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Norman, OK — Under a perfect Chamber-of-Commerce sky, with sunlight gleaming off crimson helmets and the Pride of Oklahoma roaring at full throat, the No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners delivered a regular-season finale so violent, so unapologetic, and so perfectly Mahawg that Iowa might file a meteorological complaint.

The Hawkeyes came into Norman boasting the nation’s top scoring defense. They left with 63 points stapled to their soul and a very long, very quiet flight home. From the first snap, Oklahoma made it clear: this wasn’t Senior Day. It was Judgment Day.

Wakefield came out dealing heat, slicing Iowa’s defense with a surgeon’s calm. His early strike to Elijah Thomas had the student section roaring, and Mahawg simply nodded on the sideline.

“Sun’s out, guns out,” he muttered, cigar already in hand. “Let Jake cook.”

The cooking didn’t stop. Wakefield finished with 273 yards and four touchdowns, and when freshman Oscar Marrero stepped in, he added another laser to Tramon Wheeler — because this offense doesn’t slow down. It multiplies.

And speaking of Wheeler, Iowa never found an answer for the 6’6” tight end who spent the afternoon looking like a runaway grain silo with hands. He rumbled, stiff-armed, and bulldozed his way to 170 yards and two scores, leaving defenders sprawled out like sunbathers on the Owen Field turf.

Mahawg smirked afterward:

“He’s too big for linebackers, too fast for safeties, and too mean for all of ‘em.”

But if the offense was a wildfire, the defense was a controlled demolition.

David Stone lived in the backfield, racking up three sacks and four tackles for loss. Every time Iowa snapped the ball, Stone appeared like a crimson flash.

“He didn’t sack them,” Mahawg said. “He repossessed them.”

On special teams, Isaiah Sategna delivered the dagger — a 60-yard punt return touchdown that felt like a victory lap with eight minutes still left in the first half. Fans were still returning from concessions when he crossed the goal line.

And then there was Isaac Brown — relentless, smooth, unstoppable. The junior back gashed Iowa for 133 yards and three total touchdowns, bouncing runs outside like he was made of sunlight and bad intentions.

“IB didn’t run today,” Mahawg said. “He hovered.”

By the time Taylor Tatum plunged in for OU’s final touchdown, the crowd wasn’t cheering anymore. They were admiring — watching a No. 1 team play like a No. 1 team should when everything is clicking and the stakes couldn’t be higher.

Oklahoma closed the afternoon with the scoreboard blinding in the sun: 63–3. A perfect ending to a perfect regular season.

And as Coach Mahawg walked off to the locker room, he paused, looked back at the stands, and said with a grin:

“We ain’t peaking. We’re sharpening. December’s where the wolves eat.”