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ALONG WITH CHARLES DAVIS, I'M
RON THULIN.
OKLAHOMA IS HOLDING THE HEAD
RAIDER OFFENSE THAT AVERAGES
OVER 500 YARDS.
THEY HAD 64 IN THE FIRST HALF.
FIRST DOWNS, THEY'VE HAD UNDER
20 YARDS ON 12 FIRST DOWN PLAYS.
THEY'RE STOPPING THEM FROM THE
GET HAD GO.
>> Charles: OKLAHOMA'S DEFENSE
HAS IMPOSED ITS WILL ON THIS
FOOTBALL GAME.
WITNESS TWO SAFETIES.
THE STATISTICS YOU CITED.
THE OKLAHOMA OFFENSE HAS BEEN
VERY FUNCTIONAL AND IMPOSED
THEIR WILL ON TECH'S DEFENSE,
WITNESS AN 11-PLAY DRIVE, TEN
RUNS THAT CULMINATED IN A STRONG
TOUCHDOWN RUN.
OKLAHOMA DOMINATING ALL ASPECTS
OF THE BALL GAME.
>> Ron: TECH AS
TECH GETS THE
BALL TO START THE
FIRST HALF.
OKLAHOMA'S
DEFENSE PICKS UP
WHERE THEY LEFT
OFF.
THIS TIME, THE
KICKOFF COVERAGE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT SOME OF THE
NUMBERS FROM THE
FIRST 30 MINUTES
OF PLAY.
THAT TELLS THE
WHOLE STORY RIGHT
THERE.
KLIFF KINGSBURY
ONLY 62 YARD
THROWING THE
FOOTBALL.
THEY AVERAGE
ALMOST 400.
>> Charles: I
SAID AT THE TOP
OF THE SHOW THE
TURNOVERS MIGHT
BE THE KEY TO THE
GAME.
THE ONLY TURNOVER,
TEXAS TECH
INTERCEPTED
OKLAHOMA.
SOMETIMES THE
STATISTICS LIE.
>> Ron: THAT'S
EXACTLY RIGHT.
MOST PEOPLE PICK
THE TEXAS TECH TO
WIN THE BIG 12
CONFERENCE IN THE
SOUTH.
NOBODY EXPECTED
TONIGHT.
THEY HAVE EARNED
THE RIGHT TO PLAY
FOR THE SOUTH
TITLE, BUT THEY
NEED A LOT OF
POINTS QUICKLY.
HENDERSON KEEPS
HIS FEET AND YOU
KNOW, THAT IS
PROBABLY ONE OF
THE VERY FEW
TIMES HE'S KEPT
HIS SHOULDERS
PARALLEL TO THE
LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE.
THEY'RE'S CRAIG
SAGER.
>> Craig: IF
YOU'RE WONDERING
WHAT TYPE OF
SPEECH MIKE LEACH
GAVE HIS TEAM A
MOTIVATIONAL AND
CRITICAL SPEECH.
HE RIPPED AND
MASSAGED THEM.
HE SAID YOU'RE
SITTING AROUND,
GETTING PUSHED
AROUND.
THE KEY IS TEMPO
AND COMPOSURE.
HE ASKED FOR THE
BIG 12 SOUTH
TITLE, THERE'S A
LOT MORE AT STAKE,
INCLUDING PRIDE.
>> Ron: I WONDER
IF HE BROKE ANY
DAN McCARTNEY
FOOT WORDS.
INTENDED FOR
PETERS.
JUGGLED IT.
>> Charles:
SECOND DROP OF
THE NIGHT FOR
PETERS, NORMALLY
SURE-HANDED.
THE LAST TIME OUR
LIGHT SHONE ON
TEXAS TECH,
MICKEY PETERS
DIDN'T GET TO
PLAY.
HE HAD A
CONCUSSION, THAT
HE SUFFERED
AGAINST TEXAS A&M
AND HE DIDN'T
PLAY.
THAT WAS VERY
UNFORTUNATE FOR
TECH.
HE'S A BIG PART
OF THE OFFENSE.
GOT TO CATCH THE
FOOTBALL, THOUGH.
>> Ron: PETERS
COMES OUT.
THIRD DOWN AND
THREE.
THE CROWD GETTING
BACK INTO IT.
ANOTHER SELLOUT
CROWD HERE IN
NORMAN.
OKLAHOMA BRINGS
FIVE.
THEY COME OFF THE
CORNER AND
KINGSBURY IS
GOING TO BE DROP
THE.
THE FOURTH SACK
OF THE NIGHT,
THIS TIME FROM
BRANDON SHELBY.
THE SOPHOMORE OUT
OF KANSAS CITY.
>> Charles: THIS
IS WHERE THE
TOTAL LACK OF A
RUNNING GAME
HURTS BECAUSE,
YOU OKLAHOMA WAS
NOT RESPECTING
THAT AT ALL.
THEY KNEW THAT
THEY HAD TO THROW
THE FOOTBALL SO
WHAT THEY DID WAS
SIT ON EVERY
SHORT ROUTE THAT
TEXAS TECH COULD
POSSIBLY RUN.
THEY WERE GOING
TO LET KLIFF
KINGSBURY THROW
THE BALL DEEP AND
OVER THEIR HEAD
AND TRY TO MAKE
HIM PLAY THAT WAY,
BUT THEY WEREN'T
GOING TO GIVE
AUTOPSY
THREE-YARD HITCH
ROUTE AND LET
THEM GET A FIRST
DOWN.
THEY HAD NOWHERE
TO GO.
THE PUNT IS
BLOCKED,
TOUCHDOWN
OKLAHOMA!
PEOPLES WITH A
TOUCHDOWN!
BRANDON SHELBY
WITH A BLOCK.
PEOPLES THE
RECIPIENT AND THE
SOONERS HANG SIX
MORE ON THE
BOARD.
>> Charles: WATCH
WHERE BRANDON
SHELBY GOES FOR
THE BLOCKED
POINT.
EXCELLENT JOB.
HE DOESN'T GO
RIGHT FOR THE
PUNTER.
HE GOES FOR THE
POINT.
HE KNOWS HOW MANY
STEPS GREATHOUSE
TAKES, GOES TO
THE SPOT, BLOCKS
THE BALL AND WILL
PEOPLES, WHO WE
SAW EMERGE THIS
YEAR IN THE SOUTH
FLORIDA GAME,
ADDS ANOTHER
TOUCHDOWN, THIS
TIME ON SPECIAL
TEAMS.
>> Ron: FIRST
PUNT BLOCKED ON
CLINTON
GREATHOUSE THIS
YEAR.
ONE MORE LOOK,
CHARLES.
>> Charles: RIGHT
TO THE BLOCK
POINT.
SIX MORE POINTS.
FOR THE SOONERS,
THEY'RE
>> Ron: 32-0.
THE FIRST
OKLAHOMA SCORE
TOOK 3:45 IN THE
FIRST QUARTER.
THIS TOOK UNDER
ONE AND A HALF.
TEXAS TECH IN THE
BIGGEST HOLE
THEY'VE BEEN IN
THIS WITH ANY
HOPE OF A
COMEBACK.
HOW ABOUT 13
BLOCKED KICKS
SINCE BOB STOOPS
HAS BEEN HEAD
COACH HERE AT
OKLAHOMA.
FROM THE 10.
AND THE SOONERS
DOING A GREAT JOB
CONVERGING.
BEHIND EVERY
GREAT PLAYER IS A
GREAT MOM.
QUENTIN GRIFFIN
IS NO EXCEPTION.
HERE'S ERIN
ANDREWS.
>> Erin: I'D LIKE
TO INTRODUCE YOU
TO MY VERY
SPECIAL GUEST,
MISS BARBARA
GRIFFIN WHO MADE
THE SIX-HOUR
DRIVE HERE FROM
TEXAS TO ROOT HER
SON ON ON HIS
SENIOR NIGHT.
HE'S HAD A
TERRIFIC FOUR
YEARS HERE AT
OKLAHOMA?
ARE YOU SAD TO
SEE IT COME TO AN
END.
>> I'M NOT.
I'VE ENJOYED
EVERY FOUR YEARS
AND THIS IS FAR
MOST THE BEST.
I'M SO EXCITED
FOR HIM.
>> Erin: WE'VE
GOT A LITTLE DIRT
ON QUENTIN.
HIS COACHES AND
TEAMMATES SAY
HE'S SHY.
REPORTERS CAN'T
GET FOUR WORDS
OUT OF HIM FOR AN
INTERVIEW.
YOU KNOW THE REAL
QUENTIN.
IS HE THAT SHY?
>> NO, HE'S FULL
OF QUESTIONS,
QUESTION AFTER
QUESTION, WITH ME
ANYWAY.
HE MIGHT NOT SAY
MUCH TO, YOU KNOW,
HIS TEAMMATES OR
THE MEDIA,
BECAUSE HE REALLY
OPENS UP TO ME.
HE'S NOT THAT
SHY.
>> Erin: IT'S
BEEN ROOM ORD HIS
MENTOR AND IDOL,
BAR RAY SANDERS?
>> BARRY SANDERS
IS ONE OF HIS
FAVORITE PLAYERS,
IF NOT HIS
FAVORITE.
HE HAS POSTERS,
T-SHIRTS.
HE EVEN GOES ON
THE INTERNET TO
PRINT PICTURES OF
WHATEVER HE CAN
OF BARRY.
SO THAT'S HIS
FAVORITE PLAYER,
I THINK.
>> Erin: THANKS
SO MUCH.
BACK UP TO YOU.
>> Ron: MUN LYNN
CAN'T GET THE
HANDLE ON IT.
QUENTIN GRIFFIN
STILL HAS
FOOTBALL TO BE
PLAYED.
MOM, STILL GOT A
COUPLE MORE GAMES
TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO
WATCH HIM.
HE'S A GREAT
YOUNG MAN.
>> Charles: HE
IS.
SHE MENTIONED HIS
ADMIRATION FOR
SANDERS.
I THINK GRIFFIN'S
STYLE AS A PERSON
MIMICS BARRY
SANDERS.
FROM HUMBLE,
TEXAS, SHY,
RETIRING TYPE,
HANDS THE BALL TO
THE REFEREE AFTER
HE SCORE AS
TOUCHDOWN.
GREAT, ALL-AROUND
YOUNG MAN.
>> Ron: THIRD AND
TWO TO WELKER.
SOME RUNNING
ROOM.
DOWN TO THE 48
YARD LINE.
JIMMY WILKERSON
FINALLY TRACKING
HIM DOWN FROM
BEHIND.
>> Charles: TIE
PLAY YOU NEED IF
YOUR TEXAS TECH
AND THE TYPE OF
PLAY THEY'VE USED
ALL YEAR LONG.
THIS IS WHAT I
CALL A PEOPLE
PLAY.
WES WELKER IS ONE
OF THEIR BETTER
PLAYERS, RIGHT?
YOU GOT TO GET
THE BALL IN HIS
HANDS SOMEHOW.
THIS TIME THEY DO,
BUT A LONG SWING
PASS, 23-YARD
GAIN.
TEXAS TECH'S IN
BUSINESS IN
OKLAHOMA
TERRITORY.
>> Ron: THEIR
BIGGEST GAIN OF
THE NIGHT,
CHARLES.
>> Charles: YOU
GOT TO FIND THE
GUYS WHO MAKE
PLAYS FOR YOU AND
GET THE BALL TO
THEM, NO MATTER
WHAT.
>> Ron: FIRST AND
10, KINGSBURY
FINDS THE
INTENDED
RECEIVER.
DOWN TO THE 39,
IT'S MICKEY
PETERS.
THE JUNIOR OUT OF
WEATHERFORD TEXAS,
HIS FIRST
RECEPTION OF THE
NIGHT FOR THE
FORMER HIGH
SCHOOL
QUARTERBACK.
BASSRY SI ON THE
COVERAGE.
>> Charles: THAT
TIME, KINGSBURY
COMES OFF HIS
FIRST OPTION,
THROWING A HITCH
TO THE WIDE SIDE
AND COMING INSIDE
TO MICKEY PETERS.
>> Ron: SECOND
AND TEN.
SOONERS SHOWS
BLITZ.
KINGS BARRY
THROWS IT AWAY.
TIPPED,
INTERCEPTED,
OKLAHOMA!
ANTONIO PERKINS,
HIS FOURTH
INTERCEPTION OF
THE YEAR.
LOOKS LIKE TOMMIE
HARRIS MAY HAVE
GOT AN PIECE OF
IT FROM THE
DEFENSIVE TACKLE
SPOT AND PERKINS
IS ABLE TO PICK
IT OFF.
>> Charles: YOU
OFTEN HEAR ABOUT
THE ZONE BLITZ
FROM OKLAHOMA AND
TOMMIE HARRIS
FELL OFF INTO THE
COVERAGE AS A
DEFENSIVE LINEMAN
AND TIPPED THE
BALL THAT ANTONIO
PERKINS
INTERCEPTED.
REMEMBER THE
FIRST HALF WHEN I
SAID NATE HYBL
NEEDS TO THROT
BALL AT THE FEET
OF HIS RECEIVER
AT A SCREEN PASS
THAT WASN'T GOING
TO WORK VERY
WELL.
I THINK THE SAME
THING HAPPENED
THERE WITH KINGSBURY.
THE TIMING AS OFF,
TRIED TO FORCE IT.
PERKINS WITH THE
INTERCEPTION.
>> Ron: THE SOONERS
HAVE FORCE ADD
TURNOVER IN 44 OF THE
LAST 48 GAMES.
>> Referee: DEAD BALL,
FALSE START, OFFENSE,
FIVE-YARD PENALTY,
REPEAT FIRST DOWN.
>> Ron: THEY'VE HAD
ONE INTERCEPTION IN
33 OF THE LAST 37.
THE NUMBERS LAST WEEK
AND TONIGHT, QUITE A
DIFFERENCE.
>> Charles: PRETTY
MUCH SAYS IT ALL.
ALL HAVE TO DRAW,
ILLUSTRATE.
LOOK AT THE
TOUCHDOWNS, ZERO.
AN INTERCEPTION AFTER
THE LAST PLAY.
THEY CAN'T GET THE
RHYTHM OR TEMPO
TOGETHER.
KEY WORDS YOU
MENTIONED EARLIER.
>> Ron: IT'S SEVEN
CONSECUTIVE GAMES THE
SOONERS HAVE HAD AT
LEAST TWO
INTERCEPTIONS AS
QUENTIN GRIFFIN
TACKLED BY RODNEY
McKINNEY, THE SENIOR
OUT OF ALABAMA.
FANS, FOR EXCLUSIVE
NEWS AND RECRUITING
COVERAGE, LOG ON NOW
TO RIVALS.COM.
ALL THE COACHES
TALKING ABOUT WHO IS
SIGN WILLING WHERE,
WHO IS COMMITTING.
IN OKLAHOMA, BOBS
STOOPS TELLING US
YESTERDAY THEY'RE ON
TRACK WHERE THEY WANT
TO BE, GETTING THE
COMMITMENTS THEY
NEED.
MIKE LEACH TELLING US
THE SAME THING.
HYBL SWINGING IT OUT
TO THE FAR SIDE.
GRIFFIN DODGES ONE
TACKLE.
LEANS FORWARD, PICKS
UP EIGHT ON THE PLAY.
I TELL YOU, COACH
LEACH HAS NOT GIVEN
UP.