Game Day - Oct 13, 2012

Red River Rivalry:Oklahoma vs. Texas11 a.m. ■ Cotton Bowl ■ KOCO-5 ■ KOKC-AM 1520

Landry Jones in position to make history

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The Norman Transcript ■ Oct. 13, 2012

The Norman Transcript ■ Oct. 13, 2012 GAMEDAY 3

Oklahomavs. TexasTime: 11 a.m.Place: Cotton BowlSeries: OU leads 13-6Records: OU 3-1 (1-1 Big12), Texas 4-1 (1-1)Rankings: OU No. 13Associated Press Top 25; No.10 USA Today coaches pollTexas No. 15 AP Top 25; No.15 USA Today coaches pollLine: OU minus 3TV: ABC (KOCO-5)Radio: KOKC-AM 1520,KRXO-FM 107.7

Inside■ Jones can make history 4■ Breakdown 5■ Rosters 6■ Two-deeps 7■ Poster 8■ Stats 10■ National Schedule 12■ Big 12 Glance 13■ Predictions 14

THE VIEW

Big day for JoshIt’s unclear just what’s

been behind Josh Heupel’sgameday struggles sincehis elevation to co-offensivecoordinator and play-caller.

Perhaps he has struggledto see the game throughLandry Jones’ eyes ratherthan only his own.

Perhaps, as a dropbackpasser lacking outsizedphysical talent but able tosee plays develop in front ofhim a beat or two fasterthan everybody else, he hastended to draw up gameplans that would haveworked terrifically for the2000 Sooners but not somuch for the 2011 and 2012Sooners.

Perhaps Heupel has beeninfluenced by Mike Leachto a fault, because Leachwas going to keep doingwhat he was doing,consequences be damned.Asking Leach to run clockor the ball tended to befutile inquiries; and thatremains the best insight as

to why OU simply refusedto run the ball in Stillwaterlast season.

You must coordinate theoffense you have (againstthe defense you’re playing),not the one you wish.

Heupel, though, is on aroll.

One game, but it counts.Today is his chance to

prove his development haslegs, whether it’s thecontinuation of the increas-ingly physical and sped-upSooners, an offense thatknows its run-game battingorder, willing to use itsrunning backs in thepassing game, or one that’sstill building, adding new

ClayHorning

Sports Editor

Coordinator must put together two strong games, too

• See HORNING Page 14

OklahomaoffensivecoordinatorJosh Heupelspends timeon the fieldprior to thestart of OU’svictory overFlorida A&Mearlier thisseason.Today, Heupelwill be trying toimplement anoffensive planthat works aswell as lastweek’s planworked in a41-20 victoryover TexasTech.

Transcript Photo byJerry Laizure

By John ShinnTranscript Sports Writer

Where Landry Jones sits inthe pantheon of Oklahomaquarterback is up for debate.The group includes two Heis-man Trophy winners and fivemore that led teams to nation-al championships.

But Jones can pass all ofthem in career wins when the13th-ranked Sooners (3-1, 1-1Big 12) face No. 15 Texas (4-1, 1-1) at 11 a.m. today at theCotton Bowl.

“Just a big honor, just to bein that talk and in that cate-gory is so great,” Jones said.“I’ve had the privilege to playat this place for a long time

now and I’ve just had a reallysuccessful career and by thegrace of God he’s allowed meto play at this place and giveme the talents he’s given meto play on the football field.”

Even if sometimes it canseem more like a burdenthan a privilege.

Jones will make his 42ndcareer start today. No otherSooner quarterback hascome close to that number. Itgoes by in a flash when thingsare going well. When they’renot, time seems to stand still.

Few understandOne who does — former

OU quarterback Steve Davis— sent Jones a letter after the

History on his side

THE BIG STORY: K EEPING UP WITH JONES

Transcript Photo by Jerry Laizure

Landry Jones throws a pass against Kansas State. He played much better atTexas Tech. Today he can become OU’s winningest quarterback.

“He did a great job juststanding in the pocket.Sometimes you’regonna have to take ahit, regardless of what’sgoing on, and I feel likehe really manned upand said, ‘Regardless ofwhat’s going on, I’mgonna deliver the ballto the receivers.’”KKeennnnyy SSttiillllssOU wide receiver on Landry Jones

Jones can become Sooners’ all-time winningest QB

• See JONES Page 9

The Norman Transcript ■ Oct. 13, 20124 GAMEDAY

The Red River Rivalryhas a predictable formula.The same circumstancesseem to decide who willwin between Oklahomaand Texas. The only thingthat changes is thebeneficiary.

Oneteam willmake moremistakestoday and itwill get towatch theother plantits flag inthe middleof theCottonBowl turfwhileplayers have their picturestaken with a golden hat.

Here are the factors thattend to lead to victory anddefeat at the Red RiverRivalry:

Turnovers: get themto don’t give them: AnyOU offensive player whohasn’t heard “take care ofthe football” more than 100times this week needs tohave his hearing checked.

Any defensive player whohasn’t heard about theimportance of gettingturnovers should have adate with their favorite ear,

RED RI VER RI VALRY: BREAK ING DOWN TODAY’S GAME

Winning, losingno huge mystery

SoonerrunningbackDamienWilliams gothis first startlast week. Ifhe canmake OU’srun game gotoday, theSoonersmight be ingood shapeat theCottonBowl.

Transcript Photoby Jerry Laizure

John Shinn

Fivethings to

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• See WATCH Page 11

RUNNING GAME PASSING GAME RUN DEFENSE

PASS DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS INTANGIBLES

■ Oklahoma has an emerging star in DamienWilliams, but Texas has torun the ball to have anychance today. The three-back rotation of JoeBergeron, freshmanJohnathan Gray andMalcolm Brown is going tochip away at OU all day. TheSooners need to run the ball,but Texas has to run it wellto win.

■ Texas quarterback DavidAsh has improved since lastseason’s meeting. He’s beenone of the most efficientpassers in the countrythrough five games. But thisis a matter of weapons. TheSooners have betterreceivers and will add juniorJalen Saunders to their arsenal today. The passingfirepower belongs to theSooners.

■ Neither of these teamshave been great against therun, but only one of themhas allowed over 400 yardsin the last two games: Texas.The Longhorns were torchedby Oklahoma State andWest Virginia. OU hasn’tbeen dominant, but it hasshown an ability to bend, butnot break. The edge isn’tlarge, but this category willlikely decide the outcome.

■ Momentum changesquickly in the Cotton Bowl.One play sends half the sta-dium into a frenzy while theother half sits in stunnedsilence. The Sooners, whoare going for their thirdstraight win over theLonghorns, have an olderteam and should be able tobetter ride the emotionalroller coaster.

— John Shinn

■ The return games areabout even. Both teamshave good punters. The dif-ference here comes down toplacekickers. OU’s MichaelHunnicutt has the most efficient leg in the Big 12.Texas has missed five fieldgoals in five games. This is apretty vast edge in a gamewhere three points could bethe difference between win-ning and losing.

■ The Sooner secondarycame up with three interceptions against TexasTech. It appears to be hittingits stride at the right time. It’sonly allowed one passingtouchdown this season.Texas has played betterpassing teams, but its strug-gles tackling in space havebeen an issue that has gotten uglier over the lasttwo games.

1 Tony Jefferson DB 5-11 212 Jr. Chula Vista, Calif.2 Julian Wilson DB 6-2 191 So. Moore3 Sterling Shepard WR 5-10 188 Fr. Oklahoma City4 Kenny Stills WR 6-1 190 Jr. Encinitas, Calif.5 Joseph Ibiloye LB 6-3 218 Sr. Garland, Tx6 Demontre Hurst DB 5-10 183 Sr. Lancaster, Tx7 Corey Nelson LB 6-1 219 Jr. Dallas, Tx8 Dominique Whaley RB 5-11 204 Sr. Lawton8 Joe Powell DB 6-0 173 Jr. Dallas9 Gabe Lynn DB 6-0 199 Jr. Tulsa9 Trevor Knight QB 6-1 197 Fr. San Antonio10 Rashod Favors DE 6-1 250 So. Fort Worth10 Blake Bell QB 6-6 254 So. Wichita,Kan.11 R.J. Washington DE 6-3 256 Sr. Fort Worth11 Kendal Thompson QB 6-1 184 R-Fr. Oklahoma City12 Landry Jones QB 6-4 218 Sr. Artesia, N.M.13 Durron Neal WR 5-11 201 Fr. St. Louis, Mo.14 Jalen Saunders WR 5-9 160 Jr. Elk Grove, Calif.14 Aaron Colvin DB 6-0 181 Jr. Owasso15 Drew Allen QB 6-5 226 Jr. San Antonio15 Lamar Harris DB 6-1 186 Sr. Gilmer, Tx16 Jaz Reynolds WR 6-2 198 Jr. Houston, Tx17 Trey Metoyer WR 6-1 190 Fr. Whitehouse, Tx18 Michael Hunnicutt K 6-0 173 So. Richardson, Tx18 Lacolton Bester WR 6-3 205 Jr. Scooba, Miss.19 Justin Brown WR 6-3 209 Sr. Wilmington, Del.20 Frank Shannon LB 6-1 230 R-Fr. Dallas21 Tom Wort LB 6-0 237 Jr. New Braunfels, TX 21 Austin Brown WR 6-5 202 R-Fr. Buffalo, Wyo.22 Roy Finch RB 5-7 175 Jr. Niceville, Fla.22 Cortez Johnson DB 6-2 191 So. NewOrleans, La.23 Kass Everett DB 5-10 180 Jr. Philadelphia, Pa.23 Danzel Williams RB 5-8 189 R-Fr. Arlington, Tx24 Brennan Clay RB 5-11 201 Jr. San Diego24 Trey Franks DB 5-10 184 Jr. Orange, Tx25 Aaron Franklin LB 6-1 212 So. Marshall, Tx25 David Smith RB 5-10 193 Fr. Midlothian, Ill.26 Zack Sanchez DB 5-11 170 Fr. Keller, Tx 26 Damien Williams RB 6-0 208 Jr. San Diego27 Gary Simon DB 6-1 180 Fr. St. Petersburg, Fla. 28 Alex Ross RB 6-1 204 Fr. Jenks29 Grant Bothun WR 5-11 183 Fr. Rowlett, Tx 29 Quentin Hayes DB 6-0 181 So. Lancaster, Tx30 Javon Harris DB 5-11 206 Sr. Lawton31 Daniel Franklin LB 6-2 224 Sr. Mount Airy, Ga.32 Marshall Musil FB 6-2 241 Jr. La Crosse, Kan.33 Trey Millard FB 6-2 256 Jr. Columbia, Mo.34 Daniel Brooks RB 5-8 163 Fr. Port Lavaca, Tx35 Julian Winters RB 5-11 169 So. Sacramento, Calif.36 Joel Ossom FB 5-9 235 Sr. Denton, Tx36 Tress Way P 6-1 215 Sr. Tulsa 37 Dylan Seibert P 6-3 215 R-Fr. Tulsa38 Brandon Young DB 5-10 173 So. Frisco, Tx

38 Jack Steed K 6-5 200 Fr. Katy, Tx39 Nick Hodgson K 6-2 189 So. N. Richland Hills, TX40 P.L. Lindley LB 6-2 240 R-Fr. R. Rock, Tx41 Eric Striker LB 6-0 198 Fr. Seffner, Fla. 42 Jesse Paulsen DB 6-0 193 Sr. Albuquerque, N.M.43 Patrick O’Hara K 6-0 192 Sr. Topeka, Kan. 44 Jaydan Bird LB 6-2 236 Sr. Wichita, Kan. 45 Caleb Gastelum LB 6-1 196 So. Claremore 46 Eric Doughtie DB 6-0 197 Fr. Sugarland, Tx 47 Alex Christiensen FB 6-3 243 Fr. Edmond 47 Eric Hosek K 5-10 150 R-Fr. Sherman, Tx48 Aaron Ripkowski FB 6-1 260 So. Dayton, Ohio49 David Driskill FB 6-1 239 So. Oklahoma City50 Austin Woods OL 6-4 293 Jr. Rockwall, Tx52 John-Philip Hughes OL 6-4 250 R-Fr. Tulsa 53 Casey Walker DT 6-2 309 Sr. Garland, Tx54 Nila Kasitati OL 6-4 309 R-Fr. Euless, Tx56 Ty Darlington OL 6-3 266 Fr. Apopka, Fla. 59 Nathan Hughes OL 6-6 248 R-Fr. Spring, Tx 64 Gabe Ikard OL 6-3 288 Jr. Oklahoma City67 Robert Hollis OL 6-4 333 R-Fr. Tulsa 68 Bronson Irwin OL 6-5 307 Jr. Mustang69 Lane Johnson OL 6-7 303 Sr. Groveton, Tx71 Tyrus Thompson OL 6-5 303 So. Pflugerville, Tx 72 Derek Farniok OL 6-9 319 R-Fr. Sioux Falls, S.D.74 Adam Shead OL 6-4 307 So. Cedar Hill, Tx 75 Tyler Evans OL 6-5 315 Sr. Strafford, Mo. 77 Marquis Anderson DT 6-3 265 R-Fr. Cibolo, Tx 78 Kyle Marrs OL 6-5 320 Fr. San Antonio, Tx79 Daryl Williams OL 6-6 299 So. Lake Dallas, Tx80 Jordan Phillips DT 6-6 318 R-Fr. Towanda, Kan.80 Derrick Woods WR 6-1 185 Fr. Inglewood, Calif.81 Sam Grant TE 6-7 234 Fr. North Royalton, Ohio 82 Brannon Green TE 6-2 250 Jr. Altamont, Kan. 84 Mike Onuoha DE 6-5 235 Fr. Edmond 84 Don Caudill WR 6-1 194 Jr. Muldrow85 Geneo Grissom TE 6-4 247 So. Hutchinson, Kan. 86 Brandon Kitchens WR 5-11 161 Fr. Jenks87 Derrick Bradley WR 5-8 173 Sr. Houston, Tx88 Taylor McNamara TE 6-5 234 Fr. San Diego, Calif. 89 Connor Knight TE 6-4 212 Fr. San Antonio, 89 Chase Buck TE 6-3 231 Jr. Edmond90 David King DE 6-5 286 Sr. Houston91 Charles Tapper DE 6-4 265 Fr. Baltimore92 Stacy McGee DT 6-4 299 Sr. Muskogee93 Jordan Wade DT 6-4 290 Fr. Round Rock, Tx94 Torrea Peterson DT 6-3 277 So. San Antonio95 Damon Williams DT 6-3 305 So. Irving, Tx96 Mitch Tate DE 6-4 238 R-Fr. Bartlesville97 Jamarkus McFarland DT 6-2 288 Sr. Lufkin, Tx 98 Chuka Ndulue DE 6-3 256 So. Dallas99 Chaz Nelson DE 6-2 239 Jr. Columbus, Ohio

OKLAHOMA ROSTER1 Mike Davis WR Jr. 6-2 188 Dallas, TX1 Shiro Davis DE Fr. 6-3 236 Shreveport, LA2 Kendall Sanders WR Fr. 6-0 183 Athens, TX2 Mykkele Thompson DB So. 6-2 183 San Antonio, TX3 Jordan Hicks LB Jr. 6-2 235 West Chester, OH4 Cayleb Jones WR Fr. 6-3 211 Austin, TX4 Kenny Vaccaro S Sr. 6-1 215 Brownwood, TX5 Jeremy Hills RB Sr. 6-0 202 Houston, TX6 Case McCoy QB Jr. 6-2 200 Graham, TX6 Quandre Diggs CB So. 5-10 200 Angleton, TX7 Connor Brewer QB Fr. 6-2 200 Scottsdale, AZ7 Demarco Cobbs LB Jr. 6-2 215 Tulsa, OK8 Aaron Benson LB So. 6-2 233 Cedar Hill, TX8 Jaxon Shipley WR So. 6-1 190 Brownwood, TX9 John Harris WR So. 6-3 211 Garland, TX 11 Tevin Jackson LB So. 6-2 225 Garland, TX11 Jalen Overstreet QB Fr. 6-2 212 Tatum, TX13 Chet Moss FB So. 6-2 242 Cedar Park, TX13 Kevin Vaccaro DB Fr. 5-10 180 Brownwood, TX14 William Russ P So. 6-4 193 Shreveport, LA14 David Ash QB So. 6-3 222 Belton, TX 15 Alex King P Sr. 6-2 205 Winston-Slaem, NC15 Trey Holtz QB Fr. 6-0 180 Tampa, FL16 Bryant Jackson WR So. 6-2 191 Suplhur Springs, TX16 Bryson Echols DB Fr. 5-10 165 DeSoto, TX17 Miles Onyegbule WR So. 6-4 216 Arlington, TX 17 Adrian Phillips CB Jr. 5-11 199 Garland, TX18 D.J. Grant TE Sr. 6-3 238 Austin, TX19 Peter Jinkens LB Fr. 6-1 213 Dallas, TX19 Marcus Johnson WR Fr. 6-1 189 League City, TX21 Daje Johnson RB Fr. 5-10 184 Pflugerville, TX21 Duke Thomas DB Fr. 5-11 170 Killeen, TX23 Nick Rose K Fr. 6-3 192 Dallas, TX23 Carrington Byndom CB Jr. 6-0 180 Lufkin, TX24 Timothy Cole LB Fr. 6-2 225 Brenham, TX24 Joe Bergeron RB So. 6-1 230 Mesquite, TX25 Josh Turner CB So. 6-0 177 Oklahoma City, OK25 Michael Wheeler WR So. 5-10 183 Sunnyvale, TX26 D.J. Monroe RB Sr. 5-9 175 Angleton, TX 26 Adrian Colbert DB Fr. 6-2 191 Mineral Wells, TX27 Michael Zaring WR Fr. 6-3 180 Keller, TX28 Malcolm Brown RB So. 6-0 213 Cibolo, TX28 Nick Jordan K Fr. 6-1 175 Coppell, TX29 Sheroid Evans S So. 6-0 185 Sugar Land, TX29 Jaren Nickleson WR Jr. 6-0 193 Corpus Christi, TX 30 Ryan Roberson FB Sr. 5-10 238 Brenham, TX 30 Ryan Roberts CB Fr. 5-8 171 Cedar Park, TX30 Anthony Fera K Jr. 6-2 220 Cypress, TX31 Ben Pruitt K Fr. 6-1 190 The Woodlands, TX31 Leroy Scott CB So. 5-10 193 Pasadena, TX32 Johnathan Gray RB Fr. 5-11 207 Aledo, TX32 Devin Huffines S Jr. 6-0 190 Highland Park, TX33 Steve Edmond LB So. 6-3 255 Daingerfield, TX33 Grant Sirgo K So. 5-10 180 Midland, TX35 Kendall Thompson LB So. 6-3 237 Carthage, TX35 Michael Davidson K Fr. 6-4 200 Aberdeen,36 Alex De La Torre FB Fr. 6-1 230 Denton, TX37 Nate Boyer S So. 5-11 190 Dublin, CA

38 Ben George DB So. 6-1 195 Tyler, TX 39 Tom Newman LS So. 6-2 207 Brenham, TX40 Matthew Zapata S So. 6-0 191 Stillwater, OK40 Tate Gresham WR So. 5-9 180 Pasadena, TX41 Holt Perlman LB Fr. 6-2 215 Dallas, TX42 Dakota Haines WR Fr. 6-1 180 Lago Vista, TX42 Caleb Bluiett DE Fr. 6-3 238 Beaumont, TX43 Heath Hohmann RB So. 5-9 188 Austin, TX43 Logan Mills DE Fr. 6-3 225 La Vernia, TX44 Jackson Jeffcoat DE Jr. 6-5 250 Plano, TX45 Shawn Izadi LB Jr. 6-0 212 Coppell, TX45 Kyle Ashby LS Fr. 6-1 235 Lake Jackson, TX46 Brad Terry LB Sr. 6-1 221 College Station, TX47 Chris Terry DE Jr. 6-4 230 College Station, TX48 Trey Gonzales LB Fr. 6-0 220 Friendswood, TX50 Paul Boyette DT Fr. 6-4 295 Humble, TX50 Michael Cruciani DE Sr. 6-0 225 Southlake, TX51 Donald Hawkins OL Jr. 6-5 310 Tunica, MS52 Bryce Cottrell DE Fr. 6-3 230 Plano, TX55 Dominic Espinosa C So. 6-4 298 Cedar Park, TX55 Dalton Santos LB Fr. 6-3 250 Van, TX56 Drew RusSo. OL So. 6-2 245 Cedar Park, TX57 Taylor Silguero DE Jr. 5-9 217 Cedar Park, TX62 Curtis Riser OL Fr. 6-4 305 DeSoto, TX65 Marcus Hutchins OL Fr. 6-5 260 DeSoto, TX66 Sedrick Flowers G Fr. 6-3 313 Houston, TX68 Kennedy Estelle OL Fr. 6-7 300 Pearland, TX69 Kyle Kriegel DT Jr. 6-5 288 Elysian Fields, TX 71 Camrhon Hughes OL Fr. 6-7 320 Harker Heights, TX72 Mason Walters G Jr. 6-6 315 Wolfforth, TX73 Garrett Porter G Jr. 6-6 310 Odessa, TX74 Taylor Doyle OL Fr. 6-5 290 Austin, TX75 Trey Hopkins G Jr. 6-4 298 Galena Park, TX76 Garrett Greenlea OL Fr. 6-7 295 Spring, TX77 Luke Poehlmann T Sr. 6-7 295 Brenham, TX78 Josh Cochran T So. 6-6 285 Hallsville, TX79 Thomas Ashcraft G Jr. 6-5 315 Cedar Hill, TX80 Jackson Crawley TE Sr. 6-3 220 Dallas, TX80 Alex Okafor DE Sr. 6-4 260 Pflugerville, TX 81 Hassan Ridgeway DE Fr. 6-4 280 Mansfield, TX81 Greg Daniels TE So. 6-5 280 Houston, TX82 Trey Graham TE Jr. 6-5 236 Waco, TX83 Trevor Leeson TE So. 6-3 210 Kermit, TX83 Chris Giron WR Jr. 5-8 165 Cypress, TX84 Marquise Goodwin WR Sr. 5-9 177 Garland, TX 85 Ashton Dorsey DT Jr. 6-2 295 Tyler, TX85 M.J. McFarland TE Fr. 6-6 245 El Paso, TX86 Cade McCrary WR Jr. 6-4 189 Austin, TX87 Hasen Zaydon DL Fr. 5-11 240 Houston, TX88 Cedric Reed DE So. 6-6 256 Cleveland, TX89 Barrett Matthews TE Sr. 6-2 235 Galena Park, TX90 Malcom Brown DT Fr. 6-4 315 Brenham, TX92 Reggie Wilson DE Jr. 6-3 252 Haltom City, TX94 Alex Norman DT Fr. 6-4 275 Dallas, TX96 Chris Whaley DT Jr. 6-3 279 Madisonville, TX97 Brandon Moore DT Jr. 6-5 335 Montgomery, AL99 Desmond Jackson DT So. 6-1 285 Houston, TX

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WHEN OKLAHOMA HAS THE BALL WHEN TEXAS HAS THE BALL

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Sooners’ 24-19 loss to KansasState. Jones threw an inter-ception and had a critical fum-ble in that game. He made noattempt to deflect criticism.

“He just really wanted toencourage me,” Jones said.“Just keep going, keep lead-ing those guys and keep fight-ing, regardless of what hap-pens in the next game or thelast game.”

Davis, who is tied withJones for the career winsrecord, would know some-thing about leadership. Hewent 32-1-1 as the Sooners’starting quarterback from1973-75. How much hiswords helped Jones focus isunknown, but the Soonersrebounded behind their quar-terback in a 41-20 victory overTexas Tech last week. Jonesthrew two touchdowns andno interceptions.

He played like the potentialNFL first-round draft pick thathe’s been projected to be fora long time. The guy whosestock started plummeting latelast season was nowhere tobe found.

“I felt like people werequestioning his manhood

and his character,” widereceiver Kenny Stills said.“He did a great job just stand-ing in the pocket … Some-times you’re gonna have totake a hit, regardless of what’sgoing on, and I feel like hereally manned up and said,‘Regardless of what’s goingon, I’m gonna deliver the ballto the receivers.’”

Jones is the quarterbackfans and media love to ques-tion. He won a Big 12 cham-pionship in 2010 and has a 3-0 record in bowl games. Witha win today, he would joinDavis and Jimmy Harris, whowas 25-0 as OU’s startingquarterback from 1954-56, asthe program’s only startingquarterback to go 3-0 againstthe Longhorns.

Sam Bradford won theHeisman Trophy in 2008, buthe still finished his career 1-2against the Longhorns. It wasBradford’s shoulder injurythat forced Jones into the2009 game, and Jones hasstarted every game since.

Jason White, the 2003Heisman Trophy winner,went 2-0 in starts againstTexas and came off thebench in 2001 to lead OU to

another win.Jones has never emerged

from their shadows. Quarter-backs who do nothing butwin against the Longhornsare a rare breed. Jones canjoin a select fraternity today.

His legacy, though, wasn’ton his mind this week, northe week before.

“You just have to realizewhat you are. I think I’ve been

saying, ‘Don’t ride the wave.Always be somewhere inbetween.’ You’re not as badas you think you are and thensome nights you’re not asgreat as you think you are,”Jones said. “It’s always some-where in between those twolines.’’

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Jones 135.2 93-147-2 63.3 1032 7Bell 182.5 4-5-0 80.0 61 0Total 136.8 97-152-2 63.8 1093 7Opp. 96.7 63-116-4 54.3 642 1

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Stills 29 344 11.9 3 68 86.0Brown 15 154 10.3 1 46 38.5Shepard 14 197 14.1 1 28 49.2Metoyer 10 90 9.0 1 27 22.5Williams 8 102 12.8 0 38 25.5Millard 6 46 7.7 0 15 11.5Whaley 4 14 3.5 0 13 3.5Green 3 45 15.0 1 18 11.2Clay 3 35 11.7 0 14 8.8Neal 2 38 19.0 0 25 12.7Bester 2 16 8.0 0 10 4.0Musil 1 12 12.0 0 12 6.0Total 97 1093 11.3 7 68 273.2Opp. 63 642 10.2 1 75 160.5

Tackles (leaders)S A T Loss Sack

Jefferson 20 10 30 0.5-0Harris 17 9 26 1-4Colvin 16 4 20Ndulue 12 5 17 2-2 1.5-1Wort 9 8 17 1.5-6Nelson 13 4 17 1.5-9 1-8Washington 9 7 16 1.5-6Hurst 12 2 14Franklin 9 3 12 1-8 1-8McFarland 5 6 11 2-10 2-9Wilson 6 5 11 1-2Lynn 8 2 10 2-3

Sept. 1 at UTEP W, 24-7Sept. 8 Florida A&M W, 69-13Sept. 22 Kansas St. L, 24-19Oct. 6 at Texas Tech W, 41-20Oct. 13 Texas 11 a.m.Oct. 20 Kansas 6 p.m.Oct. 27 Notre Dame TBANov. 3 at Iowa State TBANov. 10 Baylor TBANov. 17 at W. Virginia TBANov. 24 OSU TBADec. 1 at TCU TBA

SCHEDULE

STATS(Four games)

RushingAtt Yds Y/C TD Lg Y/G

Williams 44 341 7.8 5 89 85.2Whaley 32 190 5.9 1 18 47.5Clay 17 105 6.2 2 18 26.2Finch 6 61 10.2 1 17 15.2Millard 9 54 6.0 0 15 13.5Stills 2 22 11.0 0 13 5.5Bell 17 20 1.2 3 10 5.0Shannon 1 19 19.0 0 19 6.3Jones 6 -50 -8.3 0 0 -12.5Total 134 762 5.7 12 89 190.5

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OU Opp.SCORING 153 64Points per game 38.2 16.0FIRST DOWNS 98 61Rushing 39 26Passing 56 30Penalty 3 5RUSHING YARDAGE 762 570Yards gained rushing 846 637Yards lost rushing 84 67Rushing Attempts 134 140Average Per Rush 5.7 4.1Average Per Game 190.5 142.5TDs Rushing 12 4

PASSING YARDAGE 1093 642C-A-I 97-152-2 63-116-4Average per pass 7.4 5.5Average per catch 11.3 10.2Average per game 273.2 160.5TDs Passing 7 1TOTAL OFFENSE 1855 1212Total Plays 286 256Average per play 6.5 4.7Average per game 463.8 303.03rd-DOWN Conversions 24-50 22-61Percentage 48% 36%4th-DOWN Conversions 1-1 1-4Percentage 100% 25%

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SoonerquarterbackLandryJones willbe in muchbetterposition towin today ifhe can get abig day outof KennyStills,shown hereagainstKansasState. Stillenters thegame with29 catchesfor 344yards.

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nose and throat doc. Theteam that turns it over themost loses. Turn it over abunch, and it becomes arout. For quick reference,dial up last season’s game.

Play well early: The lastteam to rally from a fourth-quarter deficit to win wasOU in 2002. Late come-backs have been absentfrom the Red River Rivalryfor more than a decade.More often than not, thegame has been decidedbefore teams switch endsfor the last time. Getting offto a good start has asnowball effect. OU rode anearly surge of energy to a55-17 victory last season.That win mirrored OU’slopsided lashing in 2000 and2003. Texas did the same tothe Sooners in 2005.

Run the ball well: Itcan be a misleadingstatistic. Texas actuallyoutrushed the Sooners lastseason and lost by 38points. Still, running the balleffectively, total yards aside,serves to keep the opposingdefense guessing. For OU,it means averaging close to

5 yards a carry. If thathappens, the Longhornswill be on their heels. ForTexas, it means rushing for200 yards. If the Longhornscan do that, it meansavoiding putting the gameon the arm of quarterbackDavid Ash.

Play well on thirddown: This will be a fightbetween the Longhornoffense and the Soonerdefense. Texas is one of thebest teams in the nation atconverting third downs and

the Sooners haven’t beenvery good defending thirddown. Those plays keepdrives alive and draindefenses physically andmentally. The Sooners haveto improve in this area. Itmay be their biggestdefensive deficiency.

Win special teams: Ahuge difference in thisgame could be MichaelHunnicutt. OU’s kicker hasbeen consistent for twoseasons. The Longhornshave no equal. OU lost this

game in 2009 because itdidn’t have a kicker whocould make a 45-yard fieldgoal. Now it does. Anotherchange is the new kickoffrule. OU’s Patrick O’Harahas put the ball in the endzone on 13 of 28 kickoffs.That’s good because Texashas returned a kickoff for atouchdown twice in the lastfour Red River Rivalrygames.

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Roberson 1 4 4.0 0 4Team 4 -25 -6.2 0Total 5 213 1047 4.9 17 69Opp. 5 193 912 4.7 6 69

PassingEff C-A-I Pct Yds. TD

Ash 180.06 107-138-1 77.5 1276 11McCoy 170.95 5-8-0 62.5 64 1Shipley 0.00 0-3-0 0.0 0 0Total 175.95 112-149-1 75.2 1340 12Opp. 140.34 82-136-7 60.3 1109 9

ReceivingNo. Yds. Avg. TD Lg

Shipley 22 250 11.4 4 44Davis 19 263 13.8 2 46Goodwin 15 177 11.8 2 55Hills 12 118 9.8 0 20Johnson 10 172 17.2 1 46Grant 8 92 11.5 1 29Bergeron 7 72 10.3 0 22Brown 6 53 8.8 0 23Roberson 5 24 4.8 1 7McFarland 2 37 18.5 1 24Jackson 2 35 17.5 0 20Kendall 2 15 7.5 0 12Harris 1 17 17.0 0 17Monroe 1 15 15.0 0 15Total 112 1340 12.0 12 55Opp. 82 1109 13.5 9 82

Tackles (leaders)S A T Loss Sack

Vaccaro 17 19 36 2-5Edmond 16 20 36 5-7Jeffcoat 16 13 29 9-47 4-32Phillips 10 18 28 1-2Hicks 12 11 23 3-4K. Thompson12 10 22 3-12Okafor 12 9 21 6-41 6-41M. Thompson14 6 20Byndom 14 4 18 1-0Diggs 14 4 18 1-0

Sept. 1 Wyoming W, 37-17Sept. 8 New Mexico W, 45-0Sept. 15 at Ole Miss W, 66-31Sept. 29 at OSU W, 41-36Oct. 6 West Virginia L, 48-45Oct. 13 Oklahoma 11 a.m.Oct. 20 Baylor TBAOct. 27 at Kansas TBANov. 3 at Texas Tech TBANov. 10 Iowa State TBANov. 22 TCU TBADec. 1 Kansas State TBA

SCHEDULE

STATS(Five games)

RushingAtt Yds T/C TD Lg

Bergeron 69 300 4.3 9 54Malcolm 40 245 6.1 3 31Gray 47 244 5.2 0 49Godwin 7 86 12.3 1 69Monroe 11 80 7.3 3 13Ash 19 50 2.6 1 49Shipley 4 37 9.2 0 18Hills 2 13 6.5 0 9Johnson 5 9 1.8 0 6McCoy 4 4 1.0 0 6

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Texas Opp.SCORING 234 132Points per game 46.8 26.4FIRST DOWNS 117 100Rushing 53 54Passing 57 41Penalty 7 5RUSHING YARDAGE 1047 912Yards gained rushing 1135 1101Yards lost rushing 88 189Rushing Attempts 213 193Average Per Rush 4.9 4.7Average Per Game 209.4 182.4TDs Rushing 17 6

PASSING YARDAGE 1340 1109C-A-I 112-149-1 82-136-7Average per pass 9.0 8.2Average per catch 12.0 13.5Average per game 268.0 221.8TDs Passing 12 9TOTAL OFFENSE 2387 2021Total Plays 362 329Average per play 6.6 6.1Average per game 477.4 404.23rd-DOWN Conversions 43-74 20-63Percentage 58% 32%4th-DOWN Conversions 8-11 9-12Percentage 73% 75%

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Oklahomacoach BobStoopsconfers withdefensiveback TonyJeffersonearlier thisseason.Jefferson andthe defenseneed to begood today onthird down.

Transcript Photo byJerry Laizure

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SATURDAYToday’s GamesEASTLouisville (5-0) at Pittsburgh (2-3), 10 a.m.Kent St. (4-1) at Army (1-4), 11 a.m.Duquesne (4-1) at CCSU (0-5), 11 a.m.Butler (4-2) at Marist (2-3), 11 a.m.Richmond (4-2) at N. Hampshire (4-2), 11 a.m.Brown (3-1) at Princeton (2-2), 11 a.m.Syracuse (2-3) at Rutgers (5-0), 11 a.m.Lafayette (3-2) at Yale (1-3), 11 a.m.Monmouth (NJ) (3-2) at Cornell (2-2), 11:30 a.m.St. Francis (Pa.) (3-3) at Albany (NY) (5-1), noonRobert Morris (1-4) at Bryant (0-6), noonHoly Cross (1-4) at Colgate (2-3), noonLehigh (6-0) at Georgetown (3-3), noonColumbia (1-3) at Penn (1-3), noonGeorgia St. (0-6) at Rhode Island (0-5), noonTemple (2-2) at UConn (3-3), noonS. Heart (1-4) at Dartmouth (3-1), 11:30 p.m.Bucknell (1-4) at Harvard (4-0), 2:30 p.m.Maine (2-3) at Towson (2-3), 6 p.m.SOUTHAuburn (1-4) at Mississippi (3-3), 11:21 a.m.Duke (5-1) at Virginia Tech (3-3), 11:30 a.m.Jacksonville (5-1) at Davidson (0-5), noonNorfolk St. (2-4) at Hampton (0-4), noonNC Central (3-2) at Morgan St. (3-2), noonSMU (2-3) at Tulane (0-5), noonVMI (2-3) at Charleston So. (1-4), 11:30 p.m.SC State (2-4) at Delaware St. (2-3), 11:30 p.m.Chattanooga (2-3) at Furman (2-4), 11:30 p.m.Howard (4-1) at NC A&T (2-3), 11:30 p.m.Alcorn St. (2-4) at Alabama A&M (6-0), 1 p.m.Jackson St. (2-4) at Alabama St. (4-2), 1 p.m.Liberty (1-4) at Presbyterian (2-4), 1 p.m.W. Carolina (1-5) at The Citadel (3-3), 1 p.m.North Carolina (4-2) at Miami (4-2), 1:30 p.m.Austin Peay (0-6) at E. Kentucky (4-2), 2 p.m.Grambling St. (0-5) at MVSU (1-4), 2 p.m.Appalachian St. (4-2) at Samford (4-1), 2 p.m.Maryland (3-2) at Virginia (2-4), 2 p.m.St. Brook (5-1) at C. Carolina (2-3), 2:30 p.m.William & Mary (2-4) at JMU (4-1), 2:30 p.m.Villanova (4-2) at Old Dominion (5-0), 2:30 p.m.UT-Martin (4-2) at Murray St. (3-3), 3 p.m.N’western St. (3-3) at SE Louisiana (2-4), 3 p.m.Memphis (1-4) at East Carolina (3-3), 3:30 p.m.BC (1-4) at Florida St. (5-1), 4:30 p.m.Middle Tennessee (3-2) at FIU (1-5), 5 p.m.Savannah St. (0-5) at Florida A&M (2-4), 5 p.m.Wofford (5-0) at Georgia Southern (4-1), 5 p.m.Florida (5-0) at Vanderbilt (2-3), 5 p.m.Texas So. (1-5) at Southern U. (2-3), 5:30 p.m.S. Houston St. (3-2) at Nicholls St. (1-3), 6 p.m.South Carolina (6-0) at LSU (5-1), 7 p.m.FAU (1-4) at Louisiana-Monroe (3-2), 7 p.m.

C. Arkansas (4-2) at McNeese St. (4-1), 7 p.m.Southern Miss. (0-5) at UCF (3-2), 7 p.m.Tennessee (3-2) at Mississippi St. (5-0), 8 p.m.Texas A&M (4-1) vs. Louisiana Tech (5-0) atShreveport, La., 8:15 p.m.MIDWESTKansas St. (5-0) at Iowa St. (4-1), 11 a.m.Iowa (3-2) at Michigan St. (4-2), 11 a.m.Northwestern (5-1) at Minnesota (4-1), 11 a.m.Wisconsin (4-2) at Purdue (3-2), 11 a.m.Morehead St. (1-4) at Dayton (2-4), noonToledo (5-1) at E. Michigan (0-5), noonYoungstown St. (4-1) at Illinois St. (5-1), 1 p.m.South Dakota (1-4) at Missouri St. (0-6), 1 p.m.Akron (1-5) at Ohio (6-0), 1 p.m.Drake (4-2) at Valparaiso (0-5), 1 p.m.Jacksonville St. (3-2) at E. Illinois (3-3), 1:30 p.m.W. Michigan (3-3) at Ball St. (3-3), 2 p.m.N. Iowa (1-4) at S. Illinois (3-3), 2 p.m.Miami (Ohio) (3-3) at B. Green (3-3), 2:30 p.m.Oklahoma St. (2-2) at Kansas (1-4), 2:30 p.m.Illinois (2-4) at Michigan (3-2), 2:30 p.m.Alabama (5-0) at Missouri (3-3), 2:30 p.m.Buffalo (1-4) at N. Illinois (5-1), 2:30 p.m.Stanford (4-1) at Notre Dame (5-0), 2:30 p.m.N. Arizona (4-1) at N. Dakota (3-3), 3:05 p.m.Indiana St. (4-2) at N. Dakota St. (5-0), 3:07 p.m.Fordham (4-2) at Cincinnati (4-0), 5 p.m.W. Illinois (3-2) at S. Dakota St. (4-1), 5 p.m.Tennessee St. (6-0) at SE Missouri (2-3), 5 p.m.Ohio St. (6-0) at Indiana (2-3), 6 p.m.SOUTHWESTUAB (1-4) at Houston (2-3), 11 a.m.Texas (4-1) vs. Oklahoma (3-1), 11 a.m.UTSA (5-0) at Rice (1-5), 2:30 p.m.W. Virginia (5-0) at Texas Tech (4-1), 2:30 p.m.Kentucky (1-5) at Arkansas (2-4), 6 p.m.S. Alabama (1-4) at Arkansas St. (3-3), 6 p.m.TCU (4-1) at Baylor (3-1), 6 p.m.Idaho (1-5) at Texas St. (2-3), 6 p.m.McMurry (3-2) at Lamar (2-4), 7 p.m.FAR WESTUtah (2-3) at UCLA (4-2), 2 p.m.Nevada (5-1) at UNLV (1-5), 2 p.m.Oregon St. (4-0) at BYU (4-2), 2:30 p.m.Fresno St. (4-2) at Boise St. (4-1), 2:30 p.m.S. Utah (2-4) at Montana (3-3), 2:30 p.m.Utah St. (4-2) at San Jose St. (4-1), 3 p.m.Campbell (1-4) at San Diego (2-3), 4 p.m.UC Davis (2-4) at Idaho St. (1-4), 4:05 p.m.Colorado St. (1-5) at S. Diego St. (3-3), 5:30 p.m.Southern Cal (4-1) at Washington (3-2), 6 p.m.Air Force (2-3) at Wyoming (1-4), 6 p.m.N. Colorado (1-4) at Cal Poly (5-0), 8:04 p.m.Weber St. (0-6) at Sac. St. (4-2), 8:04 p.m.Cal (2-4) at Washington St. (2-4), 9:30 p.m.New Mexico (3-3) at Hawaii (1-4), 10:59 p.m.

Beating the Buckeyes?

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Former Oklahoma offensive coordinator KevinWilson pleads his case during Indiana’s loss toNorthwestern earlier this season.

By Michael MarotAP Sports Writer

INDIANAPOLIS — KevinWilson learned long ago thatevery card he draws can be awinner — if he uses the rightplay.

So the Indiana coach hasspent this week putting onhis poker face and gettingready to go all-in against theHoosiers’ old nemesis, No. 8Ohio State.

“Sometimes you’re bluff-ing, sometimes you got agood hand,” he said. “Yougot to play your cards. ... Butif you cut all of the windowdressing out, there’s funda-mentals and basics that win,and that’s what they do atOhio State, and that’s whatwe’re trying to get donehere.”

There’s little doubt Wil-son’s Hoosiers have been

more competitive this sea-son.

By winning the first twogames, Indiana has alreadysurpassed its 2011 victorytotal. Beating Massachusettsgave Wilson his first careerwin over a Bowl Subdivisionopponent. The Hoosiers (2-3,0-2) rallied from a 27-0 third-quarter deficit and nearlyupset Northwestern on theroad two weeks ago, and lastweek, Michigan State need-ed two fourth-quarter touch-downs to pull out a come-from-behind victory.

What hasn’t changed, sofar, is the result.

Indiana is now 0-10 in Wil-son’s tenure against Big Tenfoes, the Hoosiers have lost20 consecutive gamesagainst league schools fromoutside Indiana and OhioState has won all but threegames (two losses, one tie)

against the Hoosiers since1952.

With that kind of a score-card, it’s no wonder Wilson &Co. are looking for some-thing, anything, to swing theodds in their favor this week-end.

Wilson’s normal ploy is tospeed up the game to abreakneck pace, something

that helped make Oklahomaa perennial national champi-onship contender, and a tac-tic he believes will turn thingsaround in Bloomington.

Buckeyes coach UrbanMeyer likes the style somuch he’s taken a page rightout of Wilson’s playbook.

“I’ve always loved his

• See HOOSIERS Page 13

Ex-Sooner offensive coordinatorKevin Wilson has Hoosiers playingfast, but today may be very difficult


Hoosiers: Wilson has IU competitive in second season, but wins come hard

It’s become bumpy road for TCUBy Stephen HawkinsAP Sports Writer

FORT WORTH, Texas —TCU was already facing achallenging task just by mov-ing to the Big 12, where thetwo-time BCS buster wassuddenly part of one of thenation’s best conferences.

Take away the second-year starting quarterbackand two proven runningbacks, then mix in 27 fresh-men who have alreadyplayed, and things have got-ten even more difficult forcoach Gary Patterson andthe Horned Frogs in theirinaugural Big 12 season.

When Casey Pachall with-drew from school this weekto enter an inpatient rehabil-

itation program, the quarter-back became the latest ofabout a dozen players TCUhas lost since last fall for var-ious reasons, including drugarrests, injury and academ-ic issues. Each was or couldhave been a significant con-tributor this season in theFrogs’ transition into theirnew league.

“We’re going to try to gowin football games with whatwe have,” Patterson said.

TCU is the only FBS teamto win at least 11 games insix of the past seven years,and was No. 2 in the final APpoll only two seasons agoafter going 13-0 with a RoseBowl victory. The Frogs wonor shared titles in three dif-ferent leagues since the

Southwest Conferencebroke up after the 1995 sea-son and they were left out ofthe original Big 12 lineup.

In their first game withoutPachall, when injured start-ing senior tailback MatthewTucker also didn’t play, theFrogs (4-1, 1-1 Big 12) lost37-23 at home Saturday toIowa State. And they stillhave their toughest stretchof Big 12 games ahead,when in the final month theyplay four consecutive gamesagainst top 15-ranked teams.

“The worst thing we cando is feel sorry for them,”said Patterson, TCU’s win-ningest coach with 113 winsin his 12 seasons. “You allow(losing) to be OK, whatyou’re saying is that win-

ning’s not important.”The Frogs have played

more true freshmen (15)than they have scholarshipseniors (11) on the roster.No FBS team has playedmore than the 27 overallfreshmen TCU has, thatwhen added with 22 sopho-mores account for 65 per-cent of the players who havestepped on the field.

“We have the same stan-dards with them. I told themthat we can’t treat you likeyoung players anymore ‘’Patterson said. “‘No matterwhat happens in the next sixor seven ballgames. Thisgroup has a lot of potentialand there a lot of good play-ers on it. ... For us, we needto keep growing up.”

Big 12 Standings

Con. OverallKansas State 2 0 1.000 5 0 1.000West Virginia 2 0 1.000 5 0 1.000Iowa State 1 1 .500 4 1 .800TCU 1 1 .500 4 1 .800Texas 1 1 .500 4 1 .800Texas Tech 1 1 .500 4 1 .800Oklahoma 1 1 .500 3 1 .750Baylor 0 1 .000 3 1 .750Oklahoma St. 0 1 .000 2 2 .500Kansas 0 2 .000 1 4 .200

TodayOklahoma vs. Texas, Dallas, 11 a.m.Kansas State at Iowa State, 11 a.m.Oklahoma State at Kansas, 2:30 p.m.West Virginia at Texas Tech, 2:30 p.m.TCU at Baylor, 6 p.m.

Oct. 20Texas Tech at TCUBaylor at TexasKansas State at West VirginiaKansas at OklahomaIowa State at Oklahoma State

Oct. 27Baylor at Iowa StateKansas at TexasNotre Dame at OklahomaTCU at Oklahoma StateTexas Tech at Kansas State


coaching,” Meyer said.“(Offensive coordinator)Tom Herrmann and I weretalking about him today,Kevin Wilson, and we’vestolen a lot of stuff. He’s aninnovator.”

The once old-schoolBuckeyes (6-0, 2-0) are thehighest-ranked team in theconference and the onlyremaining unbeaten Big Tenteam. They’re suddenly scor-ing 38.5 points per game, areranked No. 3 in the league in

total offense (431.5 yards),just scored 63 points againstNebraska and have one ofthe nation’s top HeismanTrophy candidates in quar-terback Braxton Miller.

There is one potentialweakness in the Buckeyes’

armor, though, and it playsright into Wilson’s hands.

The Ohio State defense isallowing 386.5 yards pergame and if they can’t slowdown the Big Ten’s No. 1pass offense, the Hoosierscould keep the pressure on

Ohio State all night longwith a trump card that couldget the Buckeyes out of syncand out of breath.

“If they (the coaches) feellike we can hurry up, we feellike they’re out of shape andpuffing air. We’re in great

shape and (if) we can moveon them and they’re gettingtired, then we’re going to doit,” Indiana quarterbackCameron Coffman saidwhen asked about the pos-sibility of increasing thepace.


On the air10 a.m.Louisville at Pitt (ESPNU)11 a.m.Texas vs. Oklahoma (KOCO-5)Iowa at Michigan St. (ESPN)N’western at Minnesota (ESPN2)UAB at Houston (FSN)Kansas St. at Iowa St. (FX)Brown at Princeton (NBCSN)Auburn at Ole Miss (KSBI)Kent St. at Army (CBSSN)1:30 p.m.North Carolina at Miami (ESPNU)2 p.m.Utah at UCLA (KOKH-25)Maryland at Virginia (FSNPLUS)2:30 p.m.W. Virginia at Texas Tech (KOCO-5)Alabama at Missouri (KWTV-9)Illinois at Michigan (ESPN)Oklahoma St. at Kansas (FSN)Stanford at Notre Dame (KFOR-4)Fresno St. at Boise St. (NBCSN)Bucknell at Harvard (CBSSN)4:30 p.m.BC at Florida St. (ESPN2)5 p.m. Florida at Vanderbilt (ESPNU)6 p.m.USC at Washington (KOKH-25)TCU at Baylor (FSN)Kentucky at Arkansas (FSNPLUS)7 p.m.South Carolina at LSU (ESPN)So. Miss at C. Florida (CBSSN)FAU at La-Monroe (CST)8 p.m.Tennessee at Miss. St. (ESPN2)

THE WAY WE SEE IT

Clay Horning John Shinn Corbin Hosler Michael Kinney

wrinkles on top of recentwrinkles.

What it can’t be is anoffense that beats its headagainst the wall.

Scoring points isn’tenough.

Last year’s Texas Techloss is the best example. OUlit the scoreboard, eventual-ly, when talent and despera-tion came together for onecrazy flourish. But the gamewas lost early, when OU,directionless, went nowhere.

There have been twotrailblazing Stoops era offen-sive minds at OU: Leachand Kevin Wilson. Andthere have been two whodid very well with the toolsavailable: Mark Manginoand Chuck Long.

It would be fun to believeHeupel has a suppressedmad scientist inside him, likeLeach, or that he walks intune to the busy, frenetic andeasily bored disposition ofWilson, whose never-a-dull-moment offensive sym-phonies could be more thaneven the band could bear.But Heupel’s best bet, itwould seem, is to follow in thetradition of Mangino andLong, making the most of

what he has as well as he can.Mangino had Huepel for

the 2000 national champi-onship run, as well as theretrospective influence ofLeach. Long had JasonWhite and Adrian Peterson,an embarrassment of riches.On the way to the 2004 BCSnational championshipgame, Long actually heldthe offensive reins back, thebetter to condition thetroops to prevail when timesturned tough.

Heupel has Jones, a linethat that keeps taking hits,talent out wide, though it’sshort on experience, and abullpen of good runners,though it’s unclear howgood.

It’s no picnic.He must do more than

stay out of the way. He mustscheme, make the right calland hope his players bailhim out when he doesn’t.

Gameplans may be over-rated, for everything hap-pens on the field, but a weekago he seemed to have oneand it made all the differ-ence in the world. Heupelneeds to do it again.

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Horning: Do it again



Oklahoma (-3) vs. TexasPick: Oklahoma 27-19K-State (+6 1/2) at Iowa StatePick: K-State 31-17OSU (-23 1/2) at KansasPick: OSU 45-21TCU (+8) at BaylorPick: Baylor 35-24W. Virginia (-3 1/2) at T. TechPick: W. Virginia 41-35*Alabama (-21 1/2) at MissouriPick: Alabama 31-10Florida (-8 1/2) at VanderbiltPick: Florida 27-24Auburn (+6) at Ole MissPick: Ole Miss 31-17Texas A&M (-8) at La. TechPick: Texas A&M 31-30Stanford (+8) at Notre DamePick: Notre Dame 31-19Oregon State (+6) at BYUPick: BYU 37-27Iowa (+10) at Michigan StatePick: Michigan State 28-17

Last week (overall)Straight up: 7-5 (36-12)Spread: 7-5 (30-18)* Lock: 0-1 (3-1)

Oklahoma (-3) vs. TexasPick: Oklahoma 28-20K-State (+6 1/2) at Iowa StatePick: K-State 27-20OSU (-23 1/2) at KansasPick: OSU 41-21TCU (+8) at BaylorPick: Baylor 42-30W. Virginia (-3 1/2) at T. TechPick: W. Virginia 56-49Alabama (-21 1/2) at MissouriPick: Alabama 24-3Florida (-8 1/2) at VanderbiltPick: Florida 20-10Auburn (+6) at Ole MissPick: Ole Miss 31-21Texas A&M (-8) at La. TechPick: Texas A&M 34-31Stanford (+8) at Notre DamePick: Notre Dame 24-10Oregon State (+6) at BYUPick: BYU 24-14*Iowa (+10) at Michigan StatePick: Michigan State 21-7


Oklahoma (-3) vs. TexasPick: OU 31-17K-State (+6 1/2) at Iowa StatePick: Kansas State 37-24OSU (-23 1/2) at KansasPick: OSU 52-28TCU (+8) at BaylorPick: Baylor 38-28W. Virginia (-3 1/2) at T. TechPick: W. Viirginia 59-24Alabama (-21 1/2) at MissouriPick: Alabama 38-10Florida (-8 1/2) at VanderbiltPick: Florida 24-10Auburn (+6) at Ole MissPick: Ole Miss 24-10Texas A&M (-8) at La. TechPick: Texas A&M 45-24Stanford (+8) at Notre DamePick: Notre Dame 31-17Oregon State (+6) at BYUPick: BYU 24-14Iowa (+10) at Michigan StatePick: Michigan State 38-24


Oklahoma (-3) vs. TexasPick: Oklahoma 35-30K-State (+6 1/2) at Iowa StatePick: K-State 43-30OSU (-23 1/2) at KansasPick: OSU 56-25TCU (+8) at BaylorPick: Baylor 45-39W. Virginia (-3 1/2) at T. TechPick: W. Virginia 45-20Alabama (-21 1/2) at MissouriPick: Alabama 34-20Florida (-8 1/2) at VanderbiltPick: Florida 28-12Auburn (+6) at Ole MissPick: Ole Miss 37-24Texas A&M (-8) at La. TechPick: A&M 43-33*Stanford (+8) at Notre DamePick: Notre Dame 28-27Oregon State (+6) at BYUPick: Oregon St. 45-34Iowa (+10) at Michigan StatePick: Michigan State 25-14


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