Texas Christian 21 - 21 Oklahoma (5:33 left in 2d Quarter)

You have to wonder about the hopeful folks who take the under on Big XII football games.  I mean, somewhere there must have been a lot of people who believed -- really believed, enough to put money behind that belief -- that Oklahoma and Texas Christian would combine for less than 57 points.  What sort of thinking, I wonder, went into that analysis?

Anyway, I had to miss the beginning of this game due to Saturday-type errands (haircuts, a car wash, and the like), and tuned in to see that the Sooners and the Horned Frogs had opened this game with the usual barrage of Big XII points.  Here's what happened:

With 10:15 left in the first quarter, Texas Christian jumped out to a 7-0 lead on a plunge by their quarterback, Trevor Boykin of West Mesquite H.S. in Dallas.  (Boykin fumbled into the end zone, and the ball was recovered by Cliff Murphy, a tight end from Little Elm H.S. in Little Elm, Tex.  Jaden Oberkrom of Martin H.S. in Arlington, Tex. added the point after touchdown.

With 6:42 left in the first quarter, Texas Christian boosted their lead to 14-0 after a seven-yard run by B.J. Catalon of Westside H.S. in Houston.

With 4:10 left in the first quarter, Oklahoma cut the lead to 14-7 thanks to a one-yard run by Samaje Perine, their excellent freshman running back from Hendrickson H.S. in Pflugerville, Tex.  (Michael Hunnicutt of Pearce H.S. in Richardson, Tex.

With 53 seconds left in the first quarter, Oklahoma QB Trevor Knight of Reagan H.S. in San Antonio, Tex. hurled a 75-yard touchdown pass to Sterling Shepherd of Heritage Hall H.S. in Oklahoma City, Okla.  So after one quarter the score was tied at 14.

With 12:30 left in the second quarter, Texas Christian regained the lead, scoring on a 39-yard pass from Boykin to Oberkrom.  21-14 to the Frogs.

And with 5:33 left in the second quarter, Oklahoma responded with a 1-yard run by Perine for his second touchdown of the day.  So now we're all tied at 21.  Welcome to the Big XII.