OPSU and OBU have conversation topics, while OU has been taken out of the conversation, as some of the five things we can talk about following Saturday’s games.
• Aggies fastest to reach 300 in school history
Oklahoma Panhandle put 37 on the board in Saturday’s win over Bacone and now has 316 points on season. Â It marks the third time in school history the Aggies have amassed 300 points in a season and it is quickest a group from Goodwell has been able to get there, reaching this point in only seven games. Â OPSU scored a total of 311 last year and crossed the 300-point plateau in its 11th and final game. Â The Aggies went 9-2 in 1961, scoring 343 that year – the most in team history – and topped 300 points in their ninth game.
• Tigers put on best show against in-state foes
East Central continues its run of wins over rivals from the Sooner State. Â The win streak is up to eight after the Tigers ran away with the 67-7 victory over Northwestern in Alva. Â East Central’s defense exerted itself, giving up only 120 yards of total offense and only one score. Â The Tiger defense, and linebacker Cole Weber specifically, scored more points. Â Weber recovered a blocked punt and a block field goal, each for touchdowns. Â The last time ECU lost to an opponent from Oklahoma was Sept. 15, 2012, falling 13-10 to SWOSU at Weatherford.
• Live by the sword, die by the sword
Southwestern came from behind with big fourth quarter rallies in each of its wins in 2014. Â Southeastern turned the tables on the Bulldogs on Saturday. Â SOSU trailed 24-7 entering the fourth quarter, but two Ryan Polite touchdown passes (one for 79 yards to Anthony Foster) and a two-yard touchdown run by Ronnie Green with 40 seconds left complemented solid defensive play from the Storm. Â Southeastern scored 21 unanswered in the final quarter to come away with a big 28-24 win in Weatherford.
• Bison are on the cusp of winning season
Oklahoma Baptist upped its record to 5-3 with Saturday’s 47-6 win over Haskell Indian Nations. Â The Bison need only one win in their final three games to secure the first winning season for the program since 1940. Â OBU went 8-2-1 that season, the final before taking a 73-year hiatus.
And, in a related story, the Bison have put up 328 points in eight games (41.0 ppg), a school record.
• Now Oklahoma is out of the discussion to make the four-team playoff.
One loss didn’t do it. Â Two losses did.