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Taking stock on Monday: Howard’s 5 turnovers not cause to flip switch

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Winning throws rarely begin with a double-pump of uncertainty, much less those floated 20 yards downfield toward a patch of Bermuda where defenders outnumber receivers three to one.

OK, so Skyler Howard lobbed up an ugly, wishy-washy, early-game interception. Everybody gets a mulligan, especially in a raised-stakes, top-25 environment like Oklahoma provided.

By afternoon’s end, however, his interception total stood at three. A fourth mercifully was expunged by a defensive penalty.

You half-wondered whether Caleb Rowe was contagious.

Howard had overshot Shelton Gibson crossing the middle and undershot him streaking down the sideline.