Q&A: OU's bowl prospects and calls at Kyle Field Q&A: OU's bowl prospects and calls at Kyle Field

What does Saturday's win do to Oklahoma's bowl prospects?

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The Sooners put themselves a step closer to a New Year's Day bowl game, probably the Cotton Bowl, although the Gator Bowl remains a possibility and holds the first pick after the BCS bowls.

Winning out would virtually assure OU of being the first selection from the Big 12 outside of the BCS.

The Gator folks would prefer a one-loss West Virginia team over the Sooners, but the Mountaineers still must play at Pittsburgh and against Rutgers among four remaining games.

An OU loss down the stretch likely brings the Alamo Bowl into play. The folks in San Antonio would love to bring in the Sooners, a team they've never had.

And though it's highly unlikely, the Sooners aren't out of the BCS bowl picture. At 10-2 and slowly climbing the polls, OU could sneak into the top 12 spots in the BCS rankings and be eligible for an at-large berth.

Why did Bob Stoops call timeout on fourth-and-1 just before Paul Thompson's first crack at converting the first down?

Like an NBA coach calling a timeout before a final-second inbounds play, Stoops wanted to see Texas A&M's defense. The original play call gave Thompson two options, both of which were covered. An instant before the ball was snapped, Stoops called the timeout.

Thompson said it was a disheartening feeling to learn that his initial game-clinching dive didn't count.

"That was the worst thing," Thompson said. "I was like, ‘Yeah, we got it!' Then I saw the sign still had fourth down on it and found out we had called timeout."

What keyed the Sooners' defensive success?

Stopping the option. They stopped it when the Aggies ran it and they stopped it when quarterback Stephen McGee bluffed the option run and dropped back to pass.

A&M had its most success running the ball when it was creative in getting the ball to

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