Vitally important. Chrhris hat made that fiveyard penalty such a source of fury for stoops. Fake it to mixon. Mayfield. The run. Eps it, knocked out inside the 10. So,hird and goal. Theyll spot the ball down at the seven. Kirk weve seen sterling shepardd in som of these red zone areas check out of the game for the largerark andrews at 65 65. Looks like andrews will come back into the game, but this time, youre going to see ststerling spard stay in the game. Chris be lined up in the slot. Theres andrews. Third and goal. Another huge play. Kirk bob stoops calling a timeout. He was kind of working the sidelirngsside pprowling towards the official. I couldnt tell if he was going to take the timeout or not. Chris what will the sooners call . Third and goal coming up next. To the home . Totally. And then intel made there efficient so that you could fit all this into a laptop. Tight. Real tight. And then they helped bring wifi to everybody. Whatever that is. Cn, cmon. 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Kirk oklahomaa comes out in the exactct sam formation, where they have the taller receiver andrews and also shepard, right here in the slot. Chris perine is the back. Bears rush only three. Mayfield. Lookg. Looking. Scrambling. Retreating. Touchdown to flowers extending the play, showing patience and look at trevor knight. Last years starter, up to celebrate with mayfield there. Kirk that play is kind of symbolic of the night and the season that Baker Mayfield has had for this oklahoma sooners offense. You thought he might give up on the play. You thought he might throw it away. But his hback, who was in blocking, flowers, talk about maield is going to get the credit, but the dmitry flors was blocking. He wasnt even going out for a pass and he turned around and figured out, keep your eye on this guy right here. And this pla takes a long time but he is in blocking, waiting, waiting, you think he might run and then he decides right here to take off and try to get out into the open field. I cant believe none of the linemen went down field. Inin fact the freshman, samia, the right tackle, actually did. The right tackle, 75, from oklahoma, hes hes almost near the goal line. Chris you cant blame him. Mayfield was scrcramblingor 15 seconds down there. Flowers has made two huge catches tonight. Setting upp a touchdown and now that touchdown. Gives oklahoma a tenpoint lead inside of five minut to go and may have been the crucial pray to help the sooners get some payback against baylor. Kirk i cannot say enough about Baker Mayfield. The energy and the heart that he possesses and how his team fields offfield s feeds off him. Chris he made the mistake to blanchard, he took ownership, said, guys, hang with me. Imoing to make up for that. Hes played beautifully since that mistake. Kirk without a doubt. This whole offense is has done such a remarkable job since the game in texas against the longhorns, where they lost, and had a miserable day offensively. Chris im wondering, they couldnt find a scholarship for him in lubbock . Im just saying. Chris platt gets the edge and gets knocked down at the 30 yard line. So, baylors got to show serious urgency. Over on espn tonight, after the what sioux Washington State ucla game, stick around for sportscenter at nht to rerecap another eventful saturday in College Football. Thats sportscenter at night after Washington State ucla. Kirk baylor can score in a hurry. And thats exactly what its going to take right here from stidham and this group of wide receivers, to make some big plays. Something thats been tough to do against this sooner secondary. Chris stidham. Down field. Intercepted. Tried to take a shot. Ahmad thomas came across and made the catch. And that might do it for oklahoma. This secondary, given so much abuse and grief, so embarrassed at the last two meetings. How sweet is this celebration . Kirk its an amazing way to potentially wrap this up. Mike stoops deserves a t ton of credit. Hes taken so much heat in norman for the way his defenses have performed in some of the bigger games. Giving up a lot of points and plays. They put a plan together and his players went out and executed it tonight. Ahmad thomas, in the middle of your field he actuall does a good job of reading the eyes of thee young freshman quarterback, who stared down jay lee. One of the few times weve seen him make a mistake, show his youth. Ahmad ththomas, the junior from miami, read it and jumped it and comes up with maybe the play of the game. Chris third turnover for the bears, who are minustwo in that department. They were plus11 coming in. Perine, short gain. Again, look at the last couple years. Rush yard the 377 pass yards last year. They got ripped up on the ground a couple of years ago. Didnt havee a takeaway in either game, kirk, with three tonight. Kirk thats the diffence. You can see, theres still some points being scored, but when you defend baylor, i got news for you, i dont care who you are. Youre gouge to give up some points when you try to slow these guys down. I think theres just a different plan there was a different level of confidence in the secondary tonight from oklahoma and on the defensive line. I mean, those are the two areas, when you look at them, the last two years on film, and you look at them this year, totally differen group of aletes on that defensive line. Depth and that secondary, they played their hearts out. Chris oklahoma came from 17 down to win overtime in knoxville. Just failed to show up in dallas. Everything went wrong against texas. You wonder, whats going on . In norman. No energy. Theres no vitality. Sterling shepard told me, they had a players only meeting, a team meet egg, they told the coaches, hey, we have to start practicing faster with me gency, playing faster. And this team still has a lot to ay for at that point, but we wondered, kirk, with the last four games, they were blasting people, but how much of that was level of competition, how good was is team. Were finding out tonight. Kirk it was only fair to look at how much they had improved from texas and to wonder, youre right, ist because theyre playing texas tech and kansas and some of the others . Or, is it because theyve actually improved . I thin tonight, especially on the offense, from where they were that night that they played in dallas, to where they are now, its a totally different chris in the big 12, it was going to be about the stretch n, and storming in norman, were calling it. Tcu coming calling. Ugly win over kansas day. We certainly hope Trevone Boykin is okay. And baylor, if they dont came back here after their first loss, they have to go play in stillwater. Kirk and Oklahoma State survived today in ames. Remember, everybody has to go to stillwater. All the contenders. Chris baylor at tcu friday after thanksgiving, and then bedlam, of course. Yfield steps up, delivers. Shepard, one more catch. Shard spins and knocks down at the 40 yard line and shepard within a catch now of equalling that School Record for receptions in a game. Hes got 14. Oklahoma not stepping off the gas, are they . Chris t. Kirk no. And shepard, a guy that probably his father played for ou, the storys well documented, how he was around the locker room after his father passed away. Bob stoop reached out to him when he was a little guy. He grew up loving the sooners and hes done e everythin he can the last two, three years. Hes been disappointed at times, and trying to put it all together tonight. Has had a career night. Chris perine. On first down. Shepd knocked out in the First Quarter a couple of years ago in a loss. Couldnt play last year, was injured. Had a groininjury. Had to helplessly stand and watch his team get blown out at home. You just sense every oklahoma player we talked to, the eagerness, the energy, the anticipation for ts game tonight, and its played out. Kirk their pride was on the line, you know what i mean . They felt like, you know, all due respect to baylor and what baylors done to them, a lot of these guys have lived up. And they felt, hey, we we still have a lot of pride as a whats hapappenednd lets go to waco and see if were good enough to beat a really good team. C chris pine. Short gain. Talked about since that oklahoma game, this is going to be the fifth straight game the sooners have gained 500 yards offense. Their streak of 50ps points may be stopped, but this is an offense thats going to be very difficult for anybody to deal with. Chris oh, yeah. Especially with Baker Mayfield and the way hes playing. And we h heard this week about jason white, who won a Heisman Trophy and sam bradford who won a Heisman Trophy in norman. You look ne, ten games into a season, you compare what mayfield has done to two guys that won the heisman and you start to look at his numbers and chris should he be in the mix . Kirk absolutely. After toght . Chris he hasnt been. Hes been overlooked. Kirk he should be. Chris i agree. This is the kind of game thahat can elevate you. Heres a keeper for the quarterback. Slides on the wet carpet for a first down and theyll continue to chew on clock and that could just about do it. Baylor with just one timeout. Kirk because what doesnt show up and if you watch this game for four quarters, and you watched this team play this year, they feed off of him. Thats the difference, the intangibles, the het, the fire. Again, i have not seen an oklahoma quarterback in a long time that h such an impact on his team. So, its not just putting his stats next to these others. Its what he does to this teaeam and how they feed off of his energy. Chris different kindf quarterback from sam bradford who was a brilliant player. Kirk oh, my gosh, absolutely. But sam impacted his guys in a way, too, maybe not with the fire, but weve seen the recognition tonight from this young man. Hes made great throws. This is a touchdown earlier in ththe first lf. Ive been blown away to see his arm strength in person. He has what it takes to improvise. This is the last touchdown. Instead of giving up on it, he believes in his team, his plers, his own athletic ability, comes up with big play after big play. Chris bears are going to lose for the first time at mclane stadium. Average margin of 32 points and their 20game winning streak snapped here. The ford wrapup show with Cassidy Hubbarth is coming up right after the game. As the sooners are in victory formation. A very, very satisfying win on that level. But also, a crucial one, because oklahoma, you see ranked 12th by the selection commtee, could reshape things. Kirk as we start to stack the oneloss teams, after what weve seen from oklahoma after their loss to texas, and with everybody, potenally going to start losing ahead of them, oklahoma throws their hat into the ring wh all those other oneloss teams. And they still have tcu and bedlam with Oklahoma State in front of them. Chris boome sooner comes to waco and bea the bears. Very different hand shake last year when stoops suffered his worst home loss ever at the hands of briles cursory handshake. Briles to mayfield. Shepard shepard, monster night. Down to heather with bob stoops. Heather chchris, thank you so much. Coach, congratulations. What did your team show you tonight . Played really well. They executed well, both sides of the ball. Came up with big plays. You know, played within ourselves anplayed a good game. Heather your offense is an entirely different offense than it was even at the beginning of the season. How did it help you tonigh well, you know, staying on the field, making big plays, Baker Mayfield again was incredible. And when you play baylor, too, you got to score. Keep them on t the bench and move the ball. And we were able to do that. Heaeather fe games ago, hard to believe, this same team lost to texas. Since then, what has changed about these sooners . Well, you know, the execution overall is has improved every week andhey come in here in their place and win here was another good win. Heather and lets talk about your brother and what his defense did for you guys, slowing down this prolific bay lour offense. How did they do it . Yeah, the entire defense was great. First, we controlled the run game. After the f first series. And then we made we covered them. We challenged them. Our secondary, they did a gat job covering. Breaking to the ball and challenging their receivers. Heather coach, congrats. Chris . Chris the oklahoma fans in the upper deck are hooping and hollering as the sooners celebrate in the opposite corner. Bob stoops, very, very satisfying. Kirk this is a huge win for bob stoops. Its obviously a big win for the program. But bob stoops, you know he has dealt with some things where fans and media, people have kind of gone after them as a program and the b big gam bob moniker that has been out there. This was big. For him and big for this team, as they try to compete in 2015. Just in a broader senense for his legacy and showing people that bobtoops and oklahoma still matter in the big 12. Chris big night for the defense, but the a tt t Strong Performance will focus on Baker Mayfield, throwing for 270 and three touchdowns. Ran for 76 yards and one. Perine, 166. Shepard, again, 14 catches and two touchdowns. Back to heather with mayfield. Heather thank you so much. Baker, incredible numbers, also, swiped the game ball here, has it tucked away in his helmet. He told me not to tell, but i had to bust on you, baker. You thi theyll going to find out . They will you busted me. Heather what was the difference tonight . Back and forth, you threw aa pick six early and you grilted it out. What do you think was the x factor . Just focusg in and doing our job. That interception is all my fault. If im going to miss anynywhere on a pass, i got to miss outside and that kid made a good play on itit. Learned from it and i was more aggressive. Heather you heard you go to your offense after that interception and tell them, you know, what you just said, it was my bad. Wont happen again. Where does that believe and that coidence c come from . I believe in my ys. Right now, we have an incredle team. I think we can go wherever we think we can. M proud of us and so, i mean, im confidence in our right now. Thats where it comes from. Heaeather whats changed about this offense and this overall team . Five games ago, we saw you lose. You are just conquering the world out re. Whats been the difference . We went into texas and we were kind of focused about the atmosphere. We werent focused about doing our job and the details. Thats what the defense is about. Doing your job. When we do that, were suessful. Thats what weve beenocusing on. Heather congrats. Enjoy that game ball. Dont give it back. Chris . Chris theres stidham, tough second start for this freshman, who will have a big future oklahoma, you look athat red river performance, really one of the outliers of the season. Its the one really good game that texas has played all year. Wondered about oklahoma, as you see mike stoops down from the press box, celebrating. But now, kirk, you have to ally rethink oklahoma as a playoff contender. Why not, a oneloss team from this conference, if the sooners can take care of tcu and, as of now, unbeaten Oklahoma State. Kirk well, theyre going to move up this week in the rankingsnd now they start to become, we said earlier, one of the teams of all the onloss teams, the texas loss will hurt them, if they get i into the ends of the year, its a oneloss, notre dame, who took care of texas and oneloss oklahoma, that could hurt them. But you have to remember, they beat baylor in waco. A good baylor team. They still have a chance to play tcu. They still have a chance to go stillwater. So, a lot of it is in front of them. And as it happened every year, teams are going to lose in front of you, if you keep winning, youre going to keep climbing. At the very least, if theyre going to win out, theyre going sure. Baylor, which came in with strength of schedule issues, you would have to feel likike thi of contention. They could be a spoiler. Art briles wouldnt like that label. They go to Oklahoma State, which had to surprise today. Were down to five unbeaten teams. Clem zone, ohio state, Oklahoma State, iowa and houston now which came back. You and i have covered this oklaho team since 2000 many, many times and weve seen them win national championships. I dont know if ive ever seen a group of oklahoma players and coaches so excited after a win than what were witnessing right now. This obviously meant a lot t them. The opportunity and the challenge to come to waco to take on this talented baylor team. Chris yep. The pentup frustrations, the embarrassment of recent years, but also, what it means for their season. The oklahoma sooners come as underdogs to waco and knock off the bears by ten. Putting themselves very much in the playoff conversation. 4434 is the final for okloma here at mclane stadium. Tonights game was produced by bill bonnell, directed by derek mobley. For our crew and for Kirk Herbstreit and heather cox, im chris fowler saying so long from waco, where mayfield and the sooners are elated with themselves tonight and why not . The ford wrapup show coming up right now, as we kick it off to Cassidy Hubbarth. Cassidy . Thanks, chris. Chaos starting to brew in the big 12 with the bears, undefeatedo more. And bade lorre will look to bounce back next weir when they take on Oklahoma State, who was starting to have flashbacks of 2011, as their perfectct record was threatened in ames. They were trailing, 3128 with three minutes left in the game and j. W. Walsh to jeff carr. Walsh had two rushing touchdowns. Oklahoma state survives and improves to 100. Cle