Army had Oklahoma on UPSET ALERT ... in a $54.99 pay-per-view game

2-1 Army took No. 5 Oklahoma to overtime, falling 28-21 after a fourth-down stop in the first extra frame.

The Black Knights entered as 31-point underdogs, meaning an upset would’ve counted as one of the biggest in college football history.

Army ate clock, as you’d expect, controlling more than 34 of the game’s first 44 minutes. The Black Knights held the yardage advantage as well, racking up 266 rushing yards before the third quarter began.

They then opened the fourth with a goal-line stand of the Sooners’ offense.

During the ensuing VOYAGE of an Army drive that wound another 10 minutes off the clock, OU forced a third-and-14 and capped it with an INT by Kenneth Mann, giving the Sooners the chance to escape.

The Sooners reached the red zone and set up for a walk-off field goal ... WHICH OU MISSED. TO OVERTIME WE WENT.

The Sooners opened OT with a TD from Kyler Murray to Ceedee Lamb.

Army got a chance to equalize, but Oklahoma pressure forced another INT. The Sooners escaped.

Service academies have long been incredible as underdogs against huge spreads.

That means any Sooners fans who are watching this game live via legal means paid $54.99 to do so. That’s an annual thing for one OU game, basically, though few people outside of Oklahoma noticed it until right now, I bet. The Oklahoman explains:

Each Big 12 member gets to hold back one game per season to distribute as it sees fit. [...] OU-Army is the Tier 3 game controlled by OU – which means it’s controlled by Fox.

OU’s contract with Fox Sports Net (Fox Sports Oklahoma, Fox Sports Southwest, etc.) created a quasi-Sooner network, SoonerSports.tv. Fox televises a bunch of basketball games, baseball games, softball games, gymnastics meets, wrestling duals and other sports, plus coaches shows and other content. The Sooners are guaranteed about 1,000 hours of programming per year and have made about $5 million per season.

But part of that agreement is that Fox controls that one football game per year.

We’ll continue to update this post with major score updates.

Army is riding high after last year’s 10-win campaign, but the Black Knights are missing one thing from their recent revival; a marquee win. Army hasn’t beaten a ranked team since 1972. On Saturday, Oklahoma will have the chance to run that streak of loss against Top 25 programs to 46 straight.

The Sooners clock in at No. 5 this week thanks to a 3-0 start to their 2018 season. Oklahoma has transitioned from Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield to Kyler Murray behind center without much of a lapse in coverage, pasting Florida Atlantic and UCLA to open the season before outdueling Iowa State in a 10-point Week 3 victory. Murray is averaging nearly 288 yards per game and boasts a 8:1 TD:INT ratio so far this season — another big performance will keep OU’s spot in the top five secure.

Probably not! Quarterback Ahmad Bradshaw was the heart and soul of the Black Knights’ 2017 revival, but he graduated after the season. That leaves America’s No. 1 service academy (alphabetically) in the hands of Kelvin Hopkins Jr. Hopkins has been an effective triple option quarterback but with the increased emphasis on chop blocks limiting what those run-heavy offenses can do, he’ll have to make some magic happen to upset the Sooners on their home field.

Per the numbers alone: Oklahoma by 27.3.