(10/9) Oklahoma-Iowa State Kickoff set, Mistakes Cost Sooners' and OU articles
Oklahoma Sooner Football Articles and Notes
OU- Iowa State game time set for 11:30 FSN: Oklahoma and Iowa State will kickoff at 11:30 a.m., when the two collide in Norman, Saturday. The game will be televised live by Fox Sports Network. It is the Big 12 home opener for the Sooners. Oklahoma and Iowa State have not played since the 2003 season when the Sooners rolled to a 53-7 victory at Ames, Iowa. The Cyclones' last trip to Norman 2002) resulted in a 49-3 OU triumph. This is the first of two straight home games for OU, which will entertain Colorado the following week. (SoonerSports Release)
Mistakes cost Sooners' offensive: Kevin Wilson calls it an S.I.W. Self-inflicted wounds. False starts, fumbles, sacks, dropped passes. Plays where the offense stops itself, rather than the defense stopping it. The Sooners fumbled six times, losing three, and were flagged for moving before the snap five times. "We had 63 plays as an offense, and we're looking at about 15 to 18 of those being negatives," Wilson said Sunday. "We'll have this outcome again if we don't learn from those mistakes." (NewsOK.com)
McCoy escape allows UT touchdown: Both Stoops and defensive coordinator Brent Venables reviewed Sunday a costly play the OU defense failed to make during Texas' first touchdown drive. On third-and-10 from the Sooners' 37, Colt McCoy rolled left to elude the rush of both safety Nic Harris and linebacker Zach Latimer, then found Quan Cosby for 16 yards. "We've got a blitz on and come free and let him escape us," Stoops said. Instead of punting, the Longhorns ran two more plays before Selvin Young's 15-yard touchdown run. (Tulsa World)
More playing time for younger players: OU offensive tackle Chris Messner wasn't hurt when he left Saturday's game in the final minutes. Wilson said he was simply trying to get one of his younger players, true freshman Trent Williams, some playing time. Williams played guard, and Branndon Braxton moved out to tackle. (NewsOK.com)
Eye on the opponent -- Iowa State: SoonerSports.com
Forget conference title: The Oklahoman
OU-Texas game decides Big 12 winner: The Oklahoman
Questions and answers: The Oklahoman
Road Worries: The Oklahoman
Iowa State at a glance: The Oklahoman
Sooners ready to look forward: Norman Transcript
Losses leave seasons in jeopardy: Tulsa World
Three questions: Tulsa World
Scouting Report: Tulsa World
Now, on to the Cyclones: Tulsa World
OU's Peterson took play off ... did Heisman voters?: Dallas Morning News
Around the Big 12: Dallas Morning News
Slow Big 12 start could be omen for Cyclones: Des Moines Register
OU- Iowa State game time set for 11:30 FSN: Oklahoma and Iowa State will kickoff at 11:30 a.m., when the two collide in Norman, Saturday. The game will be televised live by Fox Sports Network. It is the Big 12 home opener for the Sooners. Oklahoma and Iowa State have not played since the 2003 season when the Sooners rolled to a 53-7 victory at Ames, Iowa. The Cyclones' last trip to Norman 2002) resulted in a 49-3 OU triumph. This is the first of two straight home games for OU, which will entertain Colorado the following week. (SoonerSports Release)
Mistakes cost Sooners' offensive: Kevin Wilson calls it an S.I.W. Self-inflicted wounds. False starts, fumbles, sacks, dropped passes. Plays where the offense stops itself, rather than the defense stopping it. The Sooners fumbled six times, losing three, and were flagged for moving before the snap five times. "We had 63 plays as an offense, and we're looking at about 15 to 18 of those being negatives," Wilson said Sunday. "We'll have this outcome again if we don't learn from those mistakes." (NewsOK.com)
McCoy escape allows UT touchdown: Both Stoops and defensive coordinator Brent Venables reviewed Sunday a costly play the OU defense failed to make during Texas' first touchdown drive. On third-and-10 from the Sooners' 37, Colt McCoy rolled left to elude the rush of both safety Nic Harris and linebacker Zach Latimer, then found Quan Cosby for 16 yards. "We've got a blitz on and come free and let him escape us," Stoops said. Instead of punting, the Longhorns ran two more plays before Selvin Young's 15-yard touchdown run. (Tulsa World)
More playing time for younger players: OU offensive tackle Chris Messner wasn't hurt when he left Saturday's game in the final minutes. Wilson said he was simply trying to get one of his younger players, true freshman Trent Williams, some playing time. Williams played guard, and Branndon Braxton moved out to tackle. (NewsOK.com)
Eye on the opponent -- Iowa State: SoonerSports.com
Forget conference title: The Oklahoman
OU-Texas game decides Big 12 winner: The Oklahoman
Questions and answers: The Oklahoman
Road Worries: The Oklahoman
Iowa State at a glance: The Oklahoman
Sooners ready to look forward: Norman Transcript
Losses leave seasons in jeopardy: Tulsa World
Three questions: Tulsa World
Scouting Report: Tulsa World
Now, on to the Cyclones: Tulsa World
OU's Peterson took play off ... did Heisman voters?: Dallas Morning News
Around the Big 12: Dallas Morning News
Slow Big 12 start could be omen for Cyclones: Des Moines Register
Labels: Defense, Gametime, Iowa State, Offense Line
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