NORMAN, Okla. — The last time West Virginia beat Oklahoma in a football game, the coach exhorted the Mountaineers to leave no doubt.
Saturday afternoon, it was the Sooners leaving no doubt: Oklahoma (7-0, 4-0 Big 12) is one of the top five teams in the country, and the climb that Neal Brown is asking West Virginia fans to trust is as steep as anyone could have imagined.
After giving themselves a puncher’s chance in the first half, the increasingly thin Mountaineers (3-4, 1-3) were overwhelmed by the bigger, stronger and faster Sooners in a 52-14 defeat at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.