At the end of the third quarter on Saturday, the Oklahoma Sooners were locked in a tie ball game with the [autotag]BYU Cougars[/autotag]. How the Sooners finished the game was now at the forefront.
Since [autotag]Brent Venables[/autotag] took over, the Sooners had not won a one-possession road game. The Sooners’ only two losses on the season were one-possession games on the road. As they headed to the fourth quarter inside Lavell Edwards Stadium, [autotag]Isaiah Coe[/autotag] and [autotag]Danny Stutsman[/autotag] huddled the team up to give a few words of encouragement.
Coe spoke to the media about what was said during that huddle. “We just try to go out there and tell everybody to believe,” Coe said. “Go out there and fight. This is our last road game in the Big 12, so go out there and fight. Last year, we probably would have lost that game, if I’m being honest. Just having that fight, having that will, just being gutsy. Just having that pride in the sense that we are not going to lose this game. Just go fight for our brothers, fight for our seniors.”
The Sooners did fight, The defense was able to get a strip sack, which set up a game-winning touchdown run by Gavin Sawchuk in the fourth quarter. The defense then forced a three-and-out, and the offense would hold the ball for the next 5:08 to seal the win.
That may go under the radar, but could have been a key moment in saving Oklahoma’s Big 12 title game chances.
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