re: Is Oklahoma the new Nebraska?

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2017…..and that still irks me.

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Obviously, they weren’t. As I told OU lurkers back then: If you can’t stop the run, you aren’t going to beat UGA. They couldn’t and didn’t. UGA was a run-heavy offense back then and the only team that stopped them from running….Auburn during the regular season….beat them. No other team did until the second half of the National Championship final vs. Alabama. It was as simple back then as now. Lincoln Riley did not believe in defense. No way OU should have lost, being up 31-14 late in the first half. However, they squib kicked a ball, allowed UGA to run a couple of plays and kick a long FG, and make it 31-17. That kick, more than anything else, gave UGA a huge momentum boost going into the half, and then UGA received the second half kickoff and went right down and scored, cutting it to 31-24. After that, UGA knew the game could be theirs for the taking.