Colorado rallied from a 14-point, fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the No. 3-ranked Sooners 27-24 on a last-second field goal Saturday at Folsom Field, effectively ending OU's chances of playing for a national title.
But OU can still beat Texas.
OU can still win the Big 12 championship.
OU can still play in a BCS game.
"This isn't the first time we've been in this situation. You can find out a lot about a guy how he reacts in these adverse situations,” said defensive coordinator Brent Venables. "You can sit here and mope about it, or you can suck it up and find out what went wrong. That's it.”
For OU, a lot went wrong in the second half.
Leading 24-7, the Sooners self-destructed with several key penalties and three costly turnovers, two leading to Colorado touchdowns.
OU's defense, which didn't get a breather in the second half, couldn't get off the field by stopping the run.
And the offense didn't help either, either turning it over or punting on three-and-outs.
The Sooners had just 19 offensive snaps in the second half compared with Colorado's 46, wearing out OU's defense late. Said coach Bob Stoops: "We talked about some things we didn't do very well today, and what we need to get done for next week so that we can have a chance for the rest of the year.”
OU will have more than a chance, because at the moment the once mighty Big 12 South looks dreadful, culminating Saturday with seventh-ranked Texas being blown out at home 41-21 by Kansas State.
But the next two weeks are crucial.
If the Sooners can handle the reeling Longhorns, then hold off undefeated Missouri in Norman, they should be in control of the league.
OU has rebounded before. After losses to Oregon and Texas last year, the Sooners recovered to win the Big 12 and appear in the Fiesta Bowl. The same can happen this season.
But first, OU must rekindle its identity of controlling the line of scrimmage on both sides, shutting down the run and tossing the ball deep to Kelly.
"The Big 12 South, we can still come out and win that,” Bradford said. "If we want to achieve the goals we set at the beginning of the season, we have to come out and play hard and play to the best of our ability ever week.”
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Ha now you guys are losing to Texas Tech. even CU beat them.
The Big 12 Championship is in San Antonio, so no home field advantage for Colorado next time. Colorado played a great game and Oklahoma was flat. Folsom Field is a tough place to play, but give credit to the Buffs for playing well in all aspects of the game, and it still took a fG with no time left to win. OU fans forget about Colorado, let's get ready for Texas!!!
Hey Dick from Mesa becareful what you wish for. I would hate to embarrass you twice in the same season. The Buffs dominated the play against the Sooners... is that all the offense you can muster? 220 yards? Bleak! And who said anything about the Rockies? Furthermore its doubtful you could rup the nuts off anything but a lame cat!
There were holding calls the refs didn't call until late in the 4th qtr. That was also a catch by Igleses. But dog gonnit, you cannot have turnovers. If OU has no turnovers, OU wins the game
I see steve wants his littleton nuts ripped off too! If CU is just so fortunate enough to make it to the Big 12 championship, well see how much he talks after that. As I recall half the top ten lost as well and the other half will lose by mid NOV, as I see it we lost early and can play and will play our way back into the MNC!
Hey Gloria how stupid are you? Your players are all from Texas... and furthermore Mr. Loadholt is from Colorado... all 360 lbs of him... and committed to CU... problem is they could not get him in school. I guess they dont worry about grades at Norman Jr. College.
Hey "Colorado,Boulder", are you kidding me? Are you really that excited about beating OU when your team has 2-2 record and a 2-10 record last year? Is this the team you want to be proud of, one that doesn't beat OU much and got stomped in the Big 12 championship game several years ago 42 -3. I would be embarrased to be this excited w/ a 2-2 record. And as for how many Super Bowls Oklahoma has, what does that have to do w/ college football. You do realize don't you that the Pro teams are comprised of players from all over, including OKLAHOMA, you dumb@ss.
The Sooners are way overrated. Stop all the whining about holding calls... The Buffs are not any good either. In fact the entire Big 12 stinks. Its embarrassing... one good thing for me though... at least I dont live in Oklahoma! GO BUFFS!
Good lord Mr. Ford! The whiners and the know it alls are having a banner arm chair quarterback Monday. Was it $3.4 million worth of coaching? You have to have the I.Q. of a sack of hammers to pose that question. Let’s follow some of these shat for brains Sooner “fans” to their jobs and get them fired when they don’t work enough to justify their $5.75 per hour wage.
Colorado, Please make it to the Big 12 Championship game so that OU can stomp a real mudhole in you pole-smokers. You say the 5th biggest win, wow. Guess you don't really win much there do you?
Jeff, I agree you cannot compare the two. It is ridiculous to even bring themup in the same conversation. Likewise to regurgitate the OU Sooners record since WWII is equally as ludacris. What have you done for me lately!
""Hey Brent how many superbowls does the State of OK have?
Colorado, Boulder - Sep 30, 2007 5:21 PM""
Hey "Colorado"..We are talking about College football. That's just a stupid thing to ask. We live college football here because it's more about passion. Kind of funny how you couldnt find any Buffs coverage in your local papers the week leading up to the game. Now that you pulled off the "miracle", you seek out our paper to post your opinions. Pretty funny really! With any luck, we will see you in the Big 12 Championship. We just took you too lightly because of your track record. Colorado made the plays and Oklahoma didnt in the end. Congrats. We will be back!
Fight CU down the field, CU must win, Fight Fight for victory, CU knows no defeat, we'll roll up that mighty score, never give in....Shoulder to shoulder we will fight, fight...fight, fight, fight!
National Championship, are you kidding me? seems like you and your team needs a clue on game day management and keeping your focus. You got pushed around by our Buffs all day. Sloppy play, hot shotting in the end zone, stupid mistakes all add up to: 27-24. The fifth all time biggest win at CU. go Buffs.
CU's offense played well, it helped that they called the same play over and over. "Hand the ball to the fasted guy while the rest of the team holds every defender in the area." The replay officials boned us again as well. To play at OU, you have to beat the opponent and the refs everygame. We did not to that Sat. I have been saying for 2 years that Smith should NOT be returning punts.
Jake, you are wrong. In college football one loss ruins your season. That is precisly why we need a playoff system. One loss and you are at the mercy of polls and the outcome of other games.
Guy from Boulder, pretty sad when you have to come to an Oklahoma newspaper and gloat about "the fifth biggest win in CU history." Good for yall on the win, but you caught us on a very bad and very unfocused day. And let me remember, we are ranked 10th in the polls....what are you ranked again? How many national championships does CU have? And who has the winningest college football program since WWII, and the most 10+ win seasons in the history of college football?
7 National Championships, 40 Conference Championships
24 Bowl Championships, 4 Heisman Trophy Winners,
142 All Americans, 327 NFL Draft picks, 47 game winning streak. That's right, OKLAHOMA!!! BOOMER SOONER!!!! Shut up, get off our newspaper board.
You can't tell me there is not a coaching problem at OU. Colorado has recievers open all day, we barely can get one open. Our defensive backfield wasn't close to a reciever all day long, Colorado had two guys on most of our recievers all day, and I mean close to our recievers. No time out to ice the kicker!!!! You got to be kidding me.
No quick hitches to our wide recievers just to change things up!!
Sorry boys, I said it last year after the Boise game and after this years Tulsa game, we can't play pass defense worth a rip, and our offense has no imagination or adaptability. If we face any more teams with a pass offense this year, and a little imagination, it's not going to be just a one loss year.
I agree that winning ten games a year is something to be proud of, but that's where OU is going to stay at with this staff. I read the article that said Kevin Wilson likes to mix up his players to throw the other team off, how about mixing up the plays to throw the other team off!!!!! If it ain't working do something else!!!!!
OU is a very frustrating team to watch. Lot's of talent but to many player and coaching breakdowns.
I would hate to be Texas next weekend, be assured OU now has the proper motivation to win out the rest of the season. Once again just because you are OU dont mean opponents are just going to wet their pants and cry uncle before the game even starts. We have all seen this before.
Come on everyone, don't jump ship. We weren't ready to play yesterday, and we let the game go. I disagree with the article saying that the national title hopes are gone - if yesterday didn't prove that anything can happen! If we can win out (which I believe we can, yesterday was a fluke), LSU and Florida have to play next week, USC has to play Cal and Oregon - we still have a shot at New Orleans. Don't criticize Stoops, he's an amazing coach and we couldn't do any better. Boomer Sooner baby! I STILL BELIEVE!!
No Robbin, it came down to being out played and too many turnovers and mistakes. Anybody who seen half of the top ten teams lose realized that competition is tough and EVERYBODY has their off days - besides a 3 point loss is not exactly a rout, especially when OU gave Colorado all the help it could. Kudo's to Colorado for a hard fought victory and a thank you for proving if you dont play your best - you will lose.
Callin for Stoops to be fired...... you people are all idiots!!! It has been 9 years of 10+ win seasons 3 NC appearances 4-5 conference titles and perenial top 10 status.... crawl back under the rock you came out of bandwagoners!!!! Have you freakin morons already forgot what it feels like to go 3-9, 4-8 ala "john blake days" So please stop acting like a SOONER and let us REAL SOONERS root OUr team on!!!!! In the words of Gumby "makes me want to puke!!"
It gets down to this. Did Oklahoma get $3.4 million worth of coaching on Saturday? First, congratulations to Colorado on a great win that was very deserved. That said. the Sooners' preparation, play-calling and execution were all atrocious. It starts and ends with Stoops. Was it $3.4 million worth? You decide, and then determine whether OU needs a change.
Hey Sooner fans. Good game yesterday by both teams. To those saying that the Sooners handed the game to the Buffs through turn-overs, don't forget that in the first half the Buffs gave you two short fields (11 & 19 yds) for easy touch-downs. The Buffs just played without those mistakes in the second half and took advantage of them the same as the Sooners did in the first. Turn-overs are part of the game and happened on both sides. Good luck in the rest of the season and please Hook-those-Horns! Go Buffs!
Fire Stoops? You've got to be kidding. OU is still a top program. All teams stumble. I think Mike from Edmond hopes Stoops is fired, because he is not a Sooner fan. Read his other posts. I think he might wear orange on game days, and just wants to stir things up. Nice try, Mike.
When you are up 24-7 in the second half, MIDWAY through the third quarter and lose....that's coaching ala John Blake. When you get manhandled and beat like a lil' redheaded stepchild...ala USC in 2004 that is superior talent. Ask any coach, hell ask the Jackass in Norman who refuses to fire Kevin Wilson, just like he refused to fire Chucky (how's that working out in SD, Chuck?), what 24-7 to 27-24 means (it's the coaching stupid. OU will never win another National Championship until Kevin Wilson is fired and they hire someone FROM OUTSIDE the program. You know someone with new ideas on how to play football, not call vanilla ass plays to keep from losing a game...PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, Joe step in before it's to late.....FIRE KEVIN WILSON, FIRE KEVIN WILSON, FIRE KEVIN WILSON. Cuz we all know that ole' lose to someone we are not supposed to BOOB won't do it(OSU 2001, 2002, Texas Tech 2004, Oregon 2006, K-State 2003, LSU 2003, Nebraska 2001, Boise fricking State 2006).
I agree with "c" from Yukon. Who would want to go back to the days when the football team had the wins but seemed to forget that they were working for an EDUCATIONAL institution, not just an NFL feeder school?
Go Sooners!
Well this team ain't winning a national title and as long as Stoops is coaching they will NEVER win a big game. This coachinf staff hasn't won a big game since Josh Heupal graduated. And they are too arrogant to realize there weaknesses. This season is DONE. Again Stoops loses to weaker teams with less talent. I would list all of them but I don't have time to type that many bad losses. Stoops GO AWAY and take Venables with you PLEASE
No Venables it's not the first time you've been in this situation. You and Stoops are so arrogant, and I don't know why. You lose to inferior talent every year. You are a horrible D Coord. Your D backfields couldn't cover Jenks High. I wish you would both go away. You make OU football sickening to watch.
6 out of the top 11 teams lost today. I doubt both LSU and USC will go undefeated. If our Sooners win out, they have a chance to get to the BCS championship. Suck it up, Sooners! Win out, baby!
The '75 Sooners lost to Kansas and won the national title; the '85 Sooners lost to Miami and won the national title. No. 4 Florida lost today; USC eeked by Washington; LSU went on to win handlily but only led by 1 at the half. And it has a PO'd Florida team next week. There's a lot of season left if OU comes to play in the Cotton Bowl.
The '75 Sooners lost to Kansas and won the national title; the '85 Sooners lost to Miami and won the national title. No. 4 Florida lost today; USC eeked by Washington; LSU went on to win handlily but only led by 1 at the half. And it has a PO'd Florida team next week. There's a lot of season left if OU comes to play in the Cotton Bowl.
The '75 Sooners lost to Kansas and won the national title; the '85 Sooners lost to Miami and won the national title. No. 4 Florida lost today; USC eeked by Washington; LSU went on to win handlily but only led by 1 at the half. And it has a PO'd Florida team next week. There's a lot of season left if OU comes to play in the Cotton Bowl.
The '75 Sooners lost to Kansas and won the national title; the '85 Sooners lost to Miami and won the national title. No. 4 Florida lost today; USC eeked by Washington; LSU went on to win handlily but only led by 1 at the half. And it has a PO'd Florida team next week. There's a lot of season left if OU comes to play in the Cotton Bowl.
Hey it's only one loss, we have Texas next and we can knock them out of the Big 12 race if we just play ball. We know that they are beatableafter K- state pop them by 20. go sooners.
Yea, no need to jump ship after 1 dissapointing loss...I actually figured next year would be OU's big year considering the QB ,any QB, would have a year's experience under their belt...maybe games like the Colorado game will get the players and coaches to buckle down and know they can't rely soley on beating teams with athleticism alone...otoh, this unpredictability is precisely why I love college football as opposed to the finely tuned, game-of-inches parity of the pros....
Calling for Bob Stoops to be fired is ridiculous. CU was fired up for homecoming, their D played great, their offense took advantage of blown coverages and the OU D was gassed from being on the field so long in the 2nd half. Mental and physical breakdowns happen due to fatigue, which is why Reggie fumbled that punt. It's one of the things that happens in sports, sometimes you lose. I know we haven't had that much losing (heck- Dan Hawkins lost in one season, 10 games last year, which is half the losses that Stoops has had in his entire career), so the team will regroup and get ready for next week's game with Tex-ass. Fans that are negative and are calling for coaches to be fired after one loss---- one loss, are just fair weather fans, not true OU fans at all. If you're so disappointed with OU then become a OSU fan, or better yet, a Notre Dame fan. Now there's a team whose fans have a right to expect the coaches head. OU will win out, and hopefully with a little help, get a chance at the National Championship. That's pretty slim, but it has happened before and hey, Colorado beat Oklahoma, so anythings possible. BOOMER SOONER!!! GO OU!!!
Oklahoma's Allen Patrick ran for just nine yards on four carries in the fourth quarter of Saturday's 27-24 loss to Colorado. Patrick scored on a 34-yard run in the second quarter and finished with 96 yards on 18 carries. By BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN
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KU owns the Big 12
Parity, even in OK. GO BUFFS
I see know whining about holding calls on this board. What the heck are you talking about?
GO SOONERS!
Colorado, Boulder...how did your Broncos do this weekend???
LOVE Stoops & Venables!
27-24 Just Win Baby!
Go Buffs!
Colorado, Boulder - Sep 30, 2007 5:21 PM""
Hey "Colorado"..We are talking about College football. That's just a stupid thing to ask. We live college football here because it's more about passion. Kind of funny how you couldnt find any Buffs coverage in your local papers the week leading up to the game. Now that you pulled off the "miracle", you seek out our paper to post your opinions. Pretty funny really! With any luck, we will see you in the Big 12 Championship. We just took you too lightly because of your track record. Colorado made the plays and Oklahoma didnt in the end. Congrats. We will be back!
7 National Championships, 40 Conference Championships
24 Bowl Championships, 4 Heisman Trophy Winners,
142 All Americans, 327 NFL Draft picks, 47 game winning streak. That's right, OKLAHOMA!!! BOOMER SOONER!!!! Shut up, get off our newspaper board.
No quick hitches to our wide recievers just to change things up!!
Sorry boys, I said it last year after the Boise game and after this years Tulsa game, we can't play pass defense worth a rip, and our offense has no imagination or adaptability. If we face any more teams with a pass offense this year, and a little imagination, it's not going to be just a one loss year.
I agree that winning ten games a year is something to be proud of, but that's where OU is going to stay at with this staff. I read the article that said Kevin Wilson likes to mix up his players to throw the other team off, how about mixing up the plays to throw the other team off!!!!! If it ain't working do something else!!!!!
OU is a very frustrating team to watch. Lot's of talent but to many player and coaching breakdowns.
Go Sooners!