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OU Notebook

By GUERIN EMIG, World sports writer
Published: 11/2/2008 4:19 AM
Last Modified: 11/2/2008 4:22 AM

OU-A&M kickoff time set: Oklahoma’s game at Texas A&M on Saturday will kick oa at 2:30 p.m. and be televised by ABC (KTUL channel 8).

OU (8-1 overall, 4-1 in the Big 12) comes into the game tied with Texas and OSU behind Texas Tech in the Big 12 South. The Aggies (4-5, 2-3) are further down the standings, but have won back-to-back games over Colorado and Iowa State.

Heated exchange: Oklahoma was in complete control Saturday night for all but one brief period of the first quarter, when strong safety Nic Harris and secondary coach Bobby Jack Wright exchanged heated words on the Sooners' sideline.

Nebraska had third-and-7 on its 24-yard line at the time, when OU pulled Harris from the lineup.

Quentin Carter had replaced Lendy Holmes at free safety on the first two plays of the series. When Holmes returned to the field for the third down, he replaced Harris, not Carter.

Harris was clearly agitated at that decision and began shouting in Wright's direction while pacing the sideline.

Wright talked back, briefly, before returning his attention to the field.

As Joe Ganz hit Todd Peterson to convert the third down, several players, most notably reserve linebacker Lamont Robinson, calmed Harris.

Harris did, in fact, cool off shortly thereafter.

He returned to his position alongside Holmes at the start of Nebraska's next series, and resumed his defensive and special teams duties the rest of the night.

Not special, but better: The Sooners continue to show kinks in their special teams, but they're also showing progress.

OU's kickoff coverage bottled up Niles Paul on every return but one, and even then Paul's return was a reasonable 29 yards.

The Sooners' DeMarco Murray and Juaquin Iglesias ripped off 62, 57- and 40-yard kickoff returns of their own, Iglesias' 40-yarder coming after an early Murray block.

And while Mike Knall dropped the snap on his only punt of the first half, he recovered and got off a 51-yarder around the onrushing Thomas Grove.

OU's only special-teams blemish was on punt returns, where Ryan Broyles lost five yards on one return, then failed to catch a bouncing punt to pin his offense on its own 3-yard-line in the second quarter.

Well, there was that and the fourth missed extra point of the year for Jimmy Stevens.

Chaney turns it around: OU wide receiver Quentin Chaney got off to a rough start Saturday night, committing a dead-ball personal foul after Murray's 62-yard game-opening kick return, then holding on the first play of the Sooners' second series.

By halftime, however, Chaney had three receptions for 68 yards, including a 48-yard touchdown in which he beat both NU's strong and free safety.

Chaney played his third straight game in relief of Manuel Johnson, who is trying to return from the dislocated elbow he suffered early against Kansas Oct. 18. Johnson played the first series Saturday, ran a reverse for two yards, then took the rest of the game off.

Take it away: A frenzied OU defense turned Nebraska over three times over the Huskers' first eight plays, and nearly inflicted more damage a little later on. Linebacker Austin Box and cornerback Brian Jackson couldn't hang on to interceptions later in the first quarter, then Harris missed an opportunity early in the second. By GUERIN EMIG, World sports writer

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