Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops says Sooners should be in College Football Playoff

The Sooners and Cowboys can set up a victor takes the Big 12 Bedlam game.

“This win means we are one of those teams that has a chance”, Stoops said. He has Alabama at No. 2 to meet third-ranked Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl.

The second quarter saw Oklahoma add on to their lead as quarterback Baker Mayfield hit wideout Sterling Shepard for a 39 yard touchdown pass. The Sooners failed to convert on the PAT, making their lead 13-6.

“Line to gain is something that they’re supposed to stop to review if they feel it’s necessary”, Iowa State Coach Paul Rhoads said.

The key hire was Lincoln Riley, arriving from East Carolina to install a version of the Air Raid attack.

Mayfield used his arms and legs to take Oklahoma 74 yards on eight plays.

Mayfield passed for 270 yards vs. Baylor, ran for 76, and accounted for four touchdowns.

It is hard to believe this is the same Oklahoma team that lost earlier this season to Texas. Besides visions of turkey and dressing dancing in many heads, college football teams have their eyes on crowns as they get down to the meat of their schedules with a few rivalries and conference championship games. Remember, Alabama botched its way to a home loss against Ole Miss earlier this season, too. “This is a definite legacy game for these seniors to turn the tide back and restore things to their rightful order”.

The Sooners made a big jump after beating Baylor, 44-34, in Waco, Texas.

“I don’t think I’ve ever scored that many points on offense with only two touchdowns, ” Rosen said. Texas, with an offense that just wasn’t very good, played the game with far more passion and vigor than Oklahoma did.

The Cowboys fell behind by 17 in the first half at Iowa State, before rallying to beat the Cyclones 35-31. Last week beat Baylor 44-34 / this week vs TCU.

Even assuming the Big Ten, ACC and SEC champions take three playoff spots, that still leaves one for the Oklahoma schools.

Sorry, state of Texas.

As good as OU was offensively, the story of the night may have been the Sooners defense. Every team in the league has at least two losses. The Irish go to 3-7 Boston College this weekend and Stanford (8-2) to finish their season.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Josh Adams scored on a 98-yard run, the longest scoring play from scrimmage in Notre Dame history, and defensive end Andrew Trumbetti scored on a 28-yard interception return.

No. 1 Clemson 37, Syracuse 27: In Syracuse, New York, DeShaun Watson had a big day for Clemson with two touchdown passes and 101 yards rushing and a score. Then again, if they get lucky, so is a bowl. “If you go on the road and beat the No. 6 team in the country, you beat the No. 11 team in the country (TCU) and Oklahoma State also on the road – the No. 4 team in the country – who else is doing that at the end of the year, or even through the whole year?” They can clinch a berth in the title game against Clemson by winning at Virginia Tech next week or at North Carolina State in the regular-season finale (or if Pittsburgh loses at home to Louisville or Miami). Another star quarterback, Houston’s Greg Ward Jr., left Saturday because of an ankle injury and is questionable to play against UConn this week.

Maybe we should have recognized that Kansas State’s defense – the unit Baylor QB Jarrett Stidham tore up two weeks ago – is nothing like that of Oklahoma.

The Cardinal were felled by a familiar nemesis Saturday night, losing to OR 38-36 in a game that left the Pac-12’s playoff hopes in a precarious position. The Tigers had 34 first-place votes. Despite demolishing TCU last week, OSU has now trailed in the second half of five wins this season. Freak. Just. A. Freak.

On the ground, Shock Linwood posted his sixth 100-yard rushing game of the season, rushing for 103 yard. MI State and MI are next. “We’ll look back on the film”.

The Big 12, created from the Big 8 and half of the existing SWC, and the now football-dead WAC started conference title games four years later. The Sooners host TCU and the Cowboys host Baylor. It’s a faint path. The Bears need help. And now, Trevone Boykin joins the Horned Frogs’ still-growing group of injured players. Either way, there can be no let-up in the Sooners.