Social media reacts to the Oklahoma Sooners 27-13 win over Iowa State
Coming out of the bye, it was important for the Oklahoma Sooners to show improvement from a defense that had struggled through the first four games of conference play.
Though Iowa State’s offense isn’t the best they’ve seen this year, the Sooners made them look like a bad offense throughout the game. They intercepted Hunter Dekkers three times and got a stop on fourth and one at the goalline to close out the game.
It wasn’t perfect, but the Sooners defense built off of some of the good things they did against Kansas two weeks ago to get Oklahoma on a winning streak.
Offensively, the Sooners played smart football. They were patient through the air and ground away with the running game. They took a few shots and finally broke through with a big play to Jalil Farooq on a busted Iowa State coverage.
It was complimentary football at its finest, especially as the special teams unit accounted for the first 13 points of the game. Zack Schmit was perfect on field goal and extra point attempts, and he and Michael Turk connected for the Sooners’ first touchdown of the game to make it 13-6 in the first half.
This game provided Oklahoma with a little more momentum, and they’re now on a two-game winning streak with four games left in the season. They’ll have another stiff test next week against Baylor, but in the meantime, here’s how social media reacted to the Sooners’ win over Iowa State.
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Park the Ponies!
Unhitch the wagon and put the ponies in the barn.
— Gunny of Stutsman’s Army (@Eskimokie36) October 29, 2022
Important Context for the Offense
Oklahoma is just the third team to score more than 20 points against Iowa State and it’s the second highest point total allowed by the Cyclones this year.
— John Williams (@john9williams) October 29, 2022
Oklahoma Defense showed improvement
Best case scenario happened today for OU: The defense carried the team to a win today.
Three turnovers. Only allowed 13 points. They made a bad offense look anemic.
Steps were made today.
— Tyler McComas (@Tyler_McComas) October 29, 2022
All that matters is the W
Take the dub & get outta Ames 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼
— Mike Steely (@steelyonsports) October 29, 2022
One Storyline to Watch is Eric Gray
Get healthy EG
— Mark (@markaduck) October 29, 2022
What was that clock management?
The important thing is Iowa St may have gotten the L but they get to carryover their 3 timeouts to next week’s game.
— Steve Bullard (@stevebullard) October 29, 2022
Oklahoma let Iowa State play right into their hands
Iowa State’s offense is a complete disaster, Hunter Dekkers is the worst QB in the Big 12 & had to throw the ball 57 times today because ISU cannot run the ball. It’s ugly in Ames right now
— Josh Neighbors (@JoshNeighbors_) October 29, 2022
Getting Better
#Sooners pass defense has holes, there's just no arguing it. But when you're passing for less than 6 yards/attempt…you're WILDLY inefficient and the defense is doing some good things. https://t.co/o9zFEAIL5k
— Josh McCuistion (@Josh_Scoop) October 29, 2022
Woodi Washington might have had his best game all season
Woodi Washington just called Game.
— Tattoo Baker 🎥✨ (@QB1TATT00) October 29, 2022
Sooners defense stopped the run and Dekkers couldn't deliver
Iowa State got exactly what you get when you ask Hunter Dekkers to throw 56 times in a ballgame:
13 points and an L
— CJ Vogel (@CJVogel_TFB) October 29, 2022
Was Lincoln Riley running from Iowa State?
Lincoln Riley remains the only OU coach this century to lose to Iowa State.
— Jesse Pound (@jesserpound) October 29, 2022
Not just you
Is it me or did Matt Campbell go from very likable to "Man, I hope that guy screaming on the sidelines loses every game he coaches"
— Blinkin (@blinkinriley) October 29, 2022
4th and Long was a problem
Apparently teams should just take a knee until 4th & 10+ against Oklahoma.
— Blinkin (@blinkinriley) October 29, 2022
A great moment
Oklahoma linebacker Danny Stutsman and his father Steve celebrate Danny’s fourth quarter interception after the #Sooners’ 27-13 win at Iowa State. pic.twitter.com/Flq4fcEyaV
— Douglas Miles (@douglasmilesCRG) October 29, 2022
OU did what they had to do
#Sooners win 27-13 on backs of the #OU defense. #Oklahoma fans will take that, as #ISU tried to muck up the game and OU was still able to play that physical, aggressive style and still was able to win by two TD’s vs a team (Cyclones) that no one wants to play.
— Brandon Drumm (@BrandonDrumm247) October 29, 2022
Take what you can get sometimes
Wasn’t always the prettiest, but that’s a really solid win for Oklahoma
Defense took advantage of a mediocre offense and shut ISU down, offense put together drives and got points on the board against a really good defense
Encouraging signs today #Sooners
— Josh Callaway (@JoshMCallaway) October 29, 2022
The play of the game
OKLAHOMA FAKE FIELD GOAL FLIP 😱
The Sooners pass up the three in favor of six.
🎥 @CFBONFOXpic.twitter.com/ej9oM6KMIv
— The Athletic CFB (@TheAthleticCFB) October 29, 2022
The Great Toby Rowland on the Call
𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘦. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘛𝘖𝘜𝘊𝘏𝘋𝘖𝘞𝘕‼️
Listen to 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 with @TRowOU and the @OURadioCrew during the 2nd half on ESPN+
🎙 https://t.co/asHI3FGYfF pic.twitter.com/LAUYzL092n
— Oklahoma Sooners (@OU_Athletics) October 29, 2022
Good teams win, Better teams cover
FINAL
Oklahoma covers and beats Iowa State in Ames, largely off the backs of the kicker and defense.#Sooners 27
Cyclones 13— C&C Machine (@CCMachine) October 29, 2022
Zack Schmit with a great performance
No fake this time as #Sooners kicker Zach Schmit nails a 34-yarder to give OU a 13-3 lead.
The Bishop McGuinness product has scored every single point for Oklahoma today.
— Colton Sulley (@colton_sulley) October 29, 2022
Won 2 out of 3 phases
OU’s defense and special teams showed up in a big way today at Iowa State. Good win for the Sooners who now are flying under the radar. #OUDNA #Oklahoma #Big12 #Big12Football
— BakerandBrady (@BakerAndBrady) October 29, 2022
Solid win for the Sooners
Tyler hit all of the points. But here is a couple more. OU was a 1.5 point favorite. While ISU had a FPI of 55% to win today. Oklahoma wins by 14 and took a team that’s been giving up 15.1 a game and scored 27. Nice job by the Sooners https://t.co/6TG5U7GslU
— Jewell (@Phillip_Jewell5) October 29, 2022
All you can do is improve
Oklahoma looks like they are making some positive adjustments and heading the right direction after a string of rough games. #sooners #OUDNA
— John C Jordan (@TheJohnCJordan) October 29, 2022
Oklahoma beginning to trust on Defense
I asked Oklahoma Coach Brent Venables about the difficulty of regaining confidence defensively after surrendering 40+ points four games in a row. #Sooners pic.twitter.com/t8cAvGnBYx
— Douglas Miles (@douglasmilesCRG) October 29, 2022
Big Game from Eric Gray
Eric Gray is going to get drafted in the mid rounds and is going to be on someone’s 53 man roster next year as long as he stays healthy
— Bryant C. (@thatmanbryant) October 29, 2022
Breaking out 1 game at a time
Jalil Farooq is special, man.
— Joe Buettner (@JoeBuettner) October 29, 2022
