Less than eight hours before Oklahoma's biggest game of the 2007 season, and I wanted to put together a recipe for Sooners success against Texas Tech. These ingredients, with no turnovers added, will spell an Oklahoma win.

Cooking this delicacy any other way will make me crazy.

Ingredients include:

DeMarco Murray

Jermaine Gresham

Malcolm Kelly

Phil Loadholdt

Manuel Johnson

Auston English

Curtis Lofton

These are the most important seven ingredients for an Oklahoma win in Lubbock tonight. If each of these guys has a good game, I will guarantee an OU victory.

1. Don Juan DeMarco. Why he's not playing more is beyond comprehension. Coaches say he's great when Bradford throws to him, yet we never see it. Either all this talk is an elaborate ploy to strike fear in opponents or it's designed to piss me off. If I see Chris Brown for more than three carries tonight, I will go crazy.

2. Jermaine Greshman. Honestly, I think he's our offensive MVP so far. He's got great hands, and he can create big plays from basic ones. Oklahoma will use Jermaine quite a bit tonight, I'd imagine, but will they be creative if needed? We're all still waiting for the TE reverse a la Keith Jackson.

3. Malcolm Kelly. Yes, he's been the invisible man much of the year; however, when given the opportunity, Kelly has only been partly up to the challenge. Sure, he's had some good catches, but he hasn't been the game changer we've expected. Good but not great. He's not Mark Clayton yet.

4. Phil Loadholdt. This guy is touted as OU's biggest player ever at 6 feet 8 inches and 350 pounds, so it's time he played up to his size. Based on my limited knowledge of the o-line but on my extensive watching experience, it seems Phil's best game was against Texas, when we just dominated the line of scrimmage in the second half and Murray went off, all over the left part of the line. Phil needs to make a Red Raider defensive end his girlfriend tonight.

5. Manuel Johnson. Is it me, or was Manuel Johnson really impressive against Baylor? I realize he was coming off a bad injury in 2006, but I think I'd like to see more of this guy than of Juaquin Iglesias. Sure, Juaquin has been a dependable receiver early-on, but he's also prone to turnovers and pouting. Manuel's catches last week, in particular the sideline go route was a thing to behold, and it's that type of speed and precision that will help Oklahoma score points in a hurry.

6. Auston English. Word is that our li'l defensive end who could might not be back tonight. After being cleared for the Tech game, English had a procedure late this week that has made him day-to-day. If English can't go, we need somebody to step up and get pressure on the Tech QB. A big game from English really is super important tonight.

7. Curtis Lofton. You know who Curtis reminds me of? Ontei Jones. If you'll recall 2000, Jones had already been around the program awhile, but he had turned into the heart and soul of the defense, even if he wasn't the man. Lofton is a bit closer to being the man in OU's defensive backfield; however, he is definitely its heart and soul. A couple big plays from Curtis could be huge tonight.

In fact, I'll call it. Watch for Curtis to have a Torrance Marshall-esque interception return for a score.

Another thing I'll call: An Oklahoma win. Texas Tech definitely scares me, and I think if we win this game, our shot at a national championship is looking brighter and brighter. However, the Sooners are in a position we haven't been in since 2000.

We're one of the underdogs trying to get a piece.

Dude, listen to me. Bob Stoops is brilliant in these types of games. The entire 2000 season was built on these games, and we really haven't been in this exact position since.

I expect a game very similar to the OU-Kansas State game in 2000, so with that in mind ... give me Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 31.