LINCOLN, NE — Soccer karma struck once more in Lincoln on Saturday.
Two weeks after Oklahoma tight finish Brayden Willis caught a pair of landing passes, he discovered one other solution to put factors on the board.
The Sooners (3-0) have been already up 21-7 early within the second quarter in opposition to Nebraska (1-3), however offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby dug into his bag of methods.
Quarterback Dillon Gabriel caught the snap and instantly turned to his left, rifling the ball out to Willis behind the road of scrimmage.
Willis took a step again and regarded downfield, connecting on a 24-yard landing go with Marcus Main to suck the air out of Memorial Stadium and additional swing momentum into OU’s favor.
Although he didn’t get the passing landing for himself, Gabriel was fired up concerning the play name en path to the 49-14 OU victory.
“Find it irresistible,” Gabriel mentioned after the sport. “I feel (Willis) dialed up an excellent throw. It obtained there and he accomplished it. That’s an amazing factor.
“We simply have plenty of perception in Coach Leb and the workers and what they dial up for us. We simply exit and do it to the most effective of our skill. Whenever you do your job properly and proper, good issues will occur.”
Willis performed a little bit of quarterback in highschool, however Lebby mentioned the play didn’t go in response to plan when he put in it throughout fall camp.
“We threw it one time in fall camp and he threw it about 13 yards over his head, so I used to be a bit of uptight about it,” Lebby mentioned with a smile after the sport. “However I felt good about it. He was good in apply all week, and he did an amazing job of getting it out of his hand. Then Marcus (Main) made an amazing play, in order that was good.”
The Oklahoma tight finish had a unique recollection of how the play went when he tried it in fall camp, however he was glad Lebby gave him one other shot to win the trick-play quarterback job earlier than the Sooners burned the play in a recreation.
“It was batted down,” Willis mentioned. “I waited a bit of bit too lengthy, the timing was off, however I advised coach, ‘the arm expertise’s there, the timing was simply off,’ so I feel which may’ve been a bit of exaggeration.
“However severely, although, I am glad he gave me one other alternative and I am glad I used to be capable of full it and get a landing off of it.”
As soon as the play was referred to as, Willis mentioned he didn’t have any ideas concerning the camp snafu. He was simply centered on delivering a ball Main might go make a play on.
“I’ve obtained full confidence in my teammate, so I do know he will snag that factor,” Willis mentioned. “He wished the landing simply as dangerous as I did so I had full confidence in my man.”
The double go was indicative of how Oklahoma’s day went offensively in opposition to the ‘Huskers.
OU obtained absolutely anything they wished, operating for 312 yards and throwing for a further 268 yards via the air.
Willis himself additionally had 4 catches for 19 yards in addition to doing his half opening up operating lanes on the bottom.
Now, the Sooners will flip their sights to convention play as they host a Kansas State workforce contemporary off a stunning upset loss to the Tulane Inexperienced Wave.
Oklahoma’s Massive 12 opener will kickoff at 7 p.m. subsequent Saturday, and the sport can be broadcast on FOX.
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