The Longhorns crushed Texas A&M 49-9 Thursday night and their coach, Mack Brown, was on Saturday night’s broadcast lobbying for his team.

“Someone will be really disappointed tomorrow,” Brown said.

OU made a very good case it may not be that team.

Sam Bradford, despite an injured left thumb, threw for 370 yards and four touchdowns. He even produced a highlight play for his Heisman Trophy campaign late in the third quarter.

He scrambled out of the pocket on a third-and-goal from the OSU 9 and dove for the end zone from about the 4. A collision with Cowboy linebacker Ricky Price sent Bradford into a full flip. It was the kind of athletic play quarterbacks rarely make.

“I felt like our team needed a spark,” Bradford said. “I was going to do whatever I needed to get into the end zone.”

One play later he did to give the Sooners a 37-26 lead.

OU scored on all seven of its second-half possessions to get the victory. The last was Chris Brown’s 28-yard touchdown run with 25 seconds left.

The Sooner fans who remained were chanting “B-C-S” as the final seconds ticked away. There’s no doubt OU will get into a BCS bowl if it isn’t playing in Kansas City next Saturday.

But there’s no denying it made a great argument it should be there.

“Everything we did tonight kind of says why we should be there,” Bradford said. “It’s out of our hands now. We’ll see how it ends up.”

John Shinn