CU upsets #3 Oklahoma – Live blog

Bradford’s pass intended for Finley was incomplete.

McBride caught the punt for a 31-yard return. Charles lost a yard on the next play and the Buffs were second and 11 at the 49-yard line.

Hawkins’ pass to Celestine got CU 16 yards and the first down. CU stood 35 yards away from a touchdown with just under two minutes left in regulation play.

Charles ran the ball for a one-yard gain. Sumler took the next ball and ran for six yards. Third and three, 30 seconds to play, CU only needs a field goal to win.

Sumler gained one yard and Eberhart came out to attempt the field goal after a timeout was called with two seconds left.

The field goal is good and CU defeated the University of Oklahoma 27-24.

Iglesias caught the kickoff at the 12-yard line and brought the ball up to the Oklahoma 33-yard line. Dizon and Smart tackled Patrick, holding OU to a 3-yard gain. Bradford’s pass to Iglesias gave Oklahoma another 13 yards and a first down.

Before Oklahoma could try for another first down, the play would be reviewed.

Upon review, the play was reversed. Bradford’s pass was ruled incomplete, and Oklahoma was back at the 36-yard line, third and seven.

As they started to run the play, though, referees stopped it because Oklahoma had called a timeout.

Fumble by Smith on the punt, CU recovered the ball at the Oklahoma 16-yard line.

Yet again, CU was called for holding.

Under five minutes left in play, the ball was at the 25-yard line and CU was first and 19. Charles caught the pass and moved CU up five yards to the 20-yard line. Charles ran again, and although it appeared as though he would not gain any yards, a face mask call on Oklahoma moved the Buffs up to the 15-yard line. CU stood at second and nine.

Hawkins pass to Sprague complete for a 15-yard touchdown. Eberhart made the extra point to tie the game at 24.

Bradford’s pass intended for Iglesias intercepted by Dykes.

CU regained possession at the OU 43-yard line. However, with CU set to try again for the tie, the play was reviewed.

The call stood.

Ellis-no gain. Sumler-no gain. Third and 10.

Two plays, no gain later, Hawkins threw a pass to Sprague that would have resulted in a first down. A holding call on CU, though, CU was now third and 20.

The pass intended for Sprague was close, but Oklahoma didn’t let that happen and DiLallo came on to punt for the Buffs.

Sumler ran the ball for nine yards to the 45-yard line.

Charles got the next run, and moved the ball up to the Oklahoma 42-yard line. Charles hit his 100-yard rushing mark on this play with 103 yards.

Charles gained five yards on first down, but CU could not convert on third. CU stood fourth and four at the 36-yard line.

Yet again, CU decided to go for the first down.

Williams caught a pass for a nine-yard gain, and CU got the first down.

Sumler ran the ball on the next two plays, and CU was third and two. Sumler ran again for no gain.

Eberhart came on to attempt the field goal.

The 37-yard field goal no good, CU remains down by seven.

Bradford ran the ball 11 yards before Walters could tackle him.

While this run looks impressive compared to Cody Hawkins run, where he lost 5 yards, there is one thing that should be noted. Bradford is 8-16 right now. As I mentioned before, he’s 75-96 on the season. Cody Hawkins, on the other hand, stands 17-28 at the end of the third quarter. Hawkins does have two interceptions to Bradford’s one.

Dizon sacked Bradford, and Oklahoma was fourth and 14.

Oklahoma was called for kick return interference, knocking 15 yards off the 22-yard punt. The ball is at the CU 36-yard line.

Third and goal at the 4-yard line. The pass intended for Sprague was nearly intercepted in the end zone and CU was fourth and four away from the end zone.

Hawkins pass to DeVree is complete, and CU scored its second touchdown of the game.

Eberhart’s extra point is good and CU moves closer at 24-17.

Ryan Walters intercepted Bradford’s pass. This was Bradford’s fifth interception thrown on the season. The ball was at the CU 38-yard line.

Ellis gained five yards on the next play. On his next run, Ellis gained an additional 12 yards. Charles took the next run for 23 yards. CU was 12 yards away the end zone.

A 5-yard penalty false start penalty puts CU first and 15. Sumler ran the ball three yards and a personal foul on Oklahoma resulted in another seven yards. Colorado sat seven yards away from a touchdown.

Sumler gained three yards on the next play, but followed it with no gain.

End of the third quarter.

An incomplete pass to Iglesias leads to fourth and three for Oklahoma. McBride catches the 42-yard punt at the 8-yard line and brings it up to the 27-yard line.

A few plays later CU called a timeout, followed immediately by an OU timeout.

Hawkins threw a pass to Charles for a 10-yard gain to the 44-yard line and a first down.

Byron Ellis got the next run for 10 yards and another first down.

Charles ran the next one, but a holding call on CU moved the Buffs back to the 44-yard line.

Hawkins threw a pass to Sumler for 9 yards. The Buffs were then second and 11.

Hawkins threw a pass to Smith for 17 yards, and the Buffs were now 33 yards away from end zone. Charles ran the next play for six yards. The Buffs were now second and four on the 24-yard line.

Sumler gained one yard, and Hawkins next pass was tipped and incomplete. The Buffs sat fourth and three, and Eberhart came on to attempt his first field goal of the game.

The 41-yard kick good, the Buffs moved into double digits at 24-10. The kick is Eberhart’s longest career field goal.

It looked like a fumble as Hawkins struggled to hold the ball, but he still got the pass to Josh Smith for 16 yards. CU was at the 45-yard line.

On the next play, Hawkins is sacked for an 8-yard loss. The next pass was nearly intercepted, and CU was now at third and 18. The next pass was also incomplete, hitting the ground about three yards short of the intended receiver.

OU’s Reggie Smith caught the 44-yard punt at the 19-yard line, and the Sooners brought it up to the Oklahoma 32-yard line.

Samson Jagoras got a hand on the ball, but that was about it. Oklahoma intercepted it, ran up the field and one down later had a touchdown and a quick extra point.

The drive was one play, 17 seconds.

CU 7 OU 24

First Half Wrap

It may be more effective at this point to refer CU’s offense as “Hugh Charles.” Charles leads the team in rushing with a net 48 yards on 12 carries. On receiving, he is one yard behind leader Patrick Williams with 33 yards on three catches.

And he has CU’s lone touchdown.

Opponents are averaging 19 yards against Oklahoma on kickoff returns. CU is averaging 27 yards, and Terrence Wheatley is averaging 29 yards.

While CU still leads in possession time, the Buff stats have dwindled since leading the first quarter. In the second quarter, OU added 160 offensive yards to CU’s 86. CU also fumbled the ball twice more in the second quarter.

Star Jordon Dizon, who had no tackles for CU in the first quarter, now leads the team with seven. Brad Jones follows closely with six.

Even with a complete pass, Oklahoma gained only one yard and sat fourth and 4. CU called a timeout with 53 seconds left in the first half.

Hartley came in for Oklahoma to attempt the field goal. The 28-yard field goal is good and the Sooners went up 17-7 with 48 seconds left in the first half.

Oklahoma’s scoring drive was 5:13, a monumental improvement on the part of the CU defense.

Wheatley caught the kickoff at the 2-yard line and ran it up to the 32-yard line. They could not convert, though, and had to punt.

At this point, Oklahoma’s offense seemed recharged. They were running faster, and CU’s defense was having some trouble converting to this fast-paced game, or at least slowing it down to their speed.

On one pass, which resulted in a 9-yard gain, the receiver was swarmed by no less than six CU defenders.

When George Hypolite said earlier this week that the Sooners offense was simple, he was right. Oklahoma simply found open spots to pass and the right paths to run their routes. CU is just having troubling closing off the field. Unfortunately for CU, this was the key to winning the game.

Bradford threw a 21-yard pass, and then a 4-yard gain later the Sooners were second and six on the 13 yard line.

Smart came out for CU and prevented another big gain, so OU’s 1-yard gain brought them to third and five.

Timeout Oklahoma with 1:05 left in the half.

With a kickoff into the end zone, the original call on the field was to bring the ball up to the 20-yard line. However, the play went under review because the OU player stepped on the goal line. He did not step in bounds and so the ball would remain at the 20-yard line, and not be moved back to the goal line.

Bradford threw a pass to Joe John Finley, and Benjamin Burney’s stop could not avoid a 43-yard gain for the Sooners. Patrick ran the ball in from the 43-yard line for a touchdown.

With Hartley’s extra point good, the Sooners went up 14-7 with just under 8 minutes left in the first half.

The drive was 80 yards in 49 seconds. This type of play is more characteristic of Oklahoma’s season. If CU stands a chance, they need to slow this game back down again.

CU sat at the 26-yard line, first and 10 after a drive down the field.

Charles scores from 25 yards out, Eberhart’s extra point is good.

The Buffs drive was 8 plays, 69 yards, 4:01. Although that may seem long considering OU’s drive was under two minutes, it was all part of the game plan. Earlier this week in practice, both the offense and defense said that a major factor in beating the Sooners would be to slow down the game.

Oklahoma at fourth and 7, Cullen came in to punt at the 31-yard line. Cullen did not get a good hand on the catch and the 39-yard punt went out of bounds at the 31-yard line.

While Oklahoma is winning the game, they are not showing the perfection a No. 3, championship-hopeful would expect to show against unranked, 2-2 Colorado.

First quarter recap

Net rushing yards: OU: 1, CU: 7

Net passing yards: OU: 13, CU: 69

Pass completion: OU: 1-4-0, CU: 7-11-1

Total offense plays-yards: OU 9-14, CU 21-76

Note:

The Sooners gained no yards on kickoff returns, while CU gained 43.

OU had one interception for a 33-yard gain. CU had one penalty for a 5-yard penalty.

CU had the ball for nearly 11 minutes of the first quarter.

Bradford handed the ball off to Chris Brown, and the CU defense, held him to no gain. On the next play, one handoff later, Jeff Smart and Daniel Dykes stopped the Sooners for a two-yard loss.

However, from 13 yards out, Bradford threw a pass to OU star wide receiver Juaquin Iglesias and Oklahoma got the first points of the game with a touchdown deep in the end zone. With the extra point good by Garrett Hartley, the Sooners go up 7-0 with under two minutes left in the first quarter.

At third and eight, Hawkins threw a pass to Charles for a nine-yard gain and a first down.

Yet another handoff to Charles, after an incomplete pass on the previous play, and the Buffs gained three yards to the 28-yard line, now third and seven.

While the Buffs did get a hand on it, Hawkins next pass was intercepted by D.J. Wolfe for a 23-yard return. Now Oklahoma sat at the CU 11-yard line.

Timeout Oklahoma.

Oklahoma fumbles and an incomplete pass, and although CU could not gain possession, the has shown in the first 10 minutes that it was not going to lose without a fight. Oklahoma punted to the Buffs, and McBride did not gain any yardage on the return.

Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford is 75-96 with only two interceptions on the entire season. Also, the Sooners have scored over 50 points in all of their games this season. While the score is still 0-0, the likelihood of the Sooners hitting that 50-mark gets farther away as the time drifts away.

Oklahoma couldn’t gain yardage, and sitting at third and 10, Colorado looked poised to demonstrate it’s defensive dominance.

OU’s DeMarco Murray dropped the pass from Sam Bradford, and the Sooners had to punt.

McBride caught the punt at the 12-yard line and got a 20-yard return to the 32-yard line.

After a number of successful plays, CU moved to the 45-yard line. Two runs by Charles later, CU still sat at the 45-yard line. Celestine caught a 9-yard pass from Cody Hawkins, but CU still sat fourth and one. If coach Dan Hawkins’ past at CU says anything, he is not one to let a fourth and one against Oklahoma get away.

While Hawkins threw an incomplete pass seemingly to no one, OU dropped its near-interception and took over at the 46-yard line.

Tyson DeVree, whose return was questionable after suffering a concussion in the first quarter against Miami, will be playing this game.

Freshman Kai Maiava, who saw his first action of the season last week against Miami(Ohio), will be starting at left guard.

Kick off to Colorado, and a 19-yard return. With a delay of game on Colorado, the Buffs got a 5-yard penalty. It’s too early to already be getting penalties if the team is really going for perfection this game.

However, if next play says anything, rushing won’t be a problem. Hugh Charles gained 10 yards after CU suffered the penalty.

Next, Dusty Sprague caught a pass for a 15-yard gain. Sprague hit his career 1000-yard receiving mark on that play.

Colorado continued to move up the field, but even with a pass to Scotty McKnight, at fourth and four, DiLallo came in to punt.