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Sooners claim Big 12 title No. 12, stake claim on playoff spot

ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Kyler Murray took the final snap, kneeled, and started the celebration with the international sign of the Sooners.

Horns down.

The Oklahoma quarterback threw down the much-talked-about hand signal for the first time all afternoon. No flag was thrown, by the way. This wasn't a taunt, after all. This was a celebration.

OU 39, Texas 27.

On the day the Sooners staked a claim on a spot in the College Football Playoff, they claimed their 12th Big 12 title and won an unprecedented fourth consecutive conference crown. They beat their biggest rival and avenged their only loss of the season.