No. 10 WVU falls to No. 8 Oklahoma, 56-28

Left tackle Orlando Brown, left guard Ben Powers, center Erick Wren, right guard Dru Samia and right tackle Bobby Evans were the starters, and reserve lineman Jonathan Alvarez and fullback Dimitri Flowers were singled out by coach Bob Stoops as having played well.

Oklahoma is a 3.5-point favorite, according to Vegas Insider.

But they need a win as well when they take the field December 3 against Oklahoma State, or nothing else matters, and OU will be headed to the Alamo Bowl, not the Peach/Fiesta (CFP) or the Sugar as the Big 12 Champion. OU dashed the Cowboys’ hopes in 2013 with a last-minute touchdown. They head to Iowa State for their second to last game before closing the season against a tough Baylor team.

“You have to focus in”.

“We talk about how that team has performed each and every week”, Hocutt said in an Associated Press story. It was obvious the game wasn’t going at all how they’d anticipated. Oklahoma (9-2, 8-0 Big 12, No. 9 CFP) dominated from the start, building a 28-0 lead early in the second quarter before the Mountaineers tried a late comeback.

– The Sooners are averaging 44 points per game. West Virginia’s 19th ranked defense in points per game is the best in the Big 12.

Weather would immediately impact the game.

Austin Seibert’s kick was muffed by Gary Jennings and recovered by Oklahoma’s Sam Grant. Samaje Perine is absolutely fantastic but still is not the holistic back Mixon is and has dealt with some nagging injuries.

It was the first of four turnovers which would doom the Mountaineers.

There were some signs last week that the Irish are coming to life against Army, and even though it’s way too late to matter, I would be surprised if this team didn’t play good football in its final two games. “You can’t make mistakes against a good football team”.

Oklahoma WR Dede Westbrook vs.

But the Sooners countered with a 65-yard drive capped by Baker Mayfield’s 1-yard clincher.

“It was huge, especially with the situation that it was”. Once he got in the open field, he was gone. It had 39 carries for 241 yards and three TDs on the ground by halftime. This year he’s tied for second in the country in yards receiving per game at 125.4 and in touchdown catches with 14.

“This is a tricky team”, Sooners defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said of the Mountaineers. “I think your confidence shows in those kind of environments”. He’s a big bodied corner at around 6ft 2, 200 lbs and has great ball skills, but he’s not the fastest, with average short area movement, and against someone as dynamic as Westbrook, it would not be a surprise to see the receiver win this individual battle on the occasions they go head-to-head.

Much as was the formula two years ago, Oklahoma ran the football effectively rushing for 313 yards on the legs of junior Semaje Perine (160 yards and 2 touchdowns) and sophomore Joe Mixon (147 yards and a touchdown).

The West Virginia Mountaineers are 8-1 (5-1) this season after beating Texas by a score of 24-20 in their last game.

Perine put together a scoring drive on his own on the Sooners’ next possession. Seibert’s conversion completed the scoring. OU’s coaching staff said the pregame plan was to emphasize the run. Oklahoma leads series 6-2. But all in all, I’m encouraged that the unit stepped up when it needed to, generated some turnovers and limited the West Virginia passing attack.

Howard’s poor night of accuracy (12 of 27) was capped when his third-and-three pass from the OU 27 was intercepted by Jordan Evans and returned 80 yards for a touchdown and a 41-7 lead.

The West Virginia Mountaineers, after falling on the road to Oklahoma State in October, have beat both the Kansas Jayhawks and the Texas Longhorns.

Oklahoma goes up 41-7. It was just a matter that we were able to run the ball so well so why would we stray away from that? We didn’t hold our gaps very well. “So all we can do is do our best”.

“They were calling me a hand-off quarterback”. They did a good job.

“We have to make plays like that”.

In the first quarter, he stripped Crawford at the 5-yard line and cornerback Jordan Parker pounced on the ball. It was a heavily reviewed play because of the pileup in the end zone, but the touchdown and two-point conversion put the Sooners up 49-28. But the committee had West Virginia ranked No. 14 – behind six two-loss teams and one three-loss team. “We intentionally threw a little bit more to keep those drives going”. The Mountaineers finished with a 579-485 advantage in total yards. Despite limiting West Virginia’s points, the Sooners still allowed a 300-yard rusher – Justin Crawford, 331 yards.