Though Oregon scored 29 points in the second half, the Sooners kept scoring as well and ended up with the win over the No. The Sooners jumped out to a first-half lead with a second quarter led by Kennedy Brooks and Caleb Williams. The Sooners got big plays on the ground and in the passing game to put the game out of reach at the end of thirty minutes. Williams then hit Marvin Mims for a huge yard touchdown pass to extend the Sooners lead and then Brooks closed out the first half with his second score of the game to make it Kennedy Brooks ran for yards on 14 carries and added three touchdowns, averaging Caleb Williams was incredibly efficient, completing 21 of 27 for yards and three touchdowns.
Oklahoma collected yards of total offense, including rushing yards at 7. And Stoops had to build a stable bridge to the new era under incoming coach Brent Venables, his former Oklahoma assistant who has spent the past nine seasons at Clemson.
The coach who once earned the nickname Big Game Bob also turned into Big Hug Bob when he got to embrace son and Sooners wide receiver Drake Stoops after a second-quarter touchdown catch.
Drake walked on at Oklahoma in after Bob had retired. Oklahoma raced out to a lead as Brooks and Williams sliced up the Oregon defense. Brooks had yards on 10 carries in the first half with scoring runs of 16 and 29 yards and another yard run that set up Williams' first touchdown pass to Drake Stoops. Williams' yard touchdown pass to Marvin Mims Jr. Brooks then punched in the final score of the half. The Sooners were so dominant at that point they looked like some of Stoops' old teams of bulldozing running backs, defense and Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks.
But Oregon didn't quit and made a game of it in the second half. The Ducks scored three touchdowns in the third quarter, two coming on long throws by quarterback Anthony Brown , to get within by the start of the fourth.
Brown finished with passing yards, and Travis Dye rushed for yards and a touchdown for Oregon. Oregon was led by assistant coach Bryan McClendon, elevated to interim head coach for the bowl game after Mario Cristobal left for Miami.
Riley's sudden departure and several players bolting early for the NFL or transferring had the Sooners' fan base in a bit of a panic. Venables was at the game and was around the team during bowl practices. He should have a keen handle on where Oklahoma is headed next season.
Venables' biggest job is building a potential future with Williams, who hasn't said definitively whether he plans to stay with the Sooners next year. Of the two projected opponents, a game against the Bruins and former Oregon Ducks coach Chip Kelly would potentially be more fun with the offense that Kelly could put on the field against the Sooners. The Alamo Bowl would certainly be a letdown based on preseason expectations that had the Oklahoma Sooners contending for a spot in the College Football Playoff.
The Oklahoma Sooners have never played in the Alamo Bowl in the year run of the bowl game. Win against the Oklahoma State Cowboys this week and in the Big 12 championship, and the Sooners can continue to stay away from San Antonio in postseason action.
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