Back to the Oklahoma Sooners Newsfeed

What's happening to the Big 12? Longhorn, Sooner losses highlight rough start for conference

Andy Jacobsohn, Louis DeLuca (The Dallas Morning News)

Oklahoma Sooner Baker Mayfield (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News) and Texas Longhorns quarterback Shane Buechele (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News)

Three weeks before the AT&T Red River Showdown, Texas and Oklahoma have all kinds of defensive problems and second-guessing to match.

Normally, this kind of fan panic is reserved for the loser of the annual meeting at the State Fair of Texas. Things escalated quickly Saturday night. No. 3 Ohio State dominated Oklahoma 45-24 at Memorial Stadium. Then Texas' defense sprung a major leak against Cal and Davis Webb en route to a 50-43 bizarre late, late night loss.