STILLWATER, Okla. -- Oklahoma preceded Oklahoma State on the field Saturday, but a whole bunch of Sooners, after taking some time for personal prayer in the end zone, waited along the human tunnel to welcome Oklahoma State's players through the smoke billowing out of the corral.

Oklahoma players were hopping around, and had no intentions of heading to the sidelines. But a few crimson-clad coaches ran and pulled them off the line before the Cowboys took the field.

Could have been a bit of an ugly pregame scene, but it was avoided.