With Saturday’s win, the Vols beat their first top-15 opponent on the road since 2006, and while folks keep wanting this team to be like the 2022 team, this game really showed that the defense is capable of being the backbone of the squad.
The Sooners put up 102 yards in the first quarter, -20 in the second and 16 in the third. By that point, the contest was in hand, and OU had changed to its backup QB.
Oklahoma outgained the Vols 125-ish yards to fewer than 50 in the fourth quarter as the Vols basically let the air out of the from the eight-minute mark on.