The Oklahoma Sooners are coming off another dominant performance on both sides of the ball in their win over Tulsa. The Sooners beat the [autotag]Tulsa Golden Hurricane[/autotag] 66-17 over to move to 3-0.
The defense picked off five passes (and could have had several more), which is the most since 2003 vs. the [autotag]Texas Tech Red Raiders[/autotag]. One of those interceptions was by [autotag]Gentry Williams[/autotag] who made his return home.
He told reporters after the game, the defense is playing well but there are still things to clean up.
“I think we did pretty good for today,” Williams said. “We had a couple of mental lapses in the second quarter but I think overall we were able to get a good grasp of what we needed to do today and execute.”
In the second quarter, the Golden Hurricane scored on two straight possessions at the end of the half and followed that up with a scoring drive to start the third quarter. Outside of that the Sooners stifled the Golden Hurricane offense.
Williams broke down the play that ended with his first interception of the season. “The receiver made a good route, the ball was in the air and I just played it,” he said.
It wasn’t as simple as Williams made it sound. Williams stayed stride for stride with the receiver, turned and eventually went past the receiver to pick it off. It was a sign of how special he can be if he can just fight off whatever injury is nagging him each game.
Now, the Sooners are in a familiar place at 3-0 heading into conference play. It will only get tougher from here on out, and Williams will be a big part of the Oklahoma Sooners success.
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