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Oklahoma rediscovers identity through tough-minded QB Baker Mayfield

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On the way to capping Oklahoma’s most dramatic fourth-quarter comeback in more than three decades, quarterback Baker Mayfield felt his pocket collapsing. He somehow escaped, somehow stumbled out of a tackle and somehow while falling back fired a pass into the chest of Sterling Shepard to convert a third down.