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Bedlam blowout
Broyles, OU defense crush OSU in shutout

OU's Ryan Broyles breaks the tackle attempt of the last man to beat, OSU punter Quinn Sharp, as he returns a punt for a touchdown in the fourth quarter Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Broyles had 316 all-purpose yards against the Cowboys. STEPHEN HOLMAN / Tulsa World

 
By JOHN E. HOOVER World Sports Writer
Published: 11/29/2009  2:22 AM
Last Modified: 11/29/2009  11:49 AM

 NORMAN — The crystal gleamed in the afternoon sun, shining and sparkling and sending flashes of light that twinkled in the eyes of adoring fans.

As Sooner Nation descended from their seats to bask in the sprinkled light of another home victory — another Bedlam victory — Gerald McCoy gripped the trophy with his meaty hands and held it overhead, smiling, skipping, running, waving.

Senior Brian Jackson watched McCoy's circuit with a satisfied nod.

"Nice glass bowl," Jackson said.

As McCoy finished his victory lap, he stopped briefly and punched the sky, savoring the last drop of Oklahoma's 27-0 destruction of No. 11-ranked Oklahoma State.

"That was a lot of fun. A lot of fun," McCoy said. "Our fans, they deserved it. I just wanted to share the win with them. Because they've been with us through all we've faced this year. I felt we owed it to them to show some love, because they helped us out."

The gathering of 85,606 — a Bedlam record — urged the Sooners out of a mucky season and on to their 30th consecutive home triumph. It's the longest active streak in the nation and the best in school history.

OU used a punishing defense, Tress Way's 59-yard punting average, an unflinching ferocity on kickoff and punt coverage teams, and an indefatigable Ryan Broyles for another home blowout.

Oklahoma State (9-3 overall, 6-2 Big 12) came into the game averaging 400.5 yards per game total offense, including a league-best 203.5 yards per game rushing. But against OU, the Cowboys managed only 109 total yards, just 62 on the ground.

"One of our better defensive performances probably since we've been here," said OU coach Bob Stoops.

Oklahoma (7-5, 5-3) lost another starting offensive lineman earlier in the week — senior All-Big 12 left tackle Trent Williams didn't suit up because of a concussion — but he was hardly missed as right tackle Cory Brandon moved to the left side and tight end Eric Mensik stepped in on the right. Walk-on Brian Lepak was already replacing starter Ben Habern at center.

"I was a little nervous," Mensik said. " I was surprised at how good I actually did. I did believe in myself. I knew I could do it."

Said Stoops, "I was proud of 'em with the difficult circumstances, to be able to hold up like they did."

OU piled up 367 yards total offense. Quarterback Landry Jones fought 20-mph winds to complete 20-of-37 passes for 224 yards. DeMarco Murray (72 yards, two touchdowns) and Chris Brown (58 yards) did the ground work.

And Broyles was virtually unstoppable, catching nine passes for 103 yards and returning eight punts for 209 yards. That included an 87-yard touchdown runback that made it 27-0 midway through the fourth quarter. In all, Broyles finished with 316 all-purpose yards, third-best in school history.

"It always begins with competitiveness," Stoops said. "He has a great deal of that. And he's just got those moves to make people miss him."

Although the Cowboys finish the year second in the Big 12 South, the Sooners were an 8-point favorite. It's no mystery why: In four Bedlam contests at Owen Field since 2003, the average score is OU 43, OSU 10.

Saturday marked OU's first shutout in the series since a 31-0 victory in 1993. It was also the Sooners' third shutout this season, the program's best since the 1986 team shut out five foes.

Oklahoma suffered a collapse last week in a 41-13 loss at Texas Tech. This week, in the season finale, OU's defense was as good as ever.

"Last week," McCoy said, "that wasn't us."

OSU runners were pounded for just 2.1 yards per carry. Quarterback Zac Robinson was sacked twice, completed 9-of-21 passes for 44 yards, threw an interception and netted minus-6 rushing yards.

"Our guys played in an extremely desperate way, when we were on edge all week," defensive coordinator Brent Venables said. "Guys had a miserable week. We did (challenge them) as coaches, and our players really responded to the challenge."

The fumble-filled first quarter was scoreless. But with OU leading 3-0 in the second quarter, Broyles got free on a 47-yard reception, and Murray launched himself from the 5-yard line for a TD and a 10-0 halftime lead.

On its opening drive of the third quarter, OU overcame 25 yards in penalties during a season-long 18-play march that took nearly seven minutes and ended with Patrick O'Hara's second field goal and a 13-0 lead.

Two minutes later, Jonathan Nelson intercepted Robinson and ran it back 37 yards to the OSU 13. Murray scored in two plays and the Sooners led 20-0.

"It would have been easy," said Stoops, "to have not had such a strong attitude out there today."



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Some reader comments for this story were copied from "OU dominates OSU, 27-0," which was published on 11/28/2009.
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U.S. PATRIOT, Americana, U.S.A. (11/28/2009 2:09:06 PM)
BOOMER!
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MelindaL, (11/28/2009 2:27:46 PM)
SOONER!
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blindshoe, (11/28/2009 2:28:15 PM)
looks like another win for the sooners god i hate that
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DeeBee, (11/28/2009 2:54:36 PM)
LOL! both schools are weak. I told you guys OSU would lose when they quit playing high schools. As weak as OU is they will still blow OSU out. There is no way the Cowhides should have been ranked #12. We see their true colors now!......LOL
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TK1, (11/28/2009 2:58:54 PM)
Congratulations Sooners. Great defense. Very tough to watch as a Cowboy fan.
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2curious, Tulsa, OK 74104 (11/28/2009 3:12:20 PM)
it's OVER. Choklahoma State shows up again!!!
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old roper, Sun City (11/28/2009 3:17:39 PM)
As the song goes. . . .Pooooooooooorrrrrr Aggies!!!!!
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U.S. PATRIOT, Americana, U.S.A. (11/28/2009 3:17:39 PM)
0-14 on 3rd down and 109 total yards. Ouch!

Good luck in your bowl game, Pokes! Maybe a match up with LSU in the Cotton? If it happens, I hope you beat 'ol Lester like a drum.
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wk, (11/28/2009 3:19:32 PM)
Pokes choke. OU is horrible and OSU still couldn't get it done. Gundy needs to give up play calling if that's all he can muster.
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Oklahomer, Sapulpa (11/28/2009 3:26:28 PM)
Where is Meximike? I told you last summer that OSU can't play with Texas or Oklahoma. Gundy is 0 for every game against Stoops and Brown. There is always next year Meximike.
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WWJD, (11/28/2009 3:27:04 PM)
Where's ole cowboybobdog now? Probably out by the maple lickin his boys.
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Hud, (11/28/2009 3:27:07 PM)
As a fan of all teams from our great football state of Oklahoma, it was great to see OU play well and preserve such a great home game win streak. With that said, it was equally just as hard to see such a hard fought season for Oklahoma State and it's seniors come to a close with a loss like this. It would have been nice for Mike Gundy to have done something special this year with his team. It's too bad Zac Robinson wasn't at his best. OSU will have it's day at some point, just hopefully Sooner than later.

How bout that Sooner D??? Amazing. Nice shut out for Venebles!

Go Pokes and BOOMER SOONER!!!
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CrippledShark, San Antonio (11/28/2009 3:30:48 PM)
Now that's what I've been talking about........

BOOMER SOONER

CS
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Hopeless, Tulsa (11/28/2009 3:32:04 PM)
I thought it was strange when an un-ranked team was favored to win over the 12th ranked team. The so called experts knew who was best. Just another sad day for OSU.
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UptheMiddle, Playa del Rey (11/28/2009 3:34:18 PM)
Just as I expected. Too bad they can't play a bowl game at home...
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Jacky, small town Oklahoma (11/28/2009 3:35:17 PM)
Congratulations OU fans. Although it is hard to be a good sport in the face of all the sore winners we have here. However, I talked a small amount of smack and think the OU team went in there and showed what they were made of.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm looking for a restaurant that serves up crow...as I think I'm in for a good helping of it.
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Hud, (11/28/2009 3:37:48 PM)
I bet if OSU were to play Tx Tech next week they'd blow'em out.
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soonerfan64, (11/28/2009 3:39:45 PM)
Happy to see the Sooners win. But Zac was obviously not 100%
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aball, (11/28/2009 3:46:14 PM)
Boomer Sooner! Nice shutout!
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Golden Hurricane, Tulsa (11/28/2009 3:48:33 PM)
I love how people refer to this series as a rivalry!!! How can you have a rivalry where one team has like an 85-19 lead or something ridiculous like that??

Whether osu likes it or not, it's state rival is TU...the series is far more competitive and puts osu on a level they can handle.

To answer the question at the top of Strain's story...osu was the most overrated team in recent memory. Strain has a vote and if he continues to be as fair as he has been all season, there is NO WAY osu should be ranked in his top 25. They simply are not a top 25 type team, consider the fact that they have ZERO quality wins and wouldn't even qualify for the Conference USA championsip game, then try and rank 'em...you just can't do it!
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ForWhatIt'sWorth, (11/28/2009 3:50:00 PM)
nice to see bandwagon U fans are still classy win they win. remind me again, how many of you actually went to school at OU?
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GARFIELD, TULSA (11/28/2009 3:50:47 PM)
Not to rub it in, but I never--ever--heard of a team having to PUNT 14 times. I felt sorry for OSU, and I'm not a fan of either team.Thst can't be right--0/14 on 3d. downs?? Next year is bound to be better!
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Hud, (11/28/2009 3:51:16 PM)
Hopefully Zac Robinson will play an amazing bowl game with a win to go out on. He definitely deserves it. Maybe he'll be healthy by then. He was really fun to watch during his college career.
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ForWhatIt'sWorth, (11/28/2009 3:51:22 PM)
right goldenhurricane. you have a lot of room to talk with your team's success this year. when TU pulls the kind of fans and money that OSU does you can talk.
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beau3985, Tulsa (11/28/2009 3:57:47 PM)
Nice way for OU to close out their season. However, I do feel sorry for Stoops, if he has another year as bad as this one his career at OU will probably be over.

We'll see you in Stillwater next year!
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