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This week is about closing. Nebraska showed they can close out a game with the way the finished at Kansas.

The Sooner offense got a boost this week with the return of Brian Simmons to the lineup for Saturday's game at Texas Tech.

Think defense doesn't win championships? In this week's NCAA statistics, the top four teams are Texas, Florida, Alabama and TCU.

More mild than wild: Oklahoma's version of the Wildcat formation returned Saturday night against Texas A&M, making its first appearance since the Sooners' season-opening loss to BYU.

Oklahoma 7, Texas A&M 0 How: Brian Jackson 52-yard fumble return , 13:22 Breakdown: It figured that OU's defense would have to help the struggling offense score points.

With a grumpy crowd growing thin, mistakes piling up on the offensive line and a curiously revolving door at kicker, Texas A&M came to town just in time.

While the state of Nebraska is vast in land, it lacks a high population and has never been known for producing great football talent.

NORMAN a ' The injury bombshells keep rocking the Oklahoma football program. On Tuesday, Bob Stoops announced that yet another starting offensive lineman, sophomore Jarvis Jones, is out for the season.

Eldridge sorely missed: The first of Landry Jones' five interceptions at Nebraska Saturday night was already costly for Oklahoma in the sense that it set up the game's only touchdown.

It's the matchup that will determine exactly how far Oklahoma's offense has come.

NORMAN So, what happens to Oklahoma's offense if quarterback Landry Jones gets injured? "Don't even go there," coach Bob Stoops said Tuesday.

Reynolds missed half of last season due to his third major knee injury since coming to college .

Texas and Oklahoma have had a week of practice and a week of answering questions about what has once again become one of the biggest games in the country since Mack Brown and Bob Stoops arrived at their respective schools.

McCoy a Lombardi semifinalist: Oklahoma defensive tackle Gerald McCoy is among 12 semifinalists for the 2009 Rotary Lombardi Award, presented annually to college football's top lineman.

Date : Oct. 17, 2009 Time : 12 p.m. EST Venue : Cotton Bowl Vegas Line : Texas -3.5 With one of the most anticipated matchups in the illustrious history of the Red River Shootout just days away, workplace productivity in Oklahoma and Texas is surely approaching historically low proportions.

Starting left guard Brian Simmons will miss No. 20 Oklahoma's game against third-ranked Texas on Saturday with a right knee injury.

Wakeup stall: Oklahoma's offense came out of the second-half gate sloppily, putting the Sooners in a big hole Saturday night at Miami.