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Published September 08, 2007 11:26 pm - Sure, the fifth-ranked Sooners opened the season by obliterating North Texas by 69 points. But it was no patsy, no non-conference tune-up, no scheduled win standing across the field Saturday. It was Miami being obliterated. Razing 'Canes John Shinn The Norman Transcript The clock was winding down when Oklahoma center Jon Cooper caught a glimpse of the scoreboard. Even he was a little stunned when he saw the numbers up there.
“Wow, it’s 51-13.” he said. He wasn’t the only one awed by what transpired at Owen Field Saturday. Sure, the fifth-ranked Sooners opened the season by obliterating North Texas by 69 points. But it was no patsy, no non-conference tune-up, no scheduled win standing across the field Saturday. It was Miami being obliterated. “We figured if we played the best of our ability, the rest would take care of itself,” Sooner safety Nic Harris said. The Sooners’ best appears to be at a level few teams can comprehend. Quarterback Sam Bradford backed up his stellar season-opening debut with a stunning encore. He threw five touchdown passes as part of 205-yard day. “Coming in, we knew that if we ran the offense the way we are capable of, we were going to move the ball,” Bradford said. “Each day we’re all becoming more comfortable in the system.” Comfort is a word rarely used after a game against Miami. The Hurricanes have a 25-year history of hounding and harassing quarterbacks into nightmarish games. The Sooners experienced three of those in the 1980s. They went 33-3 from 1985-87 with all three losses coming to the Hurricanes. Two of those losses cost OU national championships. But those wishbone offenses didn’t feature a quarterback like Bradford or receivers the caliber OU possessed Saturday. Malcolm Kelly caught four passes with three going for touchdowns to spur the rout. “We just executed the game plan,” Kelly said. Miami (1-1) didn’t. 
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