Landry Jones intercepted 5 times as Nebraska upsets Oklahoma
BY JAKE TROTTER, Staff Writer, jtrotter@opubco.com
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Published: November 7, 2009
Modified: November 8, 2009 at 9:57 am
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska intercepted Oklahoma freshman quarterback Landry Jones five times to lead the Cornhuskers to a 10-3 upset Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.
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The five picks were the most ever thrown by an OU quarterback.
Jones' first interception proved to be the most costly, leading to the only touchdown of the defensive struggle.
Early in the second quarter, Nebraska cornerback Prince Amukamara stepped in front of a Jones pass intended for Adron Tennell and returned the interception to the OU 1-yard line.
Two plays later, Husker quarterback Zac Lee found Ryan Hill for a 1-yard touchdown pass.
Said Nebraska coach Bo Pelini: "That interception kick-started us."
Husker free safety Matt O'Hanlon finished what Amukamara started.
O'Hanlon had three of the other four interceptions. The first he returned 30 yards to set up a 28-yard field goal by Alex Henery.
O'Hanlon's last pick ended the Sooners' final attempt to tie the game with just a few seconds left in the fourth quarter.
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OU will be fine. This year was a perfect storm of bad crap that can happen to a team. Everyone stands to take a little blame. Players, Coaches, and we as fans that maintain unrealistic expectations year in and out. Credit part of that to the media as well as the way that the coaches handle the media and recruiting services which make us think kids are stars because they dominate other high school kids.
We are having the year people would have expected had Sam and Jermaine gone pro last year. Had that happened, a 3 to 5 loss season would seem pretty realistic. 2005 seemed to be a very similar situation.
By the way, every powerhouse has a couple of down years, so why should OU be exempt? We'll be back on top soon.
Let's go get drunk in San Antonio and beat a Big 10 team.I wouldn't even have the team practice. they should just go party with us and see if this changes this slump we're experiencing.
What could it hurt?
Jay was right.I was wrong.
El Prez, Deer Creek
OU is a bad football team...and OU fan this is the beginning of some down years...book it
However, many of you have very short memories. Landry threw his picks in his first true away game. He threw high because he was rattled and his mechanics were off. Our staff, Wilson and Heupel, couldn't get him calmed down nor call plays that would settle him down due to a total lack of effort on the Oline's part.
But just a few years ago, a red-shirt freshman in his first true away game got rattled, got happy feet, lost his mechanics, and constantly overthrew his recievers. Colorado won that day with a last second field goal and the qb for Bradford.
The problem is Patton and Wilson, not Landry
Louis Friend, Norman
An offense would also help.
I'd take any of them back but Long. And, I'd take Mangino, Leach or Sumlin back as offensive coordinator over Kevin Wilson.
2. Jim Harbaugh (better get him before Michigan)
3. Gary Patterson
4. Charlie Strong (would be ironic considering where Stoops came from)
5. Turner Gill (would be ironic considering where he came from)
Even with the shortage of talent there is no excuse for such awful playing.
We can't settle for this.