All week long, the discussion in the aftermath of their loss to Kansas State was focused on how the Oklahoma Sooners would respond in their matchup with TCU.
They did not respond well.
Marvin Mims fumbled on Oklahoma’s first possession, and TCU scored right away to make it 7-0. Oklahoma would respond with a field goal on their third possession, but TCU wouldn’t slow down one bit, jumping out to a 20-3 lead and up 27-10 by the end of the first quarter. The Sooners had a chance to close it to 10 points, but Dillon Gabriel was knocked out of the game when he was hit in the head after sliding. And Davis Beville couldn’t get much done through the air to help bring Oklahoma back from such a huge deficit.
Oklahoma couldn’t do anything on either side of the ball. The passing game struggled to find any consistency, and the defense couldn’t slow down the TCU Horned Frogs’ big-play machine.
TCU scored touchdowns of 73, 67, and 62 yards in the first half, completing exposing holes in the Sooners’ defense. Even as they were rushing just three or four and dropping a lot of players into coverage, the Oklahoma Sooners were allowing Horned Frogs players to run wide open down the field.
It’s incredible how poor Oklahoma played on both sides of the football. They didn’t tackle well andt hey didn’t cover well. There were opportunities for Oklahoma to make plays on the football, but they either didn’t look back at the ball, or it went right through their hands, as it did with DeShaun White at the end of the first half.
It was a terribly disappointing performance once again from the Oklahoma Sooners, and it left Oklahoma fans cringing. The college football world, on the other hand, was giddy at the Sooners’ downfall.
Here’s how social media reacted to the TCU Horned Frogs’ domination of the Oklahoma Sooners.