The Oklahoma Sooners’ 51-48 loss to the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Saturday night felt like a fitting end to their 2022 season.
You saw many of the same issues that dogged OU in its previous 11 games – the kinds of things 6-6 teams do. An 18-point lead melted away during a stretch in the final seven minutes of the first half in which the Sooners had two possessions that lasted a total of 93 seconds. Defenders missed countless tackles. Receivers dropped passes that would have produced big gains. Veterans committed poorly timed penalties.