Norman, OK--Everyone knew #3 TCU came into this game with #10 Oklahoma on Owen Field with a great chance to win. They've won here in the recent past (2005) and they're known nationally as a very good program with a tendancy to have great defenses. Detractors will tell you they're overhyped due to playing in the Mountain West Conference where they don't face top tier talent like the BCS schools do. Most will take today's game and tell themselves that these non-BCS schools can play and they can give a well-paid head coach from a BCS school high blood pressure and make them never put those kinds of schools on the schedule ever again.The game started out with chants of "Boomer!" and "Sooner!" echoing from the west side of the stadium to the east, back and forth. Was TCU intimidated? By the way their first drive ended, this writer would guess the answer was a resounding "NO!". TCU connected on an 80-yard touchdown pass at the 6:08 mark in the first quarter to stun the Sooner faithful as well as the players. TCU goes up by 7.
Surely the Sooners would be next to score. At the 5:05 mark a touchdown was recored but it wasn't from a player in Crimson, it was TCU's S. Bledsoe after he took a Bradford INT to the barn from 48 yards out to put his Horned Frogs up 14-0. You could hear a pin drop at Memorial Stadium.
From this point out the Sooners gained their focus and settled down. All-American WR Jameel Owens pulled in a 20 yard TD pass at the 2:55 mark to bring the score up to 14-7 in favor of TCU. TCU answered at 0:39 with a J. Cavness TD run at the goalline.
Quarter two was all OU.The defense tightened up and started smashing the TCU players like they should have all along (above). Scores from RB Jermie Calhoun (2 yard rush) and Tress Way (27 yard FG) left the score at 21-17 at the half. Home team down by 4.The second half was expected to be all Oklahoma as most people figured the team would get chewed out all halftime long then would come out ready to fire. That was not the case. TCU was able to hold OU on their first possession of the 3rd quarter then scored when QB Andy Dalton, the Heisman candidate, hit paydirt on a 3 yard run (4:34). TCU is now up 28-17.
OU gets the ball. An errant pass from Sam Bradford leads to a Pick 6 from TCU's C. Jones (4:06). The crowd goes silent. Fans are seen filing out of their seats. OU is now down 35-17.
Bradford gets the ball back and immediately and swiftly leads the team to a TD drive, capped off by DeJuan Miller's 16 yard reception (3:13) that brings the Sooners deficit from 18 to 11 (35-24). TCU then tosses an interception that OU turns around and scores on when Ryan Broyles hauls in the Bradford pass from 10 yards out (2:55). TCU's lead is now down to 4. At the 0:07 mark in the third quarter, fill-in FB Eric Mensik (aka TE Erik Mensik) pushes the ball over the goalline to give his team their first lead, 38-35.
Quarter #4 arrives. The crowd is going nuts. How will this end?? The Sooner sidelines are in a frenzy. TCU's ball to start the quarter. They again drive the ball with short and efficient passes. OU can't stop them. Score. TCU hits the endzone with 4:08 left to go up 42-38. Does OU have one more score left?
They do. OU puts together their own efficient drive and scores on Jermie Calhoun's dive over the goalline. OU retakes the lead, 45-42 with 1:54 left in the game. The Sooner coaches know too much time is left (almost 2 minutes!).
TCU drives. OU defenders drop at least two INT's and fail to recover two fumbles. Dalton drops back inside OU territory looking to keep his team's undefeated season alive.
He looks for a receiver...
The rush is coming...
He cocks his arm back...
He throws...
Chip Downing makes the catch! The only thing is, Downing plays for OU! Interception (see below)! Oklahoma wins the game...
A few kneels later and OU upsets #3 TCU.
Important Videos:
(Above) TCU breaks a big pass/catch for the game's first score...
(Above) Bradford's INT leads to 7 more TCU points...
(Above) Calhoun's nice gain ends with a crucial lost fumble in Q3...
(Above) Calhoun makes up for the lost fumble with this 1 yard TD push...
(Above) Fifth string CB Chip Downing makes the game saving INT with 39 seconds left in the game...
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