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OU Notebook

By GUERIN EMIG, World sports writer
Published: 10/12/2008 2:21 AM
Last Modified: 10/12/2008 2:40 AM

The one that got away: Oklahoma's best chance to force a Texas turnover came with a minute remaining in the third quarter, when linebacker Lamont Robinson appeared to intercept Colt McCoy in the end zone to keep the Sooners ahead 28-27. Only, the ball came loose as Robinson hit the Cotton Bowl turf and officials ruled it an incomplete pass.

"The ball didn't come out until after I hit the ground. I caught the ball," said Robinson, a reserve linebacker who was in the game as part of OU's short-yardage defense on the third-and-1 play. "I don't know if I took a step or not, it happened so fast. But I know I caught the ball, secured it. I hit (the end zone) on my arms, rolled over, and the ball came out after I rolled over. I felt it was an interception, but . . . It was a close call. The game's going real fast. Those guys (officials) are human just like we are."

Asked if he considered asking for a replay officials' review, OU coach Bob Stoops said: "I don't believe it's reviewable. The incompletions, from what I understand, aren't."

Hunter Lawrence kicked a 28-yard field goal after the call, and Texas led for the first time, 30-28.

"This game is much larger than one play," Robinson said. "There's a bunch of different things that happen that can change the course of a game. It's just one of the bad breaks we got."

What were you thinking?: Six and a half minutes remained when the Sooners, trailing 38-35, punted on fourth-and-2 from their own 46-yard line. The Longhorns had scored on their previous three possessions, and they made it four in a row after taking the punt and driving 80 yards.

Cody Johnson punched in a 2-yard run to make it 45-35 with four minutes left, and OU was all but finished.

Should Stoops have gone for it on fourth-and-2?

"Yeah, I probably should have," he answered. "Just one of those situations. There's so much time, you think you can come up with a stop. We had already went for it one other time (on a third-quarter faked punt) and it didn't work. I was thinking, 'Let's get them stopped here. We've still got a shot.'

"Obviously in hindsight, it's pretty easy to make the call now."

Third downer: Before electing to punt, the Sooners gained 7 yards on a first-down pass to Juaquin Iglesias. It set them up well, second-and-3 on their own 45, before things bogged down.

"We run it on second down and get stuffed," offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson said, alluding to DeMarco Murray's 1-yard gain. "Now it's third-and-(2). We come back to the same play that started the drive and it didn't work."

Sam Bradford tried a short dump-off over the middle, this time to Manuel Johnson, but the pass was a tad high and fell incomplete.

"I think if we had gotten that first down and gotten a little momentum, we were probably going to be in field-goal range and tie it or might have gotten a touchdown," Wilson said. "Who knows? Credit them, they made the play.

"I'd like to have the call back."

Freshman frenzy: Linebacker Travis Lewis tied Brian Bosworth's OU record for single-game tackles by a freshman, with 19. Two of those hits, however, resulted in personal foul penalties for sideline shots on Texas quarterback Colt McCoy.

"He acted sometimes," Lewis said. "From their view, (officials) saw I hit him out of bounds. I said, 'My momentum was taking me out. I had my hands up. It's not like I tried to hit him.' But they said late hit. Their call."

Texas kicked field goals on the drives in which Lewis was penalized. By GUERIN EMIG, World sports writer

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AG1, (10/12/2008 6:39:50 PM)

Medium game Bob didn't look very impressive. How much is OU paying for him? His tantrum on the sideline wasn't as impressive any Gundy's rant - looks like he is pouting and can't spit his words out.

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