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end Tyler Eifert said about the atmosphere in the stadium. It didn't seem to faze rookie quarterback Ev- erett Golson, who had arguably the best game of his early career in front of a hostile crowd. Golson also played well against Michigan State in East Lansing, another top-10 team at the time of the game, in his only other true road test this season. "The environment was great," Golson said. "I like playing away. I like it when people are counting me out. That's just how I've always been." After the 62-yard touchdown run in the first quarter by senior run- ning back Cierre Wood, Oklahoma's record crowd of 86,031 was silenced for the most part. Dame marked the first time any Stoops-coached team has lost two games in Norman during the same season. The Soon- ers also fell to No. 3 Kansas State at home in September. There was a noticeable The loss to Notre drop in decibels after Notre Dame opened up a touchdown lead in the PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA second quarter. Even- tually, Notre Dame's grinding performance slipped a silencer over the largest recorded crowd ever to watch a sporting event in the state of Oklahoma. "This was right up there at the top with Michigan last year and Michigan State a couple years ago," senior tight McDaniel earned the game ball in a landmark victory to cap an emo- tional week for the Texas native. McDaniel wore No. 21 instead of his usual No. 33 jersey this week to honor a fam- ily friend from Coppell, Texas, who drowned earlier this week. McDaniel, who has Irish sophomore Cam GAME BALL GOES TO … played both cornerback and running back dur- ing the past six months, started the week on de-