Oklahoma-BYU: The Bad News Beyond Sam Bradford

Posted by Allen Kenney on September-7-2009 Add Comments

Sam Bradford's shoulder injury is dominating the fallout surrounding BYU's shocking upset of Oklahoma, which is to be expected when the reigning Heisman winner goes down in such catastrophic fashion. That's a big story—but as far as the game itself goes, it's the wrong one.

Bradford plays in the second half of the game, and OU probably wins. So what?

Bradford's absence wasn't the difference on Saturday night. The Sooners came up short thanks to their own sloppy play. Penalties, dropped passes, poor ball protection—name a way to hand a game to a decent opponent, and OU managed to do it.

(Let's make no mistake: BYU is a decent team, but it's way too early to proclaim the Cougars to be an upper-echelon squad...

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