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GAME PREVIEW: OKLAHOMA to possibly still play its way into the national title game, it's redshirt sophomore reserve QB Blake Bell who's en- chanted OU Nation. In what has been dubbed the "Belldozer" package, the burly Bell (6-6, 254) is the Big 12's version of Tim Tebow, who watched former Florida starter Chris Leak march the Gators to the goal line be- fore coming in to power into the end zone. On 28 carries this season, Bell has run for 51 yards and scored a team-high seven rushing touch- downs. "About mid- downs last year [13] having only played in six games. "When people started seeing that, they re- ally got excited by him. That's one of the reasons they wanted Landry to go to the NFL. The coaches have all said [Bell's] a great passer, but we just haven't Sept. 22 Kansas State (FOX) Oct. 6 way through [last] year, they started bringing him in on first-and-goal from the 2, or fourth-and-one at midfield or whatever — basically short-yardage situations. He takes the snap in the shotgun and just plows forward. It has worked almost ev- ery time they've tried it. He has scored 20 touch- downs in like the last 13 games. He led the team in rushing touch- Nov. 17 at West Virginia Nov. 24 Oklahoma State Dec. 1 at TCU Oct. 27 Notre Dame (ABC) Nov. 3 at Iowa State Nov. 10 Baylor Oct. 13 vs. Texas* (ABC) Oct. 20 Kansas (FSN) * at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas Date Opponent (TV) Result/Time (ET) Sept. 1 at UTEP (FSN) Sept. 8 Florida A&M 2012 OKLAHOMA SCHEDULE at Texas Tech (ABC/ESPN2) W, 41-20 W, 63-21 W, 52-7 8 p.m. TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA W, 24-7 W, 69-13 L, 24-19 gotten to see him pass. Around here, truthfully, the backup quarterback is the most popular guy in the city of Norman." At the time, the loss ans were lost before the season started due to injury. Junior college transfers at tackle and receiver didn't make it academically and a true freshman guard quit the team. "It was bizarre," Kersey said. "Another offensive tackle had an issue with his knee and ended up having to quit and take a medical hardship. The coaches kept telling everyone it was going to be okay, and then they go to UTEP [in the season opener] and al- most get beat." Oklahoma was winning only 10-7 in the fourth quar- ter before eventu- ally beating UTEP 24-7. And after to K-State was thought to be the big quake set off by a number of fall camp tremors. Return- ing senior starters on the offensive line Ben Habern and Tyler Ev- losing to Kansas State, Kersey said no one out- side the program's walls believed the Sooners and head coach Bob Stoops would turn things around so dramatically. "After that game, I think everyone was very worried about what might happen with this team," he said. "Bob Stoops hadn't won in