NORMAN — Baker Mayfield said after he was named Oklahoma's starting quarterback that he didn't get nervous before games and wouldn't be before the Sooners played Akron.
He was wrong.
Mayfield grew up rooting for the Sooners, one of the 85,000 in the stands instead of one of the 85 scholarship athletes on the field for OU.
So it's no real surprise that there would be some unexpected nerves before he made his debut after sitting out last season.
“I had a bit of the jitters before the game,” Mayfield said after he turned around a slow start to lead the Sooners to a 41-3 blowout of the Zips on Saturday night at Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.