Tulsa World: No big meltdown this time

TULSA WORLD HOMEPAGE | Wednesday, February 10, 2010 | WIRELESS

OU | OSU | TU | ORU | HIGH SCHOOLS | COLLEGE FOOTBALL | COLLEGE BASKETBALL | NFL | FANTASY | OUTDOORS | GOLF | PROS | ALL

HOMEPAGES

SPORTS EXTRA BLOGS

		Sports Editor Mike Strain
		Sports Columnist Dave Sittler
		The Picker Entertaining & Infuriating

LOCAL PROS

ALL SPORTS

PHOTOS & VIDEOS

OUTDOORS

FIND A STORY

Search the World's archives

EMAIL ALERTS

SOCIAL MEDIA

RSS FEEDS

CONTACT US

BUY PHOTOS & PAGES

Buy a published photo by clicking the "Order this Picture" link on the photo. For a full-color page reprint, call 732-8198 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday or order online.

TULSA WORLD

ADVERTISE ON SPORTS EXTRA

Learn more about the site.

Newspaper View Print this story

Bookmark

No big meltdown this time
The defense stayed solid throughout, right up to Lavine's late interception.

By MATT DOYLE World Sports Writer
Published: 10/12/2008 2:06 AM
Last Modified: 10/12/2008 2:27 AM

The defense stayed solid throughout, right up to Lavine's late interception.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Patrick Lavine had seen it before.

This time, the Oklahoma State junior linebacker made sure this game had a different ending and much more pleasing result.

Lavine's interception of Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel's pass at the Cowboys 31-yard line with 1:41 remaining capped the No. 17 Cowboys' stunning 28-23 victory over No. 3 Missouri. But it also exorcised demons of last-second comeback wins by OSU opponents and late meltdowns by Cowboy defenses of past seasons.

"Earlier in the week, everyone said our defense was going to have to step up big," Lavine said. "They said that was going to be the hard point for us.

"What happened tonight just showed who we are."

Daniel got his passing yards — 390 of them, in fact. But he also got to experience something he and the Missouri offense hadn't yet in the Tigers' first five games.

OSU forced Missouri into two punting situations after holding it without a first down.

With Daniel at quarterback, Missouri had 84 consecutive possessions to open the season without having a three-and-out series.

Daniel had one interception entering the game. Lavine's was the third the Cowboys defense had on the night.

Ricky Price had one in the third quarter at the OSU 22 to thwart a Tigers drive. Andre Sexton's 39-yard interception return into Missouri territory set up Damian Davis' 31-yard touchdown with 6:30 left, putting OSU ahead 28-17.

"The kids executed what we called," defensive coordinator Tim Beckman said. "They're just calls and the kids have to perform the calls. I'm proud of the way they did that."

Matt Doyle 581-8316
matt.doyle@tulsaworld.com By MATT DOYLE World Sports Writer

Newspaper View Print this story

Bookmark

COMMENTS

Add your comment

Show: Most Recent Comment First

0 comments have been made for this team so far. Tell us what you think below!

Reporting Comments

If you see a comment that violates our terms and conditions, please help us by clicking the "Report this Comment" link next to a comment. That will alert the web staff to review the comment. Thank you. -- Web Editor Jason Collington

Add Your Comment
In order to post a comment on this article, you must sign in to Tulsaworld.com. If you do not have a site account, you can create an account for free.