Blow-out Bowl Eight

[SWC75]

WEEK EIGHT: Memphis vs. Oklahoma

Still another David vs. Goliath match-up as the Memphis Tigers, fresh off a real win over Mississippi, take on the Sooners of Oklahoma.

FIRST QUARTER
9:50 The Tigers pounce first: Tevin Jones 58 Yd pass from Paxton Lynch
Tigers 7 Sooners 0
8:18 They don’t call them Sooners for nothing! Joe Mixon 11 Yd Run
Tigers 7 Sooners 7
6:39 The team with the greater history gets the lead: Samaje Perine 3 Yd Run
Tigers 7 Sooners 14
6:14 Who better to tie it up than a Tiger: Keyarris Garrett 36 Yd pass from Dane Evans
Tigers 14 Sooners 14

SECOND QUARTER
13:27 The Sooners retake the lead: Joe Mixon 17 Yd Run
Tigers 14 Sooners 21
12:35 And the Tigers claw their way back again: Jamarius Henderson 10 Yd Run
Tigers 21 Sooners 21
6:39 And the keep clawing: Jamarius Henderson 21 Yd pass from Paxton Lynch
Tigers 28 Sooners 21
3:31 This time the Sooners tie it up: Samaje Perine 10 Yd Run (Austin
Tigers 28 Sooners 28
0:53 Memphis takes the half-time lead: Doroland Dorceus 1 Yd Run
Tigers 35 Sooners 28

THIRD QUARTER
14:14 And the Sooners tie it up again: Mark Andrews 13 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield
Tigers 35 Sooners 35
13:04 The Tigers take the lead right back: Doroland Dorceus 1 Yd Run
Tigers 42 Sooners 35
7:04 And of course the Sooners tie it up: Samaje Perine 6 Yd Run
Tigers 42 Sooners 42
5:34 And the Tigers take the lead right back: Paxton Lynch 3 Yd Run
Tigers 49 Sooners 42
1:03 And…the Sooners tie it up again: Durron Neal 15 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield
Tigers 49 Sooners 49
0:44 Gasp! A field goal! Jake Elliott 30 Yd Field Goal
Tigers 52 Sooners 49

FOURTH QUARTER
12:39 Memphis breaks service and takes a 10 point lead: Tevin Jones 5 Yd pass from Paxton Lynch
Tigers 59 Sooners 49
8:18 But it doesn’t last: Samaje Perine 2 Yd Run
Tigers 59 Sooners 56
2:26 Oklahoma restores order: Alex Ross 9 Yd Run
Tigers 59 Sooners 63

Memphis also won the yardage battle, running for 257 yards and passing for 447 for a total of 704. They engineered 35 first downs. The Sooners, who are getting back to running the football, did so for 405 yards, which must have warmed the hearts of Bud Wilkinson and Barry Switzer but added 212 yards passing for 617 yards and 35 first downs.

For Memphis, Paxton Lynch completed 32 of 44 for 447 yards and four scores. They had two 100 yard rushers: Doroland Dorceus carried 32 times for 138 yards and 2TDs while Jamarius Henderson got 112 yards on only 14 carries and also scored twice. Mose Frazier caught 10 passes for 128 yards but never scored. Anthony miller and Tevin Jones only ahd 9 catches between them but three were for scores. Henderson caught the other TD pass.

Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield was a modest 15 for 22 for 212 yards and 2TDs. People talk about Leonard Fournette but what about the Sooner’s 5-11 237 Samaje Perine, who gained 201 yards rushing in this game on 23 carries and scored 4TDs. Then there’s Joe Mixon who rushed for 154 yards and 2 scores on only 16 carries.

We missed a great game!


Results
Week One- Mississippi 76 Georgia Tech 69
Week Two- Mississippi 73 Texas Christian 70
Week Three- Arizona 77 Oklahoma State 69
Week Four- Baylor 70 Note Dame 62
Week Five- Baylor 63 Stanford 55
Week Six- Baylor 66 Mississippi 52
Week Seven- Toledo 63 Baylor 62
Week Eight- Memphis 66 Oklahoma 63

 

[Rocco]

What?

 

[SWC75]

The original intro:

"Powerhouse teams continue to pad their schedules by playing over-matched opponents instead of giving us what we want: powerhouses vs. powerhouses. You sometimes wonder if they aren’t competing with each other to see who can run up the biggest score, more than against the pathetic team they’re actually sharing the field with. In response, I’m going to post a weekly fantasy. I’ll take the two largest offensive scores rolled up by ranked teams and created a game between them by listing all their scoring plays as if they occurred in the same game."

Actually, this week the opponents were not over-matched opponents scheduled to provide automatic victories- they were conferecne oppoents. But it was sitll fun to do.