Big 12 Game of the Week | Oklahoma – Miami

The Oklahoma Sooners will meet the Miami Hurricanes at Landshark (Dolphins) Stadium in Miami on Saturday. The teams have played 6 times before, and the series is tied at 3 – 3 and the winner of Saturday’s game will hold the series lead.

The Oklahoma Sooners
The last game time these teams met the Sooners rolled to a 51 – 13 win over the Hurricanes. Sam Bradford had 5 touchdowns in the win and the Sooner defense held Miami to just 139 yards. Sam Bradford is still questionable to start the game because of a shoulder injury suffered in Oklahoma’s loss to BYU at Cowboys Stadium. Even if Bradford isn’t healthy enough to play on Saturday, OU’s QB Landry Jones is no slouch, he has improved quickly since stepping up to replace the injured Bradford. Landry Jones set a school record with his 6 touchdown passes against Tulsa. The previous record for OU quarterbacks was 5 touchdowns, which was shared by Sam Bradford, Jason White, and Josh Huepel.

The Miami Hurricanes
The Hurricanes got off to a fast start this season by beating 18th ranked Flordia State and 14th ranked Georgia Tech. The Canes were unable to continue their winning ways against 11th ranked Virginia Tech last week losing the game by a score of 31 – 7. The Hurricanes key offensive players are QB Jacoby Harris who won the ACC player of the week after both of Miami’s victories. Harris has posted over 800 yards and 6 touchdowns in 3 games this season. Other players to watch are RB Craig Cooper, WR Travis Benjamin, and LB Colin McCarthy. Mcarthy had 13 tackles in Miami’s loss to Virginia Tech.

Oklahoma – Miami Day / Date: Saturday – October 3rd, 2009
Oklahoma – Miami Location: Dolphins / Landshark Stadium – Miami, FL
Oklahoma – Miami Time: 7:00PM, Kickoff: 7:12PM
Oklahoma – Miami on TV: ABC – Primetime
Oklahoma – Miami Announcers: Brent Musberger and Kirk Herbstreit
Oklahoma – Miami Odds: –
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Oklahoma Sooners Report
Rank: AP – 8 | USAToday – 8
Record: ( 2 – 1 )
Last Week: Off
Injuries:
QB Sam Bradford – Shoulder – Questionable
TE Jermaine Gresham – Knee – Out

Results:
• BYU 14 Oklahoma Sooners 13
• Oklahoma Sooners 64 Idaho State 0
• Oklahoma Sooners 45 Tulsa 0

Miami Hurricanes Report
Rank: AP – 17 | USAToday – 22
Record: ( 2 – 1 )
Last Week: Loss to (11) VA Tech 31 to 7

Results:
• Miami Hurricanes 38 Flordia State 34
• Miami Hurricanes 33 Georgia Tech 17
• (11) Virginia Tech 31 Miami Hurricanes 7

Sources: Yahoo! Sports, Big 12 Sports