Where the heck

[nBoSTP]

was that Macon guy been all season? I dont remember seeing him at all this season then he shows up on a huge stage and made some huge plays tonight. WOW

[cyclonesooner]

He did step up and play a helluva game. Great job !

[anglachel]

He's been a reserve DE all year until the past 2-3 weeks. Moved to DT because of depth issues from the injuries.

He did play very well!!!

[oksoonerdave]

I haven't seen this D play this well all season.

[stoopified]

Attaboy Pryce

[Soonerus]

In presser they said he had 5 sacks tonight...amazing...

[Joe]

In presser they said he had 5 sacks tonight...amazing...

Jebus...

[SoonerDood]

Forced fumble at Cincinnati. 5 TFL tonight (school record is 6), 3 sacks, 2 FF. Great job by a great kid.

[MsProudSooner2]

Merv said he's had a lot of injuries over the years.

[OK2U]

Box Score says 7 sacks

[tcrb]

was that Macon guy been all season? I dont remember seeing him at all this season then he shows up on a huge stage and made some huge plays tonight. WOW

Kinda like Beal did towards the end of last year.

[BlownGP]

Yeah, when he made his first TFL, I was like. WHOS THAT?? haha.

Great job...

[SoonerKnight]

Box Score says 7 sacks

Question is why was he a reserve anything he should have been a starter sheesh!!! I thought the same thing when I saw him. My first thought is who is that? My second thought was why haven't I seen him play? He is good!!

[yankee]

Pryce had 3 sacks, 5 TFL, and 2 forced fumbles. 28 had a good game, but the MVP shoulda gone to pryce. name recognition i guess.

http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2010-2011/13_big12.html


so not 5 or 7 sacks, but absolutely one helluva game. major props.

[OK2U]

ESPN:

It was Oklahoma's night, and no one benefited more than senior Pryce Macon. Perhaps no one who factored more in the outcome of any Big 12 championship entered the game with a more modest bio than Macon's. Entering this season, he boasted three career tackles and a quarterback hurry. He didn't see the field in Oklahoma's injury-plagued 2009.

But he finally got his moment in his last game in his home state of Texas, stealing the show from more heralded defensive linemen like Frank Alexander and the AP's Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, Jeremy Beal.

Macon finished with five tackles for loss -- erasing 24 of Nebraska's yards -- including three sacks. Only eight other players in the history of Oklahoma football have equaled Macon's efforts. He also forced a pair of fumbles.

Told of Macon's stat line, Stoops shot his senior a stare and a shocked, extended, "Whaaaat?"

"Parents wouldn't let me quit. Friends wouldn't let me quit. I just kept grinding," Macon said. "I'm just glad I stayed and stuck it out and kept fighting.

"Hey, I couldn't see this going any better than this."

[sperry]

I remember Pryce from earlier in his OU career. He's always been a good dude, but he just didnt' care too much earlier on. I can remember him out partying at 4 A.M. the night before summer workouts and stuff like that. Looks like he finally figured out what it takes to be a great player his senior year, and he's having one hell of a year. Way to go guy.

[Eielson]

Kinda like Beal did towards the end of last year.

Beal was a stud the entire year. If I remember correctly, Beal had 3 sacks against Miami, and that would've been the 4th game.