
Less than a week after football fans saw an unbelievable shootout in the NFL between two great offenses, the Oklahoma Sooners and West Virginia Mountaineers delivered a carbon copy on Friday.
Friday’s battle between two high-powered offenses was eerily similar to the Monday Night Football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams.
The game was littered with huge plays. From a 55-yard touchdown run by Kyler Murray to a sensational score by Malcolm “Hollywood” Brown. Anyone who loves highlight plays surely loved all the action in Friday’s contest.
Just like on MNF, a defense that couldn’t make a stop all night actually won the game with two defensive scores.
Oklahoma’s defense made the big plays when it needed, including a huge fumble returned for a score late in the fourth quarter. Then when the Sooners needed a clutch play from Murray on fourth down, he proved why he is a contender for the Heisman Trophy.
It proved to be the difference as the Sooners ran out of West Virginia with a close victory and their ticket punched to a Big-12 Championship matchup with the Texas Longhorns.
As the Sooners celebrated an exciting win, Twitter erupted to the wildness that went down in West Virginia.
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) November 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/Adam_Jacobi/status/1066193274472407040
I hope no one went to this #OUvsWVU game with these signs! What defense? #Sooners #Mountaineers #Big12 pic.twitter.com/305UYCPyCE
— Luke Simons (@Lukes_Look) November 24, 2018
Texas/Oklahoma for the Big 12 Championship pic.twitter.com/iwzMfdxAvr
— Kyle Firestine (@TheKyleDome) November 24, 2018
Texas/Oklahoma round 2 for the Big 12 title next weekend pic.twitter.com/ikxuU8RNts
— Derek Duke (@DerekDuke25) November 24, 2018
I used to think being a Jets fan was the worst fate. I'll NEVER see a Championship as a Mountaineers Alumni. #WVU
— Tom Begley (@tbegley) November 24, 2018
Imagine loving Chiefs-Rams on Monday but hating Oklahoma-West Virginia on Friday.
— Ben Baby (@Ben_Baby) November 24, 2018
Game over. Red River II, JerryWorld Boogaloo, is on. Oklahoma keeps playoff hopes alive.
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) November 24, 2018
Cue Boomer Sooner!
Oklahoma defeats WVU 59-56, its 20th-straight road victory. #OUDNA
🔗 https://t.co/VsRJiDprMv pic.twitter.com/p62gxLVKXS
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) November 24, 2018