Oklahoma CAN Play Defense After All

This past weekend, SEC fans saw something that sent a shiver down their spines.  Somebody in the Big 12 CAN play defense!  With OU shutting down the vaunted Texas Tech offense, they served notice that they are a complete team heading into the stretch. The SEC prides itself on its ability to shut down traditionally high-scoring teams, or at least shut them down enough for the win.  But usually such teams are incapable of returning the favor. When Texas beat Oklahoma 45-35, there was no real fear in the SEC.  When Texas Tech beat Texas 39-33, we actually laughed and said, can anybody there play defense? Let them play an SEC team that goes on an eight-minute scoring drive and limit them to four fewer possessions than they're used to, and they'll fold. Alabama remembers all too well all the talk from its matchup with Texas Tech a few years ago.  People out west predicted Tech would put on a track meet against the Tide.  Instead, the 2005 version of Alabama played its ... (link)