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In the Oklahoma Sooners win over the Texas Longhorns, OU didn’t get their first lead of the game until 7:10 remaining in the fourth quarter. They battled back from a 28-7 first-quarter deficit to win a game that they had no reasonable shot at winning. And it all started with “The Decision.”
As the Sooners were driving to turn OU-Texas back into a one-score game, something it hadn’t been since the opening minutes of the game, Spencer Rattler fumbled the ball for his second turnover of the day. Lincoln Riley inserted Caleb Williams and though it might have been a slow start, what transpired in the second half was nothing short of sports miraculous.
The Sooners outscored the Texas Longhorns 35-10 in the second half to complete the improbable comeback. For their efforts in winning the Red River Showdown, Barrett Sallee of CBS Sports gave the Sooners an A- in his week six report card.
Here’s what he had to say.
Caleb Williams came off of the pine like Jonathan Moxson in “Varsity Blues” to lead the Sooners to a wild, 21-point comeback win in a shootout in the Red River Showdown. That’s the bright side. The defense gave up 516 yards to the Longhorns. That can’t continue if the Sooners intend to win the national title.
It was a wild game that provided every twist and turn one could imagine in a college football game. This game will be prominently featured in Oklahoma highlight reels for years to come, while the Texas Longhorns will work to forget the epic collapse.
As the Sooners get set to face the TCU Horned Frogs, they have some things to clean up on both sides of the football. The first thing they’ll need to figure out is who starts for them at quarterback. While that won’t be easy news to deliver, it should be a fairly straightforward decision for Lincoln Riley and his coaching staff based on how Saturday went.
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