Oklahoma rolls to easy victory; Nebraska rallies to defeat Baylor

October 26, 2008 at 12:00a.m.

Texas Tech remained unbeaten with 63-21 victory over Kansas.

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MANHATTAN, Kan. — Ryan Broyles took the ball, wiggled his way past a few defenders and greeted a corner of crimson-clad Oklahoma fans with a little touchdown skip.

After the offensive showing that had taken place to that point, it was only appropriate that Broyles punctuated the Sooners’ highest-scoring first half in school history by taking a punt back 68 yards for a score.

By the time Broyles did his touchdown jig, the fourth-ranked Sooners had already blown a 21-point lead and replaced it with an even bigger advantage — and it wasn’t even halftime yet in their 58-35 win Saturday against Kansas State.

“It was like a video game,” said Broyles, whose first career punt return TD made it 55-28 at halftime. “That’s really what it was like.”

DeMarco Murray racked up 167 total yards and four first-half touchdowns, and Sam Bradford added three touchdown passes in a wild first half in which the Sooners (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) gave up a 28-7 lead before taking control with 27 consecutive points of their own.

Nebraska 32, Baylor 20

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nate Swift became Nebraska’s career leader in receptions, and the Cornhuskers contained quarterback Robert Griffin.

Swift broke Johnny Rodgers’ record on the first of his two touchdowns. Swift, who had 121 yards in receptions, caught a career-high 11 passes to increase his four-year total to 147. That’s four more than Rodgers, the 1972 Heisman Trophy winner who set the record in three years.

Joe Ganz’s 9-yard pass to Swift late in the third quarter erased Baylor’s 20-17 halftime lead, and the two teamed up for a 53-yarder on the Huskers’ next series to make it 30-20.

Baylor (3-5, 1-3) came in 2-47 in Big 12 road games, including losses in eight straight. But the Bears gave Nebraska (5-3, 2-2) a scare, with Griffin always a threat to break a long run. He finished with 121 yards rushing, and he threw for 134.

No.8 Texas Tech 63, No. 19 Kansas 21

LAWRENCE, Kan. — It’s one down and three to go in a brutish four-game swing that’ll either ruin the season for Texas Tech or thrust the Red Raiders squarely into the national championship hunt.

With Graham Harrell throwing for 386 yards and five touchdowns and a swarming defense forcing Todd Reesing into his worst game since high school.

Next up for Texas Tech (8-0, 4-0 Big 12) will be No. 1 Texas, followed in order by No. 7 Oklahoma State and No. 4 Oklahoma.