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Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford (14) celebrates a touchdown pass caught by Juaquin Iglesias (9) in the first half of an NCAA football game against Baylor, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008 in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Published October 05, 2008 12:48 am -

Bears down: Sooners stomp Baylor



WACO, Texas (AP) — The Oklahoma Sooners avoided the same trap that helped them get back to No. 1.

“All of the conditions were right for us to come down here and not play well, not get excited, not bring any energy and for Baylor to play great and beat us,” Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford said. “We knew we had to come out and had to play well.”

With No. 5 Texas looming next on the schedule, the Sooners still never gave Baylor a chance for an upset.

Bradford threw for 372 yards with two touchdowns, DeMarco Murray ran for two scores and four other Sooners got into the end zone in another lopsided victory over the Bears, 49-17 Saturday in the Big 12 opener for both teams.

Oklahoma (5-0) this week moved into the No. 1 spot of the AP poll for a record 96th time, but first since 2003, after an upset-filled weekend when the Sooners were the only one of the top four teams to win. They seemed intent on making it 97 after their quick start against Baylor.

Manuel Johnson caught a 53-yard touchdown only 70 seconds into the game for the Sooners’ quickest opening score this season. They built a 28-0 lead by the end of the first quarter.

“I loved the way we started off,” coach Bob Stoops said. “We executed and have good momentum going in (against Texas). I’d rather go in this way than any other.”

Next week, the Sooners have their traditional second-Saturday-in-October meeting against the Longhorns at the Cotton Bowl — in the middle of the State Fair of Texas. But they made this trip across the Red River seem more like a glorified practice session.

Oklahoma has never lost to Baylor (2-3) in 18 games. The last five in Waco have been decided by an average margin of 36 points.

The Sooners didn’t make it to the Texas game undefeated last year, getting upset in their conference opener at Colorado. There was no overlooking a lowly opponent this time.

“Last year, that’s what we were doing, kind of looking ahead,” receiver Juaquin Iglesias said.

Johnson, coming off a school-record 206 yards receiving in last week’s 35-10 victory over TCU, got open behind the secondary on the third play of the game — after Baylor went three-and-out in only 31 seconds.

Bradford was 23-of-31 with an interception, his only one in the last three games to go with 11 TDs. He was coming off a career-best 411-yard passing game at TCU.

After sneaking in for a 1-yard touchdown, Bradford added a 42-yard scoring strike to Iglesias to make it 35-7. Iglesias had six catches for 133 yards.

“We took the momentum and just kind of ran with it,” Bradford said.



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