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OU football: Five takeaways from Sooners' 53-45 over Texas

DALLAS — It was a weird, wild Red River Showdown at the Cotton Bowl Saturday.

That strangeness went far beyond the absence of the State Fair of Texas and a packed Cotton Bowl Stadium.

After Texas tied it late in regulation, the game went back and forth through overtimes before Tre Brown's interception of Sam Ehlinger's pass finally ended it.

Here are five takeaways from OU's 53-45 four-overtime win over Texas:

1. Sooners' special teams special — mostly

OU's special teams came up big.

Let's start at the end, where Perrion Winfrey broke through and blocked Cameron Dicker's field-goal try in the third overtime.