On The Clock: Washington Redskins

Record: 8-8, 4th In the NFC East
General Manager: Vinny Cerrato (Executive VP), Head Coach: Jim Zorn (2nd Year), Offensive Coordinator: Sherman Smith (2nd Year), Defensive Coordinator: Greg Blache (2nd Year/6th With the Redskins)

Offense Rankings: No. 19 Overall, No. 28 Scoring, No. 23 Passing, No. 8 Rushing
Defense Rankings: No. 4 Overall, No. 6 Scoring, No. 7 Passing, No. 8 Rushing

Last Five Years: 38-42; Last Playoff Appearance: 2007; Last Playoff Victory: 2005 (17-10 Over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

2008 Draft: (2-34) WR Devin Thomas, (2-48) TE Fred Davis, (2-51) Malcolm Kelly (3-96) OT Chad Rinehart, (4-124) CB Justin Tryon, (6-168) P Durant Brooks, (6-180) DB Kareem Moore, (6-186) QB Colt Brennan, (7-242) DE Rob Jackson, (7-249) S Chris Horton

Top Picks Last Five Years:
2008 – (2-34) WR Devin Thomas, Michigan St.
2007 – (1-6) S LaRon Landry, LSU
2006 – (2-35) LB Rocky McIntosh, Miami
2005 – (1-9) CB Carlos Rogers, Auburn & (1-25) QB Jason Campbell, Auburn
2004 – (1-5) S Sean Taylor, Miami

Booms: TE Chris Cooley (3rd Round 2004), CB Carlos Rogers (1st Round 2005), LB Roger (Rocky) McIntosh (2nd Round 2006), DB Reed Doughty (5th Round 2006), DT Kedric Golston (6th Round 2006), S LaRon Landry (1st Round 2007), LB H.B. Blades (5th Round 2007), S Chris Horton (7th Round 2008)

Busts: RB Manuel White (4th Round 2005), LB Robert McCune (5th Round 2005), NT Anthony Montgomery (5th Round 2006), LB Dallas Sartz (5th Round 2007)

Additions:
RB Anthony Alridge (Waivers)
OG Derrick Dockery (Free Agent)
DT Albert Haynesworth (Free Agent)
P Dirk Johnson (Free Agent)
K Dave Rayner (Free Agent)
DE Renaldo Wynn (Free Agent)

Subtractions:
RB Shaun Alexander (Released)
DE Demetric Evans (FA-San Francisco)
P Ryan Plackemeier (Released)
LB Matthew Sinclair (Released)
CB Shawn Springs (Released)
DE Jason Taylor (Released)
OLB Marcus Washington (Released)

Keepers:
OG Ethan Albright
LB Fred Fincher
CB DeAngelo Hall
K Shaun Suisham
DB Reed Doughty

2009 Picks:
Round 1, Selection 13
Round 3, Selection 16
Round 5, Selection 14
Round 6, Selection 13
Round 7, Selection 34 (Compensatory)

Team Needs – Players of Interest (Day One):
1. Defensive End: Everette Brown, Florida St.; Robert Ayers, Tennessee; Michael Johnson, Georgia Tech; Aaron Maybin, PSU
2. Offensive Tackle: Andre Smith, Alabama; Michael Oher, Ole Miss
3. Outside Linebacker: Brian Cushing, USC; Clay Matthews Jr., USC
4. Quarterback: Mark Sanchez, USC; Josh Freeman, Kansas St.
5. Running Back: Knowshon Moreno, Georgia; Donald Brown, UConn; LeSean McCoy, Pittsburgh; Chris Wells, Ohio St.
6. Kicker: None

Photo Credit: SEC Sports Media, OU Athletics Department

No. 6 Oklahoma hands No. 11 Missouri first loss

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Chris Brown ran for three second-half touchdowns, Curtis Lofton returned a fumble for a touchdown and No. 6 Oklahoma knocked No. 11 Missouri from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 41-31 victory Saturday night.

Brown put the Sooners (6-1, 2-1 Big 12) ahead to stay with his 1-yard touchdown run with 12:26 remaining, and Lofton scooped up a botched handoff and returned it 15 yards for a score 46 seconds later as Oklahoma kept the Tigers from entering the national title picture.

Brown, who finished with 67 yards on 13 carries, sealed the win with a 23-yard TD run with 2:39 remaining.

Missouri (5-1, 1-1) had lost 16 straight games in Norman dating back to 1966, but put up fight in this one.

Quarterback Chase Daniel, who ranks third in the nation in total offense with a 380-yard average, was more of a setup man for the Tigers after throwing for a career-high 401 yards the previous week in a 41-6 win against Nebraska. He delivered key blocks on both touchdown runs by NCAA all-purpose yardage leader Jeremy Maclin, and then pitched the ball to Jimmy Jackson on a 4-yard option run that put Missouri up 24-23 late in the third quarter.

After that, Brown and Oklahoma's running game - which had totaled only 40 yards in the first three quarters - took over.

Brown finished the ensuing drive with three rushes for 23 yards and the go-ahead score.

Daniel botched a handoff to Maclin on Missouri's second play from scrimmage, and it resulted in disaster for the Tigers, looking for their fifth 6-0 start in school history.

Missouri's next drive fizzled after a 5-yard loss on a reverse and the second sack of the game by Auston English - the Big 12's sack leader - and Daniel threw his second interception of the game to wash away any remaining hope.

Daniel still threw for more than 300 yards for the eighth time in his last nine games. He finished with 361 yards on 37-for-47 passing with his only touchdown coming on a 5-yard toss to Martin Rucker with 12 seconds remaining.

The Tigers, who'd had at least 195 yards rushing in their previous four games, managed only 57 with starting running back Tony Temple sidelined by a sprained ankle.

Sam Bradford completed 24-of-34 passes for 266 yards and two touchdowns for Oklahoma, which won its 15th straight home game. He hooked up with Juaquin Iglesias on a 4-yard play-action toss in the middle of the end zone to tie it at 7 and later found tight end Jermaine Gresham beyond the Missouri defense for a 30-yard score down the left hash for a 17-7 lead.

A series of turnovers then turned momentum back and forth through the second half.

Missouri was driving for a potential tying score when Maclin lined up at quarterback instead of Daniel and rolled to his right before throwing an interception to Reggie Smith. Oklahoma responded with a 56-yard drive and extended its lead to 23-10 on Brown's first TD run from 4 yards. Garrett Hartley bounced the extra-point try off the left upright.

That left the door open for Missouri to take the lead when Iglesias fumbled for the second time while returning a kickoff following Maclin's second touchdown run.

Jackson converted that takeaway into a score and Jeff Wolfert's extra point gave the Tigers a brief lead.

Source: ncaasports; Photo Credit: OU Athletics Department

No. 10 Oklahoma holds off No. 19 Texas, 28-21

DALLAS (AP) -- A couple bad quarters wasn't about to rattle Oklahoma freshman Sam Bradford - and neither were the Texas Longhorns.

Facing a tough foe in a hostile setting, Bradford looked as at ease as he did in his record-setting first few games against overmatched opponents, throwing for three touchdowns and hardly making a mistake to steer No. 10 Oklahoma past No. 19 Texas 28-21 in their annual grudge match Saturday.

Bradford was 21-of-32 for 244 yards with plenty of poise and patience, helping the Sooners (5-1, 1-1 Big 12) rebound from a second-half meltdown against Colorado and end a two-game losing streak against the Longhorns (4-2, 0-2).

Because both teams were coming off losses, the stakes of this 102nd meeting were a little different than usual. National title hopes were secondary to survival in the conference race. Oklahoma left with both a leg up in the Big 12 South and the satisfaction of dropping Texas to 0-2 in conference play for the first time since 1956, the year before Darrell Royal arrived.

The Longhorns - who were ranked seventh before a 20-point loss to Kansas State last weekend - could be in jeopardy of ending a 114-week stint in the AP poll, the longest in the country.

The Sooners have to be thinking they're in for a long stay in the poll considering Bradford is only six games into what may be a special career.

His first 4 1/2 games were so close to flawless that he came in as the nation's most efficient quarterback even after going 1-of-8 in the second half against Colorado, when OU saw a 24-7 lead turn into a 27-24 loss.

Questions about whether he'd be shaken by that outing or this atmosphere were answered midway through the first quarter, when he called an audible on third-and-14 from his own 12, on the end of the field where Texas fans are loudest, and threw a 14-yard completion.

Bradford added throws of 40 and 41 yards that drive and capped it with a 2-yard touchdown pass to Jermaine Gresham for an early lead. His other two TD throws came on drives that followed tying touchdowns by the Longhorns, including a 94-yard drive capped by a 35-yarder to Malcolm Kelly on a third down - again, right into a sea of burnt orange.

That score, which turned out to be the game-winner, came with 10:42 left. It also came shortly after his first incompletion since the second quarter, a string of 12 straight.

DeMarco Murray took over for injured starter Allen Patrick and had a 65-yard touchdown run, which he got to celebrate on the sideline with former OU star Adrian Peterson, visiting during the Minnesota Vikings' bye week. Murray finished with 128 yards.

Kelly caught five passes for 105 yards and Juaquin Iglesias had 99 yards on six catches. Gresham caught two TD passes.

Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, the redshirt freshman who won last year's game, continued his sophomore slump.

McCoy, who showed signs of a concussion while getting battered last week, played this game with his throwing arm bandaged from mid-forearm to biceps. While his body held up, this just wasn't his day. He couldn't even get officials to throw a flag when he was thrown down from his blind side on a play that had been whistled dead.

McCoy was 19-of-26 for 324 yards, but four of his incompletions - and his lone interception - came in the fourth quarter. The pickoff on what might've been a tying drive went through the hands of running back Jamaal Charles, who also lost a fumble inside the Oklahoma 5 in the third quarter.

Jermichael Finley caught four passes for 149 yards, with gains of 55 and 58 yards that set up Texas' first two touchdowns. Jordan Shipley had the first and Finley got the second, which put the Longhorns ahead 14-7.

Charles ran for 79 yards and Vondrell McGee went 1 yard for the Longhorns' final score.

Source: ncaafootball.com; Photo Credit: OU Athletics Department