Morning Wrap: Clemson Destroys Oklahoma in Bowl Game

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Rumors of the ACC's weakness in football may be greatly exaggerated.

Either that or the Oklahoma Sooners and/or the Big 10 have a big problem.

The Clemson Tigers rolled to an early 40-0 lead and cruised home to a 40-6 Russell Athletic Bowl win over the reeling Oklahoma Sooners in front of 40,000 or so fans in a half-full stadium in Orlando, Florida.

QB Cole Stoudt had a career game, throwing for 319 yards and 3 TD's. He also ran for another score to lead the Tigers. Meanwhile, much hyped Oklahoma QB Trevor Knight threw for 103 yards and 3 interceptions. 

It wasn't pretty. And not to diminish the dominating performance by Clemson, the loss raised a ton of questions about longtime Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops.

Stoops, once considered a coaching darling or possible NFL head coach has struggled to keep the once competitive Sooners...well, um, competitive. The team was ranked as high as #3 or #4 in the preseason and finished the year 8-5 with a ton of question marks.

As for Clemson, while it wasn't a title winning year, the Tigers won 10 games for the 4th straight season under head coach Dabo Swinney.

Your highlights from ESPN.com:

Samaje Perine Breaks Rushing Record One Week After Melvin Gordon Did

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427 yards rushing. By one player. In one game.

One week after Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon broke the record for most running yards in a game with 408, someone topped him.

That someone is Oklahoma freshman Samaje Perine. Perine ran for 427 yards on 34 carries Saturday afternoon, leading the Sooners to a 44-7 win over hapless Kansas.

Perine wasn't even a starter in the game delayed for 90 minutes due to lightning in the Norman area.

But when he got in on the second series, he delivered the thunder, taking his 1st carry 49 yards to the house. Perine had 222 by halftime.

Oh, did we mention he scored 5 TD's too?

Video proof from our friends at FoxSports:

CFB Review: Baylor Blows Out Oklahoma

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The Baylor Bears appear to have gotten mad after being down 14-3 after one quarter to the Oklahoma Sooners.

So they did something about it.

45 straight points later, the Bears walked out of Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma with a 45-14 win.

Baylor's Corey Coleman had 15 catches for 224 yards and a touchdown and the Baylor defense knocked OU starting QB Trevor Knight out of the game.

Knight was injured on a sack where he was driven into the turf. His injury was serious enough that he was wheeled off the field, immobilized on a backboard. No word on his injuries, but he did give a #1 sign to the crowd.

Video from FOX Sports:



The win moves Baylor to 8-1 on the season, 5-1 in the Big 12. And barring a setback, it continues aligning the Bears with Kansas State, who they will likely face for what will probably be the Big 12 title and a playoff berth, at home on Dec. 6th.

Here is some more video from the game featuring Baylor QB Bryce Petty throwing a TD to the aforementioned Corey Coleman:

How About Another 5-12 Upset...??? NDSU Wins For Fargo...

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An absolutely electric shooting performance in the first three-quarters of the game kept Summit League champ North Dakota State at bay against Oklahoma. But the Sooners came back and took the lead before NDSU scored on a three late in regulation from Lawrence Alexander...

That meant only one thing involving the best shooting team in the country...

The third overtime game on the opening day of the tournament...

Freshman Carlin Dupree was the key in overtime for NDSU and it was good enough for the team's first win ever in the tournament, 80-75. NDSU shot almost 53-percent from the field for the game. Oklahoma shot 35-percent including 12-for-30 from three point range.

Here's the ending...


Which allowed for celebrating in the Bison locker room...
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Since When Is Eating Pasta An NCAA Violation

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Tuesday the University of Oklahoma released a list of NCAA secondary violations from 2013 the program self reported.  Most of this involves text messages, impermissible calls, etc.

This secondary violation caught the eye of us in the OSG HQ:

May 10, 2013

Violation: Three current student-athletes received food in excess of NCAA regulation at a graduation banquet. The three had graduated from the school but returned for an additional season of competition. The players were provided pasta in excess of the permissible amount allowed. Resolution: The three were required to donate $3.83 each (the cost of the pasta serving) to a charity of their choice in order to be reinstated. The department provided rules education to applicable athletics department staff members.

That's right, an excess in pasta in an NCAA secondary violation.

Let that be a lesson for you student athletes if your attending a dinner of some kind, that second helping of spaghetti might cost you and force you school to be slapped on the wrist.

All for just under four dollars.

The pasta had no comment.

Do You Believe Baylor Is For Real Now? Bears Deliver A Whooping On Oklahoma 41-12

Does and ole fashioned butt whipping on one of the Big 12's brand names make you a believer in the Baylor Bears?

Baylor leads the nation in total offense with 718 yards per game and scoring with 64 points per game.  The Bears are outscoring opponents by 48 point margin yet not much respect was coming Baylor's way.

You have to admit Baylor's 41-12 win over Oklahoma was really impressive.

Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty threw for 204 yards and three touchdowns.

Running back Shock Linwood rushed for a career high 182 yards.

Baylor outrushed Oklahoma 255-87.


"It's a very special team." Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty said. "Our defense played outstanding tonight, and I think it's one of the best games I've ever seen them play."

Baylor's defense held Oklahoma to 237 yards of total offense.

"I think that we showed we can play defense and compete with any team in this conference and in the nation."  Baylor defensive end Chris McAllister said. "When we have a game plan and put our minds to it and guys execute, we can play with anybody, and I think that's what we showed tonight."

Baylor is now 8-0 for the first time in school history.

When the BCS standings are released Sunday night, will Baylor be that number four team in the conference.

That December 7th showdown with Texas is looking really big right now.

Bedlam Was Exactly That...

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Oklahoma had three receivers go over 100 yards receiving and Landry Jones (in all his reported gimpyness) threw for 500 yards...

The Sooners needed all of those yards in a 51-48 overtime win...

Damon Fontenot was there and bundled up...

Oklahoma’s offense totalled 618 total yards and 44 first downs — second-most in NCAA history for a game.

Oklahoma can get the Big 12/10 championship, but they need a win next Saturday at TCU and Kansas State has to lose at home to Texas.

If both teams win, they’ll share the Big 12 title. But Kansas State will earn the Fiesta Bowl berth because of their 24-19 win at Oklahoma on September 22nd.

TWTW: Bee-Cee-Ess In Upheaval... Oke State, Clemson, Baylor, Oregon

Just when you thought everything would calm down for a weekend...

Nah...

Where to start...???

With Oke State already losing, that left things in the hands of Oregon...
And a lot of people were just rooting against Lane Kiffin and that toque he sported last night that made him look like he just celebrated his bar mitzvah...

USC went out to a big lead and held on as Alejandro Maldonado hooked a field goal attempt as time expired...
Nick Krupke goes into detail...
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The loss snaps a 21-game winning streak for the Ducks (now 9-2, 7-1 Pac-12) at Autzen Stadium, which was the longest in the nation. It also stopped Oregon's winning streak in conference games at 19.

NEXT!!!

If RG3 isn't back in the college football MVP trophy chase, we don't know what will make it happen...

479 yards passing, which broke his own single-game school record, and 551 total yards of offense in a completely ridiculous performance for a 45-38 win over Oklahoma.

Jenni Carlson and Travis Haney discuss...
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The ACC thought they had something in Clemson, but Dabo threw in a clunker of biblical proportions getting blown out by NC State...

The win for the Wolfpack ended Clemson's seven-game winning streak in the series, which dated back to 2004. (Thanks ACC Digital Network)



"I was really disappointed in the way we played," Swinney said. "There are no excuses. They wanted it more than we did. It is that simple.

"In the game of football, when you do the things that we did, you are going to get beat."

Like giving up 27 in the second...???
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And the HQ is throwing this one in because we can...
Apparently, Eff-Ess-Yew head coach Jimbo Fisher can't locate his offense...
Up early against Virginia, the Seminoles blew the lead and lost to Virginia 14-13 as a last-second field goal attempt went wide... (Thanks ACC Digital Network)



Gee... that NEVER happens to Florida State...
Here's some Mike London post...
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National Title Dreams Die For Oklahoma Thanks To Baylor. Bears Upset Sooners

Was it a Heisman Trophy night for Baylor QB Robert Griffin III?

All the talented Baylor Bear quarterback did on Saturday was throw for 479 yards and four touchdowns. The fourth, a 34-yarder to Terrance Williams with 8 seconds left, was the clincher in the Baylor's 45-38 upset win over Oklahoma.

“It’s another day at the office for Robert." Baylor head coach Art Briles said in a post game press conference after the game. "He’s been doing that for three or four years. When the ball’s in his hands good things happen because he’s very intelligent, very gifted.“

Here's the highlights from Waco, TX. (Thanks Big 12 Digital Network)



The loss to Baylor kills Oklahoma chances of a national title.

“We just didn’t play well enough to win." Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones said. "We had too many turnovers and too many penalties. That’s about it.”

Here's The Oklahoman's Damon Fontenot at Waco with a full report of the game. (Thanks newsok)

DEVELOPING: Legendary Sooners Voice Bob Barry, Sr. Dies At 80

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Former OU play-by-play legend Bob Barry, Sr. passed away at the age of 80. He was found inside his home in Norman after neighbors grew concerned that he had not picked up his morning newspaper. A cause of death is yet to be determined.

He was the voice of the Sooners from 1961 until 1972 and again from 1991 until he retired from the radio last spring. He also was a play-by-play announcer for the University of Tulsa basketball team and also announced football games for Oklahoma State University in between stints at OU.

OU President David L. Boren released this statement...

"Bob Barry represented the best of the Sooner spirit. With his contagious enthusiasm, he was one of the best sports broadcast journalists in the entire nation. He was loved by Oklahomans all across our entire state and will be missed by all of us."

And Oklahoma Head Coach Bob Stoops released this statement...

“We send our condolences to Bob’s family and thank them for sharing him with us for so many years. I know this is a difficult time for them, but hope they can find comfort in a life well-lived and the love of countless fans all over the country.”

Here's a segment of the KFOR-TV program "Flashpoint" from March where the panel interviews Barry after his retirement and release of his latest book...
 

Your Morning Conference Realignment Update

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Well, the next dominos to fall in the "Galactic Realignment" of College Football should fall if not today (Monday), then sometime in the next couple of days.

We, along with the rest of the universe, reported both Texas and Oklahoma regents would be meeting today to discuss their options. Those options, at least from their perspective got a bit clearer this weekend when Pitt and Syracuse committed to the ACC.

According to the Austin American-Statesman, substantive talks between Texas and others with the Pac-12 occurred this weekend. Made more convenient due to Texas playing UCLA in Los Angeles. This despite Pac-12 commish Larry Scott saying just last week, "We're happy where we are". And we will say, these schools are coming to the Pac-12, not the other way around.

Statesman reporter Kirk Bohls reports Texas would prefer to stay in the Big 12, but that may not be possible.

Read the entire story RIGHT HERE

What it appears will happen is this: Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., Texas Tech and Texas appear all but certain to head to the Pac-12. Scott is doing his best to try and accommodate/fold in, the Longhorn Network. We are reasonably certain, that will work out.

The only question really is when?

In light of this weekends moves, we expect this all to go down this week. There has been speculation that the Big 12 will try and absorb some schools from another conference. (The Big East football schools?).

Initially, we thought it would be the Big East and ACC who would have to combine to make their own super-conference, we don't think that now. It will end up being the remnants of the Big 12 combined with the Big East. It has to be. There's no other choice for any of the remaining schools to survive in the new landscape.

There are still questions out there. There is no guarantee Missouri or Kansas will sit for a combined conference. Though they certainly could and be just fine.

The other wild card is West Virginia. There's been a lot of speculation they want in the SEC. In a bad way. They question is: "Does the SEC want them?". And really, nobody knows the answer to that.

A Sports-Talk radio host in Pittsburgh tweeted Sunday that the Mountaineers have already sent their paperwork to the SEC. And the interest is mutual.

We could go on forever discussing the repercussions of all this. There are a lot of teams and a lot of people who are anxiously awaiting the fallout. The seismic shift is coming and while Saturday's announcement was big and in some ways, very surprising, it won't be the biggest. That friends, is a rose that has yet to be delivered.

We don't watch this show, though the Lovely Bride does, and don't totally understand this, but it is the best analogy would could think of visually to go along with this story, because these schools and conferences are essentially doing the same thing.