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Oklahoma: QB Blake Bell last season scored the first rushing touchdown of the season against Notre Dame in the eighth game for the Fighting Irish. The Sooners are hoping to get more production from him Saturday. He passed for 413 yards and four touchdowns in a 51-20 win over Tulsa last game,Cheap Air Max 97, his first career start.
Series record: Notre Dame leads 9-1.
Notre Dame: QB Tommy Rees. Notre Dame opponents thus far this season have been putting more defenders near the line of scrimmage, focusing on stopping the run and challenging the Irish to beat them with the pass. The Irish have averaged 89.7 yards rushing the past three games,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, but Rees has passed for more than 300 yards in two of those games.
Notre Dame is 28-4-1 all-time against current members of the Big 12. The last loss came to Texas in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1, 1970 — Notre Dame's first bowl appearance in 45 years and second in school history. ... The Sooners are 16-4 coming off bye weeks under coach Bob Stoops. ... Oklahoma has won eight straight regular-season games since losing to Notre Dame. ... The Kelly Cares Foundation, Kelly's charity, is encouraging fans to wear green to the game on Saturday. Kelly says the Irish will not be wearing green jerseys,Aron Baynes Jersey, which the Irish have done in years past in big games.
Line: Oklahoma 3 1/2.
No. 14 Oklahoma (3-0) at No. 22 Notre Dame (3-1), 3:30 p.m. (NBC)
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Another loss would put Notre Dame's hopes of reaching a second straight title game to rest and put reaching the BCS in peril,Wholesale Jerseys China Shop. Oklahoma can avenge last season's 30-13 loss in Norman to the Irish.
Oklahoma offensive line vs. Notre Dame defensive line. The Irish front, anchored by NG Louis Nix, played a key role in holding the Sooners to 15 yards rushing last season, the seventh lowest total in Sooners' history. The biggest change on the Oklahoma line is that Tyrus Thompson is the starting left tackle instead of Lane Johnson,Andrew Benintendi Jersey, the fourth overall pick by Philadelphia in the NFL draft last spring. For the Irish, DE Sheldon Day has replaced Kapron Lewis-Moore.
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