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The team stands strong at the goal line to win the Big 12.
Oklahoma State gets a new set of downs after a pass interference call, but the Bears deny the Cowboys on four straight plays to win the Big 12 title. The song is called "1:27."
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Oklahoma State was knocked out of contention for a playoff spot when Jackson came up short on a fourth-down dive with 24 seconds remaining in the Big 12 championship game.
The first 17 passes of Shapen's were flawless as he threw three touchdown passes. The Cowboys went 89 yards on their final drive.
Their Big 12 and national championship hopes were not realized.
Jackson gained a yard after the pass interference penalty, but was held for no gain on the incomplete pass.
Jackson tried to sweep left on fourth down, but he barely missed, as safety Jairon McVea chased him, trying to reach the pylon in the front corner of the end zone.
McVea thought he had to run the running back down when he saw the ball. I was pretty happy when the ref signaled that it wasn't a touchdown.
They made a good play. Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said that it was not Jackson's fault.
If there was an upset or two in the Big 12 title games later in the day, it would be necessary for the Bears to get into the final four for the first time. Dave Aranda passed on talking about politics.
"I'm sure it will work out the way it's supposed to," he said. When Aranda came off a national championship as LSU's defensive coach, the Pandemic wiped out spring drills at the school.
The school record is 11 wins.
The Bears won even with only 242 total yards of offense, because Shapen started his second game in a row for injured quarterback Bohanon. They had only 36 yards after the break, while Shapen had 23 of 28 for 180 yards.
Mike Gundy told Aranda before the meeting that winning is hard.
"I think today was an example of it,'' Aranda said. The Cowboys were without leading sacker Jaylen Warren because of his ankle and shoulder issues, and that's because of the four turnovers thrown by Sanders.
The Bears scored 21 unanswered points after Oklahoma State took a three-point lead on a field goal.
The next two drives were set up by the two picks, and the next three plays were touchdown passes - a 2-yard pass to Ben Sims and a 4-yard pass to Drew Estrada.
The Cowboys were down 21-3 at the half after an amazing 13-yard diving catch by Tyquan Thornton with a defender on his back, and he was able to get both feet down in bounds.
The field goal by Brown gave the Cowboys a chance to get back in the game. Korie Black recovered a punt that Ebner fumbled, and then he missed a field goal attempt that would have given the team the lead.
McVea's pick-six early in the second half was the reason that the Bears failed to get a first down. Shapen had to throw the ball away because the Bears went for it on fourth down instead of punting. Richardson scored on a 4-yard run eight plays later.
Gundy told the team in the locker room how proud he was that they had done everything he had asked of them. I made them aware that they didn't have anything to do with what they've accomplished this year, even though they came up just a few inches short.
The way forward.
The Bears won the Big 12 title in both of their seasons in which there wasn't a championship game for the conference. Two years ago, Oklahoma defeated Baylor in the title game.
Oklahoma State won the first meeting with the Bears 24-14, but the Cowboys had seven turnovers in the two games. The first pick was to the defender, and the second one was picked off by Matt Jones, who leaped to catch the ball as it was thrown out of bounds. The other two were tipped. Without Danny Godlevske, Oklahoma State had 70 yards rushing on 40 carries.
