The Temple Owls were out of their league, but the Sooners delivered big plays on both offense and defense, from the frontline players as well as the backups.
The Sooners got out to a quick 14-0 lead, a free touchdown on special teams, added a 6-yard touchdown drive after another Owls turnover and covered the 43.5-point spread.Oklahoma has a lot to improve on before SEC play begins when Tennessee and Josh Heupel come to Norman on Sept. 21, but the Cougars will provide another opportunity to make those improvements.It’ll be tough to assess just how good Oklahoma is playing because we all know Temple’s not very good.
Temple gets the corner on another jet sweep, so expect future opponents to try to exploit the Oklahoma defense that way. Kip Lewis’ ankle tackle of EJ Wilson doesn’t prevent a first down, but Lewis fires Wilson’s shoe about 20 yards to get Wilson out of the game. A read option keeper by Brock is annihilated by Kobie McKinzie, who thuds Brock and drives him backward for no gain. Good pressure by Sammy Omosigho on a short throw to force another incompletion .
R Mason Thomas and Da’Jon Terry finish off the first quarter by tackling Antwain Middleton for a 1-yard loss.Brock finally gets his first completions as the Sooners rush four and can’t generate any pressure. He overthrows his receiver, Dante Wright, but Wright beats Lewis Carter in coverage and climbs the ladder to make an acrobatic catch and a 28-yard gain.
Kendel Dolby opens the next Temple drive by pressing hard on an outside blitz and taking down Brock for a loss of 2. Billy Bowman then wipes out Wright on a jet sweep for a 1-yard loss — OU’s fourth TFL so far. Really good edge pressure by Ford off the right side to flush Brock out of the pocket, but he gets away for a gain of 10 and Temple punts it away.
Arnold starts the second half with an RPO throw to Burks for 1 yard, but then Arnold is dropped for a loss of 4 as Demerick Morris defeats Spencer Brown and combines with Cam’Ron Stewart for the sack. Arnold throws across the middle to Burks, who’s driven down hard for a 5-yard gain. Luke Elzinga flips the field with a 51-yard punt.
Michael Hawkins is warming up, but Arnold is going to finish the third quarter. Joshua Bates is the center now. Arnold’s first down throw to Andrel Anthony picks up 4 yards, but Arnold is sacked by Tyquan King for a loss of 5. King came on a delayed blitz and simply wasn’t accounted for by Sawchuk. Arnold’s throw in the right seam is caught by Sharp, but it’s short of the first down and brings on Elzinga.
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