Ted Roof reflects on Oklahoma Sooners’ incredible goal-line stand
The Oklahoma Sooners’ defense put together a great performance against a really good Texas Longhorns‘ offense on Saturday. If you look at the stat sheet, the Sooners allowed 527 yards of offense. Some might say they didn’t play well.
But they allowed only 23 points; seven of Texas’ points came on a blocked punt for a touchdown. They also held a really good Texas rushing attack to 3.9 yards per carry. They sacked Quinn Ewers five times, had 10 tackles for loss and forced three turnovers.
Not to mention a goal-line stand that will be forever remembered in Red River Rivalry lore. Defensive coordinator Ted Roof talked about that stand with reporters after the game.
“It’s called lining up and trying to whoop the man in front of you,” Roof said. “Getting off blocks and tackling the ball. It’s fast to the ball, so they don’t fall forward. That’s a big deal because we had some guys getting off blocks, gang tackling that kept them from falling forward and allowed us to have a great goal-line stand.”
That goal-line stand happened at the start of the fourth quarter. With the number of big plays in the game, this sequence might be the most important of all. Texas was starting to gain some momentum. The Longhorns scored on three out of their last five drives. The only two stops were the goal-line stand and the Hail Mary attempt at the end of the game.
If you came into the game skeptical about how good the defense was, it should have put your concerns to rest.
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