Oklahoma Sooners are the Big 12 Champs!!!
The Sooners defense and the poise of 5th year senior QB Paul Thompson was the difference in the game for the #8 Sooners. Paul Thompson led the Sooners on what turned out to be the game winning scoring drive that began on the Sooners 1 yard line and ended with a beautiful TD pass to Malcome Kelly.
The real story was the Sooner secondary that covered the Nebraska receivers all game long and never really let them make any big plays. They also picked off Nebraska QB Zac Taylor 3 times, twice to stop Nebraska from scoring deep in OU territory.
Paul Thompson proved many of the critics wrong and played far better than most people expected and led the Sooners to an 11-2 record and Big 12 Championship. I remember when it was reported that Rhett Bomar was kicked off the team just before fall practice was about to start and coach Stoops went to 5th year senior Paul Thompson and asked him to move back to QB from wide receiver. After a little thought about it, he decided to step up and lead the Sooners. All he did was lead his team to an 11-2 record including the debacle with Oregon and ended with a Big 12 title and an automatic bid to a BCS bowl game (Fiesta Bowl)
