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OKLAHOMA SOONERS
Miami's upset ends Sooners' title hopes
By Tim Reynolds Associated Press
MIAMI — After Jacory Harris threw his second interception of the opening minutes, Miami's sophomore quarterback went to the sideline with a most unusual reaction. He laughed. Rattled? Not in the slightest.
Harris settled down, the Miami defense got rolling — and the result was the Hurricanes' biggest win in years. Javarris James ran for a career-best 150 yards, Harris threw for three scores and No. 17 Miami knocked off No. 8 Oklahoma 21-20 on Saturday night — in what will join some games from the 1980s as another Hurricanes-Sooners classic.
"Big, huge win for us," Miami coach Randy Shannon said. "It's huge."
With Oklahoma's reigning Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Sam Bradford watching from the sideline, still out with a right shoulder injury, Miami (3-1) scored 21 straight points to take control.
And then they held on, running out the final 4 minutes because James — who still beats himself up over a fumble that turned the tide in Miami's 51-13 loss to the Sooners two years ago — churned up 38 yards against an Oklahoma defense that came into the game as the nation's best against the run.
Not anymore.
"It's our time," said linebacker Jordan Futch. "We are back. We are still The U."
Oklahoma's last trip to the Hurricanes' home field was last January, when it lost the BCS national championship game to Florida.
This one almost certainly ended any Sooners national title hopes, too. Landry Jones threw for 188 yards and DeMarco Murray and Chris Brown combined to rush for 151 more for Oklahoma (2-2).
"They made the plays down the stretch that made the difference," Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. "We couldn't come up with the plays to make it happen."
The Oklahoma romp over Miami two years ago shaped today's Hurricanes in a number of ways: For the older players, it was humiliating, and for the ones like Harris who were in high school at the time, it reaffirmed that they wanted to be part of the group that brought Miami back to prominence.
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Miami's Thearon Collier leaps for a fourth-quarter pass as Oklahoma's Quinton Carter tries to apply pressure during their game last Saturday in Miami. The Hurricanes defeated the Sooners 21-20.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE WAVE OCTOBER 9,2009