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    Sooners HC Brent Venables experienced a feeling he's never had during his tenure after win vs. Auburn

    By Justin Churchill,

    29 days ago

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    The Oklahoma Sooners did what many fans and media have experienced a million times before. They won an ugly game that they had no business winning. No, really, if you looked at the live updated win percentage, the Sooners had a near 97% chance to lose that game . But, they won, and did this funny, silly thing that fans refer to as "Sooner Magic."

    The Sooners played well when they needed to the most. They locked up on defense, with Kip Lewis pick-six, of course, and the defensive line getting the sacks they did, too. And then the offense did their thing, like J.J. Hester catching a deep ball from Michael Hawkins Jr.

    What happened in the fourth quarter is known as Sooner Magic, and it happens more often than fans would probably like. But, this was head coach Brent Venables' first time experiencing what happened in the fourth quarter.

    The third-year Sooners head coach hasn't experienced a game or an ending quite like what transpired on Saturday.


    "That was my first experience of Sooner Magic as a head coach," Venables said as soon as he got to the post-game press conference. "Man was that an amazing last four drives for our offense and defense? That's a great example of just kind of sticking together.

    "We talked about going into the game, there were going to be moments where we dominate and moments when they dominate and get sloppy -- you just got to take care of the ball, which we did. And be physical, and we showed physicality."


    The last four drives went as follows:

    Oklahoma Offense: Four plays, 67-yard drive for a touchdown
    Oklahoma Defense: Pick Six by Kip Lewis
    Defense: Turnover on downs -- Six Plays, Zero Yards
    Offense: Four Plays, Three Yards, Field Goal

    And then, of course, the Sooners' defense kept the Tigers from getting a score at the end of the game, with the clock running out. Those last drives that Venables is talking about, that's Sooner Magic. They used that to introduce themselves to the SEC in a magical way.

    Related: Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. has already done what Jackson Arnold couldn't

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