Berry Tramel

Tulsa World Sports Columnist

OU’s 24-17 victory over Auburn wasn’t all perfect. The Sooners did some things great and some things not so well.

Pass rush: A. Is there a grade higher than A? Do we need to go to the Greek alphabet? The Sooners sacked Jackson Arnold 10 times and flushed him from the pocket nine times. He scrambled twice for good gains (11 and 15 yards), but the Sooners basically unloaded a full assault on Arnold. OU got to Arnold with little blitzing. Brent Venables’ four-man front was superb. Jayden Jackson had 2½ sacks. R Mason Thomas had two sacks despite missing the first half with his targeting suspension. David Stone had virtually two sacks; his tackle of a scrambling Arnold went for no gain, which is as good as a sack. Marvin Jones, Gracen Halton, Tayl

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