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Will Oklahoma's defense cost Sooners a playoff berth? Expect problems in regular season finale vs. Will Grier, West Virginia

Tim Cowlishaw, sports columnist for SportsDayDFW.com and The Dallas Morning News, answered your questions in a recent mailbag. Below are highlights, edited for clarity:

Will a lack of defense ultimately cost Oklahoma a playoff berth?

Cowlishaw: I think so. They give up 46 to Texas Tech and 47 to Oklahoma State, not to mention 48 to Texas a month ago. Getting rid of Mike Stoops didn't change much. They don't stop anybody. That's going to be a problem in Morgantown against Will Grier.

As good as they've looked at times this season, is Texas Tech's Kliff Kingsbury on the hot seat yet again?