OU Sooners can finally walk tall with BCS gorilla off their backs

After beating Connecticut 48-20 in the Fiesta Bowl, Oklahoma players finally let the truth slip out about how badly their BCS lapses bothered them.

 
By Berry Tramel | Modified: January 2, 2011 at 12:39 am | Published: January 2, 2011   

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The truth came out Saturday night in the Fiesta Bowl, when the Sooners routed Connecticut 48-20 and scattered the demons of bowl lapses past.

photo - Oklahoma's Jamell Fleming (32) and Oklahoma's Quinton Carter (20) celebrate after a interception for a touchdown by Fleming during the Fiesta Bowl college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the University of Connecticut Huskies in Glendale, Ariz., at the University of Phoenix Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
Oklahoma's Jamell Fleming (32) and Oklahoma's Quinton Carter (20) celebrate after a interception for a touchdown by Fleming during the Fiesta Bowl college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the University of Connecticut Huskies in Glendale, Ariz., at the University of Phoenix Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman

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