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Article: It's alive

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October 21, 1996
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John Blake warned everyone. He told us, The giant is waking up right now and will continue to shake until we rise."

But it was hard to take him seriously, considering his troops were still looking for their first victory at the time. Among the early-season embarrassments were losses to Texas Christian. Tulsa and San Die-- State. The nadir was two weeks ago, when Kansas invaded Norman and pasted the Sooners, 52-24. It was the most points Oklahoma had allowed at home, and it was not the send-off to the Texas game that Blake had in mind. The Sooner Nation began thinking about the unthinkable: a winless season.

But then the giant was roused.

This win is really unexplainable," Blake said ...

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