Baker Mayfield plants Oklahoma flag at Ohio Stadium

And, in a script usually reserved for wins at the Cotton Bowl, the senior planted the crimson-and-cream flag in the center of the stadium.

Perhaps it’s a bit of both. But nothing will stop this charismatic quarterback from being who he is.

“Buckeye fans, y’all kill me sometimes”, former linebacker Joshua Perry wrote on Twitter.

“We’ll grow from it”, Barrett said. Mayfield said he was embarrassed at such a sight. And, for Oklahoma, it’s best served in Columbus – and in a heaping helping for good measure. This year they were able to hold Ohio State to just 16 points.

In recent years, Ohio State has dealt with record-setting numbers of players leaving early for the National Football League draft. Really great. But what plants the Sooners’ flag into legit national championship contender status is a defense that corralled Ohio State, showing plenty of three-man fronts after an offseason of talking about going to a four-man look. But Ohio State might not play a ranked team, let alone a top-10 team, until Penn State visits Columbus on October 28.

Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said he believes Mayfield’s apology was genuine.

It’s only been two games for Riley as the OU head coach, but it would be hard to imagine a much better start. Ohio State shouldn’t ever rank No. 130 in anything, but, like, in throws a lot. Like Billy Murray says in Scrooged, “I was wrong about everything”.

“What did we prove as a team?” It’s just that beating Pitt doesn’t rise to the level of the wins the top four teams in the rankings have so far.

Mike Stoops received a pre-game hug from his brother Bob. Then he lofted a dime over the outstretched fingers of Ohio State defensive back Kendall Sheffield and into the arms of little-used Mykel Jones for a 42-yard gain. The offensive issues certainly weren’t all quarterback-related against Cincinnati, but his limitations combined with inexperience on the line and at receiver means will be a frequent problem for MI.

“This is a little better feeling than past year?” “I thought out defense was outstanding”. “We do have to play in sync. As a coach, that’s what it is all about”. “It should have been something I did in the locker room and so I apologize for doing it in the middle of the field”.

“There will not be radical changes, but we do have to play in rhythm”, offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson said. O’Daniel was simply spectacular, and his play was key to the success of the Tigers’ defense. Then, after Andrews left with a knee injury, Mayfield laced a strike to his backup, true freshman Grant Calcaterra, who dropped what would’ve been an easy touchdown.

Ohio State answered again with Nuernberger’s second field goal of the game, but Oklahoma answered again scoring 21-straight points on two Mayfield touchdown passes and a Smallwood 3 yd touchdown run to seal the game. Okoronkwo said. “That was Baker tonight”.

A fan responded: “Tell the O-line and (QB Wilton) Speight to play to their full potential, and they won’t get booed”.

– South Carolina: Road SEC wins aren’t anything to sneeze at, but Missouri’s pretty bad. Oklahoma took its first lead near the end of the third quarter and cruised in the fourth. Lots of teams sing the alma mater on the field after games, win or lose. “We’ve got to coach better”.