(AP) - Oklahoma was figuring out how to handle an upset loss to Texas three weeks ago when senior offensive linemen Ty Darlington and Nila Kasitati and offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh spoke up the next day.
"We watched the film and realized we got punched in the mouth and got embarrassed," Darlington said. "Myself, Nila and Coach B really threw down the challenge at that point to not accept it, and to make it personal and to change it."
Whether their words were the catalyst for No. 14 Oklahoma's resurgence is debatable, but the dominance that has followed is a fact entering Saturday's matchup with Iowa State.