Boomer Sooner

#24 West Virginia – 14
#9 Oklahoma – 17

NORMAN, Okla. -- A night that everyone thought would be filled with touchdowns and field goals in a high scoring shootout became a defensive battle all the way down to the find seconds. The Sooner offense started off with the ball and from the first play from scrimmage former Heisman winner Sam Bradford threw a pass for an interception. West Virginia was able to take advantage of this turnover when Jarrett Brown connected with Alrie Arnett for a 26 yard touchdown. Oklahoma was able to answer on the next drive when Sam Bradford completed a pass to Ryan Broyles for a 47 yard pass that setup a DeMarco Murray 4 yard touchdown run.

On the next possession for West Virginia, the Sooner defense was able to force WVU to punt the ball. The Sooner offense picked up where they left off as they were able to march down the field. Bradford connected with his favorite target Ryan Broyles for another 33 yard touchdown right before half with a minute and forty-four seconds left in the half. Jarret Brown lead the WVU offense down to the 5 yard line where he tucked and run the football in to tie the game with 3 seconds left before half.

The second half is where both defenses shined when both offenses continued to stall. Oklahoma's offense was able to put 3 points on the board late in the 3rd quarter when Jimmy Stevens hit a 33 yard touchdown. West Virginia was not able to answer as on their next drive on fourth down Jarrett Brown threw a pass into double coverage in the endzone when his receiver dropped the pass. Oklahoma had a chance to ice the game, but West Virginia was not finished. Sam Bradford completed another pass to Ryan Broyles on a slant for a first town when linebacker Reed Williams forced a fumble that teammate JT Thomas recovered. West Virginia recovered the football on Oklahoma's 40 yard line. On third down, Jarrett Brown rolled to the right in an option play when he was met by Gerald McCoy who jarred the ball loose. West Virginia was able to recover which setup a 50 yard field goal attempt with 30 seconds left in the game. Sophomore Tyler Bitancurt lined up to tie the game and as he kicked the ball the ball drifted to the right. The ball fell short of the field goal post as Sooner nation cheered. Sam Bradford went on the field in the victory formation to advance to the next round.

The stats showed a different outcome as West Virginia controlled the ball for 10 minutes and 47 seconds along with forcing two turnovers. Another interest stat is that West Virginia was 3/7 on third down and 0/1 on fourth down. Although, Oklahoma was not able to post many points on the board they only went 0/1 on third down.

Stats:
Oklahoma
QB Sam Bradford – 219.0,  8/11 176 yards, TD, INT
RB DeMarco Murray – 7 rush 26 yards, 1 TD, 1 rec 8 yards, 2kr 16 yards
WR Ryan Broyles – 4 rec 119 yards, TD, Fumble
TE Jermaine Gresham – 2 rec 31 yards
Gerald McCoy – 6 tack, 3 TFL, Sack, FF
Quinton Carter – 5 tack, TFL
Ryan Reynolds – 2 tack, TFL
Johnathan Nelson – 2 tack, TFL, Sack

WVU
QB Jarrett Brown – 215.8,  8/11 148 yards, TD; 10 rush, 16 yards, TD
RB Noel Devine – 9 rush 11 yards
WR Alrie Arnett – 3 rec 58 yards 1 TD