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Oklahoma survives shootout with Oklahoma State 62-52: Sooners alive in Playoff chase

STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma (ranked No. 5 in the College Football Playoff/No. 9 in the Amway Coaches Poll) outscored Oklahoma State (No. 11/10) 62-52, winning a crazy Bedlam battle at Boone Pickens Stadium. Here are three takeaways from Saturday:

Have fun, College Football Playoff selection committee members, determining the deeper meaning of this one.

Was it two very good offenses getting hot? Two very bad defenses getting lit up? Both? Probably, something between. But whatever, the Sooners and Cowboys played a new-age Big 12 shootout. The numbers were head-spinning — most of all, you figure, for defensive coordinators Mike Stoops and Glenn Spencer.