导出博客文章NORMAN, Okla. -- Desperate for a strong performance from its defense, Oklahoma
found the perfect opponent in Kansas feeble offense.No. 16 Oklahomas offense did
its usual thing -- rolling up 538 yards -- in a 56-3 rout of Kansas. Baker
Mayfield threw for 236 yards and four touchdowns and receiver Dede Westbrook
scored on a 71-yard punt return and a 41-yard reception for Oklahoma (6-2,
5-0).But the Sooners defense -- much maligned after allowing 854 yards a week
earlier in a 66-59 win over Texas Tech -- also did its part this time, limiting
Kansas (1-7, 0-5) to 170 yards, the fewest by an Oklahoma opponent this
season.Its positive to play well, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. Its one week.
Next week will be another journey. In our world, you live week to week. Right
now, the guys responded and really played well in all parts.It was a defensive
outing featuring two particularly memorable plays. After Kansas -- then trailing
7-3 -- recovered a fumble at the Oklahoma 25, cornerback Jordan Thomas ended the
threat with an interception at the 2-yard line, getting both feet just inbounds,
then tossing the football away forcefully, as if to make a point.In the third
quarter, Jordan Evans also picked off a pass by Kansas quarterback Montell
Cozart and weaved his way for a 33-yard return for a touchdown, which meant the
Sooners defense outscored Kansas offense.Sure, it came against Kansas, a team
that now has lost 17 straight Big 12 games and 39 straight road games overall.
But after the Texas Tech debacle, it was what the Sooners defenders needed.Weve
been through a lot this past week, Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops
said. The guys played with a lot more energy and focus. Obviously, we got
embarrassed a week ago. . The guys practiced well and prepared well and went out
and executed. Its not that difficult.Kansas coach David Beaty noted the Sooners
shut down the Jayhawks despite the absence of key players such as linebacker
Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, who sat out with an injury.I have to take my hat off to them
because I know theyve got a bunch of guys injured on their defense and they
played a pretty good game, Beaty said.Mayfield, who threw a school-record seven
touchdown passes against Texas Tech, threw three in the second quarter against
the Jayhawks -- the 41-yarder to Westbrook, a 15-yarder to Mark Andrews and a
9-yarders to Dimitri Flowers, the latter with 20 seconds left before halftime to
put Oklahoma up 28-3. Mayfield finished 16-of-24 passing.Mayfields 15 touchdown
passes in the Sooners last three games are a program record.THE TAKEAWAYKansas:
The Jayhawks will win another Big 12 game and win on the road again someday, but
that W probably wont come against the likes of Oklahoma or West Virginia, Kansas
next opponent. But a home game against Iowa State looms on Nov. 12. Maybe that
first streak ends then?Oklahoma: The Sooners said after starting the season 1-2,
with losses to Houston and Ohio State, that they still had the Big 12 title as
motivation. Now Oklahoma is atop the league, but the Sooners must finish the
season with the gauntlet of Baylor, West Virginia and Oklahoma State.POLL
IMPLICATIONSNo. 10 West Virginias loss at Oklahoma State and No. 13 Boise States
loss at Wyoming should open up at least two spots for Oklahoma to move up in the
Top 25 .WILD WESTBROOKWestbrook finished with 230 all-purpose yards. His punt
return for a touchdown was the first by an Oklahoma player since Jalen Saunders
vs. Oklahoma State on Dec. 7, 2013. After Kansas first-quarter field goal,
Westbrook returned the ensuing kickoff out of the end zone for what looked like
another touchdown, but a holding penalty wiped it out.Early in the second
quarter, he made a diving catch on the 41-yard touchdown pass from Mayfield, one
of his five receptions for 105 yards. Later in the quarter, on a receiver option
on a third-and-16 play, he eschewed passing the ball and instead ran 24 yards
for a first down.In five October games, he had 881 receiving yards and scored 12
touchdowns. Nine of those scoring plays (including the punt return) went for 40
or more yards. He has 1,035 receiving yards through eight games, making him only
the sixth Oklahoma player to go over the 1,000-yard mark for a season.He is as
good as advertised. Hes even better when youre looking at him down there on the
sideline, Beaty said I mean, hes a really talented guy.UP NEXT:Kansas: The
Jayhawks will travel next Saturday to face an angry West Virginia team coming
off its first loss of the season.Oklahoma: It will be a short week for the
Sooners, who will visit Iowa State on Thursday.
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which I would say two things: 1. Where there is smoke, there is or perhaps has
been a little fire. Or, in other words, the two teams would appear to have at
least spoken. And spoken is defined as one calling the other to inquire, no
more, no less. MINNEAPOLIS -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodells power to freely
punish Adrian Peterson has prevailed, two seasons after the Minnesota Vikings
running back became embroiled in a child-abuse case that heightened the dispute
over league discipline.A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled Thursday that an NFL arbitrator acted within his rights by
upholding Goodells six-game suspension of Peterson in 2014. That suspension was
handed down under the personal conduct policy that the league toughened up
following a?brutal act of caught-on-video domestic violence committed by
Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice.The 8th Circuit ruling overrode the
decision issued Feb. 26, 2015, by U.S. District Judge David Doty that found NFL
arbitrator Harold Henderson overreached his authority in handling the NFL
Players Associations appeal on behalf of Peterson.Appellate judges James Loken,
Diana Murphy and Steven Colloton heard the leagues arguments Oct. 19, 2015.The
dispositive question is whether the arbitrator was at least arguably construing
or applying the contract, including the law of the shop, Colloton wrote for the
panel. The arbitrator here undoubtedly construed the Rice decision in reaching
his decision. Disagreement with his conclusion is not a valid ground on which to
vacate the decision.The NFL had no immediate comment on the ruling, issued about
27 months after the injuries to Petersons then-4-year-old son were
reported.League sources told ESPNs Ed Werder that Peterson must pay the NFL the
value of three game checks from the 2014 season, which is just under $2.1
million.The NFLPA issued a statement of resignation.Our union pursues all claims
because we believe in due process, fundamental fairness and in the spirit of
collective bargaining agreements. While the NFLPA disagrees with the decision,
we accept this loss, the union said. When negotiation or collective bargaining
fails to resolve our differences, we will always fight and pursue every recourse
for our players rights.The leagues primary argument was that a judge should not
bbe able to intervene in a collectively bargained labor dispute like this, and
the appeals court agreed.dddddddddddd.Doty had sided with the NFLPAs contention
that the six-game ban, announced by Goodell on Aug. 28, 2014, couldnt apply
retroactively to Peterson since the boy was hurt more than three months before
the enhancement of the personal conduct policy. Peterson was indicted on Sept.
12, 2014, by a grand jury in Texas after it found him guilty of disciplining the
boy with a tree branch. He eventually pleaded no contest to misdemeanor reckless
assault.Peterson was on paid leave for nine games. Then Goodell issued the
unpaid suspension with six games left on Minnesotas schedule. The league
collected half of the roughly $4.1 million that Peterson was to forfeit, the
proration over a 17-week basis from his $11.75 million salary for that year. It
held off on the remaining three-game fine, pending the NFLPAs petition to Doty
to vacate Hendersons decision.After playing in only one game in 2014, Peterson
returned to the Vikings last year and led the league in rushing with 1,485
yards. The dispute in front of the 8th Circuit, then, boiled down to power,
principle and a few million dollars.The league has been handed its share of
court losses to the union, but not lately and not at the higher level.Three
weeks ago, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York issued a rejection
of requests by the NFLPA and Tom Brady to reconsider a decision that reinstated
a four-game suspension of the New England Patriots quarterback. Brady was
punished in relation to deflated footballs being used during the AFC
championship game after the 2014 season.As with Deflategate, the Peterson case
was ultimately about the scope of Goodells power over player discipline and its
implications stretched well beyond the initial behavior that landed Peterson in
trouble in the first place.Information from The Associated Press was included in
this report. ' ' '
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