Spencer Rattler studied the scoreboard during OU’s final timeout last Saturday night.
“Third and five,” he said to no one in particular.
You could almost see the wheels turning inside the Sooner quarterback’s head. There was less than a minute on the game clock — 53 seconds to be exact — and the Sooners were down a touchdown. But if the OU defense could get a stop, Iowa State was going to have to punt from deep in its own territory.
The Sooners might have a chance.
Rattler might have a chance.
That defensive stop, of course, didn’t materialize.