 left in the third period.

Passing Offense: It was an average day for this passing offense, which put up only 180 yards.

When they weren’t running it, the Sooners found success throwing the ball, especially to Sterling Shepard who had 10 catches for 87 yards and a touchdown. Now here’s the part that continues to be glossed over in the rampaging public love affair with the Sooners: in those three games they played one series against the other team’s starting quarterback. Oklahoma also broke up seven more passes. And all of them work in OU’s favor.

“I would think that he would be as deserving as anybody in the country”, he said. “That’s where we are”, Briles said. “They’ve had a great chemistry in the way they’ve worked in these last (seven) weeks”.

No. 2 Alabama 29, Auburn 13: AUBURN, Ala. Boykin went on to express his hope that he and Doctson will be able to perform their Batman/Robin act one more time in TCU’s bowl game.