As Stoops’ Sooners Did in ’99, Strong’s Longhorns Still Trying to Figure Out How to Win Big Games

As recently as last Saturday morning, most experts expected that surging Oklahoma would run rough-shot over struggling Texas in the upcoming Red River Rivalry game.

The Sooners stood ranked fourth in the nation, holding down one of the prestigious spots in the first college football final four. Texas, depending on its defense to pick up a struggling offense, simply hoped to find some success for Charlie Strong to hang his hat on against seventh-ranked Baylor.

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