OKLAHOMA Blowout of Baylor may blow fuse on game scoreboard

Compute this: The Sooners beat Texas A & amp;M 77-0; Texas A & amp;M beat Baylor 73-10.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Bob Stoops might need a rout plan for the second straight week.
Oklahoma's coach has been criticized for running up the score in a 77-0 win over Texas A & amp;M last week. That result doesn't bode well for lowly Baylor, which lost 73-10 to A & amp;M a month ago and faces the top-ranked Sooners today.
Oklahoma is a 53-point favorite, and that might be a cautious line. The Sooners have beaten three other Big 12 South Division opponents -- Texas, Oklahoma State and A & amp;M -- by an average of 57 points.
Surrender?
"I hope we don't go in there scared and we learn from it," said Baylor coach Guy Morriss, sounding very much like a man conceding defeat. "It could have been worse in the A & amp;M game; those players were just doing what they're supposed to do."
The Sooners (10-0, 6-0 Big 12) have rarely been challenged this season, trailing only for 3 minutes, 44 seconds. That doesn't figure to change against the Bears (3-7, 1-5), losers of five straight games by a combined score of 257-55.
Stoops' toughest challenge might be keeping his players focused against a team they've routed four straight years. Oklahoma has won all 12 meetings between both schools.
This game against a struggling conference foe does carry importance: it's the Sooners' final home game of the season, and they can clinch the Big 12 South with a win.
"The guys have a great sense of urgency to them," Stoops said. "They're not taking anything for granted. They can sense that they're closer and they're two or three games within being in reach" of the national championship game -- the Sugar Bowl.
Even if the Sooners do come out flat, it's unlikely Baylor can put up much of a fight.
Low rankings
The Bears have the nation's fifth-worst offense (281 yards per game), rank 109th out of 117 Division I-A schools in total defense (457 yards per game) and 113th in scoring defense (38 points per game).
Those numbers don't figure to get much better, especially if Morriss follows through on his plan to give more playing time to underclassmen, including freshman quarterback Shawn Bell.
"They are the future," Morriss said. "I think it would be a good opportunity for them to go into an environment like Norman and play against the No. 1-ranked team."
Stoops insists he did everything he could to keep the score down against Texas A & amp;M, and he might be tempted to play quarterback Jason White and several other starters a bit longer in this game.
White, who leads the nation in passing efficiency, could be playing his last home game. He hasn't decided whether to seek a medical redshirt and return for a sixth year.
Also, 10 seniors who were members of Oklahoma's national title team in 2000 will be playing their final home game.
"I also owe a lot to them," Stoops said. "We won't apologize for playing well here."
Possibly making matters worse for Baylor, the Sooners appear to be peaking as the season comes to a close.
Oklahoma's defense kept Oklahoma State and Texas A & amp;M out of the end zone in consecutive weeks, and the Sooners' offense has scored more than 50 points a school-record six times this season.
"You always have a chance," Morriss said. "We will take the same approach as we have in the past. We have to go up there and line up with great emotion and great effort and see what happens."