![]() Every school, even higher-profile programs like Notre Dame or Texas, will tolerate a down year while transitioning staff. Dykes could call a mulligan this year - he didn’t necessarily have to win yet. The hype train has arrived, and it’s riff-ramming into Fort Worth much sooner than anticipated. Six different Frogs appeared in Oklahoma’s endzone with the ball while OU dropped their second consecutive conference game for only the second time in almost 20 years. ![]() Running back Kendre Miller (#33) topped 100 yards for the second consecutive week, and Duggan joined him by rushing for more than a century himself. The referees grew fearful of Dykes near the end of the half after they missed a bang-bang pass interference that killed a potential scoring drive before stymying Frog punt returner Derius Davis (#11), who clearly didn’t make a fair catch call but was stopped via whistle as he started to blast off against an out-of-position crimson-and-cream coverage team. Quentin Johnston (#1) amassed only four catches but collected two pass interference calls when he was literally tackled by his defender. The Sooner secondary, in addition to surrendering multiple touchdowns on completely blown coverages, struggled to cover purple receivers even when running stride for stride with them or slow Frog rushers in top gear. Still, it’s hard to deny that behind senior QB Max Duggan (#15), the Frogs seem mature and focused, with playmakers to spare. We know more now, but the Sooners seemed to have put in their scout-team defense on Saturday. The knock on the Frogs leading to this game - and rightfully so - was that no one knew their identity from playing admittedly meager competition with the exception of SMU. Harmon was cleared of potential catastrophic injury and released from the hospital to travel back to Norman. After Harmon was carted off the field, both coaches seemed content to run the football - and therefore the clock - and move on from a game that had been disastrous in multiple facets for the visiting Sooners. A sobering situation regarding a potential head and neck injury to Oklahoma’s Damond Harmon (#17) ground the game to a half-hour delay midway through the fourth quarter. Head coach Sonny Dykes’ offense exploded for 27 first-quarter points and then two touchdowns in the second and third quarters, respectively. The Saturday morning kickoff was out of hand before noon. Maybe Oklahoma was confused and thought sweeping the leg might be a superior style of tackling as the hometown boys racked up an almost unfathomable 668 yards of offense. The Horned Frogs struck first, struck fast, and showed no mercy. TCU seemed more like Cobra Kai than the underdog-personified Miyagi-Do on Saturday. I expect to hear about lots of thank you cards mailed by OU faithful to Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees, and ESPN for at least a brief reprieve from watching the Frogs frolick unabated up and down the field in their first win against the Sooners in nine attempts.
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