An Oklahoma escape, a never-ending Big Ten slog and more in Week 8
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The 2021 college football season has been a rollicking, chaotic mess so far, but until Week 8, something had been missing — something terrible and beautiful and ridiculous.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Kansas to the party. The Jayhawks brought a close game against Oklahoma and a bottle of cheap wine. They’re, uh, not great party guests.
Still, what happened in Lawrence, Kansas, on Saturday was genuine excitement, a potentially momentous upset that would send shockwaves through the playoff debate and give Texas fans something to laugh about for years to come. The Jayhawks’ offense moved the ball consistently, the defense held Oklahoma scoreless through the first half, and for a few delirious minutes, anything seemed possible.
It was a wild scene — undefeated Oklahoma scrambling, hapless Kansas seeming marginally less hapless, and with the Jayhawks up 17-7 late in the third quarter, the elation gave way to a full-on YOLO moment as Kansas opened the doors to the stadium for anyone who wanted to drop by — no ticket necessary.
The gates are open on the east and west sides of David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, no ticket required.
Show up. Be loud. Rock Chalk.
— Kansas Jayhawks (@KUAthletics) October 23, 2021
We’d like to think some random guy in Kansas was halfway through a corned beef sandwich, mindlessly scrolling Twitter, saw that invitation and thought to himself: “Nah.”
And, of course, he was right to choose his sandwich over the Jayhawks because this is, after all, Kansas football. The result was inevitable. The only question was how the Sooners would stage their comeback.
Turns out, the answer was pretty good.
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Caleb Williams takes the ball from Kennedy Brooks and runs for a Sooners first down late in the fourth quarter vs. Kansas.
Caleb Williams has been a superhero for Oklahoma since taking over for Spencer Rattler against Texas, but it begs an obvious question: If a team needs a true freshman superhero, particularly against teams like Kansas, is…
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