Oklahoma’s Stoops, Kansas State’s Snyder to face off again

The Sooners didn’t need 55-0 on Saturday, but they needed to show more cohesion and consistent signs of improvement.

Baylor will be without freshman defensive lineman Bravvion Roy this week after he suffered a elbow injury against Iowa State, but Grobe hopes he’ll be healthy for the October 29 game against Texas. K-State has won its last two trips to Norman and enters the game as a 10 1/2-point underdog.

Saturday, the 19th-ranked Sooners (3-2, 2-0 Big 12) face Kansas State. Big 12 Conference action begins for the Lady Bears on December 29 against Kansas State inside the Ferrell Center. Running back Samaje Perine left in the first quarter and didn’t return. “We all know it’s been happening in Texas for years, but I notice it on the East Coast now”. “I grew up in Austin so I know what this rivalry is all about”. The short stuff. When Dede gets one-on-one, he can win down the field. “It’s a good win”, Stoops said afterward. Even me, I was upset just watching it because I had never been a part of that until that happened to us. “We just have to come out, be motivated and be consistent. I’ll get my guys ready and it should be a pretty good time”.

He praised OU offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley for his play calling against the Wildcats, who had come into the game leading the Big 12 in scoring defense (17.6), total defense (310.2) and rushing defense (80.6). “They’re definitely a lot better than they were previous year”. He’s gotten better and better each week.

Stoops was an assistant coach on Snyder’s first seven Kansas State teams from 1989 to 1995, when they helped the program emerge as a powerhouse. “He has faith in me just as I have faith in him”. Receiver Dede Westbrook caught 10 passes for a school record 232 yards and scored three times to be named the Big 12’s Offensive Player of the Week.

Here’s a quality showdown between the nation’s No. 1 passer in Patrick Mahomes (455 yards per game) and a stingy West Virginia defense allowing QBs to complete only 48 percent of their passes. “He had some big ones”. It’s been good the last two weeks to get him healthy. “They sent a lot of blitzes and we didn’t take advantage of all the opportunities that we had”. OU’s defense, which had its problems in wins over TCU, 52-46 and Texas, 45-40, held the Wildcats to 110 yards rushing and 225 passing.

The Red Raiders outshot the Bears 14-12 and consistently put pressure on Baylor on the defensive end, but were unable to find a way to get one past Martinson, who recorded her fifth shutout of the season.

“It was tough”, said Thomas.

Lee, after making 10 tackles that included one really hard hit in the second half, had some words of his own. “They’re really focusing on this game”, freshman defensive end Reggie Walker said. Now that Tech is off their schedule, I hope they pull one off. There are no excuses for that except for when the ball is in the air.

“You win some, you lose some, but you’ve got to keep moving on to next week”, linebacker Elijah Lee said. “I lost those plays, but aside from that it was a great game to have a lot of film to just correct myself on”. Kansas has been the preseason favorite in 12 of its 16 Big 12 regular-season titles, missing 1996-97 (no poll), 2005-06 (third) and 2010-11 (second).