Oklahoma gets a chance to build on its best showing of the season when Ole Miss comes to Norman on Saturday afternoon.
The Sooners are coming off a road win at Florida, a game that gave them something they have not had yet this year: back-to-back victories within reach. Oklahoma is 5-4 overall and 3-3 in the SEC, and the offense looked far more settled with interim coordinator Jason Witten calling the shots. Against the Gators, the Sooners piled up 351 yards, and quarterback John Mateer went 21 of 33 for 207 yards and two touchdowns without a turnover for the third straight game.
Brent Venables liked what he saw.
"I’m proud of our team," OU coach Brent Venables said. "Really complete performance for us.
Just a very clean football game, complementary football. I thought we really dominated the line of scrimmage, and just an incredibly efficient football game.
That was our best four quarters of football as a football team."
Now the challenge shifts to Ole Miss, which arrives at 6-3 overall and 4-3 in the SEC.
Saturday’s game is set for 3:15 p.m. at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and will air on SEC Network. Ole Miss is a 1.5-point favorite, and the over/under is 49.5.
The Rebels’ biggest weapon is quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, who had a rough day in Ole Miss’ loss to Georgia last weekend but remains one of the most dangerous players in the sport. Chambliss threw for 2,359 yards and 18 touchdowns this season, and Oklahoma already knows how explosive he can be after seeing him last season against the Sooners.
Ole Miss’ path is straightforward: get Chambliss and the offense rolling again while Pete Golding’s defense slows down Witten’s group in his second game at the controls.
Oklahoma’s answer is just as clear. The Sooners will try to duplicate what Georgia did to the Rebels, when the Bulldogs sacked Chambliss four times and held him to a season-low 170 passing yards. If OU’s defense can get similar production from Kip Lewis, Owen Heinecke and David Stone, the Sooners will like their chances to keep the momentum going.
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