Tramel: Beware of these Sooners

By Berry Tramel | Published: September 14, 2008 Comment on this article

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Then the football game brought even more clarity. The Sooners took apart Washington 55-14, and this much we know. The two best college football teams so far are the Stoops Troops and that team on the other end of the Left Coast, Southern Cal.

No other assumption is possible after a thrashing that ends all that road-woes talk in Soonerville. The '07 Sooners stunk in enemy territory, but the '08 Sooners were as pristine as the view of Lake Washington.

This was the most scenic game in OU history, with the tailgating boats and the island hills and the Washington fir trees, all visible from ancient Husky Stadium.

This is the most idyllic setting in college football. And the Sooners played a game to match.

“I felt great about the attitude we carried onto the field,” Bob Stoops said. “Our players really took the field in a strong way.”

OU's defense pitched a shutout until it didn't matter, leading 41-0 midway through the third quarter.

OU's offense ran like Sooner teams of old. DeMarco Murray and Chris Brown each threatened the 100-yard mark in the first half, each got there in the second half and OU tailbacks combined to rush for 273 yards.

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