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Published November 25, 2006 11:53 pm - Defense holds strong John Shinn The Norman Transcript • Another big goal-line stand helps defense hold off OSUcomeback
STILLWATER — Oklahoma’s season was hanging in the balance late in third quarter Saturday. The 13-point lead it had built was down to six and Oklahoma State was 2 yards away with four plays to take the lead. The Big 12 South title and bid to the Fiesta Bowl were all at stake after OSU tight end Brandon Pettigrew rumbled 21 yards down to the Sooner 2, sending Boone Pickens Stadium into a frenzy. It was, as coaches and players like to say, gut-check time. “By any means necessary,” linebacker Zach Latimer said. “We were not going to let them cross that line.” OU didn’t, and it turned out to the be the difference in its 27-21 victory over the Cowboys. The stand pretty much summed up the Sooners’ current seven-game winning streak. During that span, just about every stop they’ve needed they’ve gotten. Safety Nic Harris tipped away a sure touchdown pass to Pettigrew on first down. Linebacker Curtis Lofton dragged down Julius Crosslin for a 2-yard loss on second down. On third down, Rufus Alexander wrestled down quarterback Zac Robinson a yard short of the end zone to set the stage for what might go down as OU’s biggest play of the season. OU defensive coordinator Brent Venables knew what was coming. “He was yelling, ‘Watch the option! Watch the option!’” Latimer recalled. When Robinson sprinted to his left, he saw a see of red waiting for him. He cut back inside and jumped for the end zone. There he found Latimer, who jarred the ball loose with a hit in the back. The ball floundered around in the end zone until Sooner linebacker Demarrio Pleasant corralled it with his cast wrapped right hand. 
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