Fiesta Bowl, Oklahoma Vs. Connecticut: Sooners Get A BCS Win At Last, 48-20

Jones had been perfect on the day, completing all 11 of his passes for 114 yards and a touchdown. His 12th pass was completed, but to the wrong team. With the Oklahoma defense holding strong, and the offense looking dominant early, the pick-six breathes new life into a UConn team that was in severe danger of letting the game slip-away early in the Fiesta Bowl. The interception was the first turnover by either team in what’s been a relatively clean game thus far.

Early in the second quarter, UConn trails Oklahoma, 14-7.

When Oklahoma’s offense is clicking, it tends to score a lot, and quickly.

Early in the 2011 Fiesta Bowl, Oklahoma’s offense is clicking.

If the Fiesta Bowl is going to be competitive, it may require UConn’s offense to put up points on the Oklahoma defense. Early returns suggest that the Huskies will have some problems with the Sooners’ offense.

Oklahoma’s James Hanna caught an eight-yard touchdown pass to cap a nine-play, 70-yard opening drive, and after the Jimmy Stevens extra point, it’s 7-0 in the Sooners’ favor at the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale.

To help prime you for the New Year’s Day college football-gasm, we’ve compiled this handy list of fun factoids concerning the 2011 Fiesta Bowl.