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    Sooners are tough to sack

    Filed by Mitch Sherman at 8:20 a.m.

    Kickoff is still nearly half a day away, but here's a morning primer on Oklahoma-Nebraska: Only two teams nationally rank in the top 20 in passing offense and fewest sacks allowed. The Huskers have already played one, Florida Atlantic, and came away without a single sack.

    The other team? Oklahoma.

    Despite some inconsistency on the offense line, the Sooners have allowed just eight sacks in eight games. Nebraska, since coming up empty against FAU in the season opener, has produced 25 sacks in seven games.

    After a seven-sack game a week ago against Baylor, NU needs to get pressure on freshman QB Landy Jones tonight – and likely sack him a few times. Miami sacked Jones three times in its 21-20 win over the Sooners. Texas sacked the OU quarterbacks twice in beating OU 16-13.

    And here's some good news for Ndamukong Suh in that quest to replicate the UM and UT performances: He likely won't face the double team all night against Oklahoma.

    OU offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson said he's “not really big” on sliding the center simply to double on an imposing defensive tackle. He'd rather play straight up with freshman Ben Habern, even in passing situations.

    “You're kind of guessing, and you're getting your quarterback hit,” Wilson said. “They can easily blitz to the other side. You slide to adjust to your routes or how you're picking up blitzes. If you slide to double team the one good guy, the other guy is one on one. It's a double-edge sword.”

    NU proved him right against Baylor as Jared Crick sacked QB Nick Florence five times while the Bears obsessed over Suh.

    Suh doesn't know what to expect, but he said he'll be ready for it all.

    “I expect for them to run at me, run away from me, run their offense the way they're supposed to,” he said. “To me, they run their offense. They don't really predicate to who's on the field. I'm not their offensive coordinator. I don't know what their plans are, but I'm expecting a combination of things.”




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