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5 takeaways from the Oklahoma Sooners 69-45 win over TCU

5 takeaways from the Oklahoma Sooners 69-45 win over the TCU Horned Frogs.

Oklahoma ended its final regular season as a Big 12 member with a 69-45 win over the TCU Horned Frogs. Backed by an explosive offensive performance that saw Dillon Gabriel return to throw for 400 yards and three touchdowns on Senior Day, Oklahoma rode the wave to another easy win at home. They finished the season undefeated in Norman.

Junior safety Billy Bowman had a pick-six for the second straight game, and Gavin Sawchuk ran for 130 yards and three touchdowns to tighten his stranglehold on the starting running back spot.

The defense was far from stellar as they allowed over 500 yards and gave up over 45 points. But when they needed to make a few plays to give Oklahoma breathing room, they did just that.

The Sooners finished the regular season with a 10-2 record and now wait to see how the Big 12 title game race shakes out over the next few evenings.

Here are five takeaways from the Sooners 24-point win.

Dillon Gabriel named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for heroics vs. Texas

For his efforts in the Red River Rivalry win over the Texas Longhorns, Dillon Gabriel was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week.

There have been some incredible performances in the 119-game history of the [autotag]Red River Rivalry[/autotag]. The latest display came from Oklahoma starting quarterback Dillon Gabriel.

It wasn’t the biggest statistical day in Gabriel’s career, but he came up clutch in the biggest moment of the game. For his efforts, Gabriel was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week. It’s the second time he’s earned player of the week honors from the Big 12 this season.

Gabriel was perfect on the Sooners’ final drive to lead OU down the field and score the game-winning touchdown.

On the final drive, Gabriel was 4-for-4 for 58 yards. On the final play it looked like he was about to be sacked as the pocket closed in around him. Instead, he stood tall in the mass of humanity just long enough for Nic Anderson to release, and Gabriel threw it to the back corner of the end zone where Anderson was waiting wide open for the touchdown.

Gabriel played an incredibly gutsy game for the Sooners, helping OU get out to a 27-17 lead in the second half. Though the offense struggled to move the ball for much of the second half after the opening drive touchdown, Gabriel shrugged it off and took control of the game in the final minute.

Gabriel completed 61% of his passes for 285 yards and a touchdown. He also carried the ball 14 times for 113 yards and a touchdown. He scored Oklahoma’s first and final points of the game in the win.

He was also sacked just one time, showing off excellent pocket awareness and poise as the Texas defensive front attempted to apply pressure.

LOOK: Best Photos from the Sooners win over Texas Longhorns.

This win sets the Sooners on a trajectory to get back to the Big 12 title game for the first time since 2020 and potentially the College Football Playoff for the first time since 2019.

Oklahoma rests up for the bye before taking on Gabriel’s former team, the UCF Knights in Norman.

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Social Media Reacts: Oklahoma Sooners down big at halftime to Texas

Oklahoma is down 28-0 at the half to the Texas Longhorns, and Sooner Nation reacted accordingly on Social Media.

Well that went about as bad as it could have gone for the Oklahoma Sooners. After forcing a three-and-out to open the game, the Texas Longhorns found their stride and did just about everything they wanted to against the Sooners to jump out to a 28-0 halftime lead.

Quinn Ewers was as advertised in the first half. Whenever the Longhorns needed him to make a throw, he came up big with fantastic ball placement and poise.

The Oklahoma offense seemed to find some running room with the wildcat ran by Brayden Willis or Eric Gray, but just when it looked like they might be able to get a score, Gray was called upon to throw a jump pass off of the direct snap.

The Sooners had to do something because they haven’t been able to throw the football with Davis Beville at quarterback in place of Dillon Gabriel.

It’s been a terrible first half for the Oklahoma Sooners and social media reacted accordingly.