The Sooners shouldn't have any trouble with the Owls on Friday, but here are three things they need to pay particularly close attention to.
Not necessarily the game itself. OU is a 43-point favorite to beat the Owls in the program’s first-ever Friday night home game.— is beyond huge for the Sooners. It’s gargantuan, titanic and monumental all rolled into one.SEC play arrives in about 23 days when the Tennessee Volunteers come to Owen Field. Just beyond that lies a trip to the snake pit that is Auburn, AL.
It’s not clear if the Sooners have ever had to replace all five starters up front — but that’s exactly what Venables and o-line coachThat’s all pending everyone’s good health come Friday, of course.. Rouse, Raym and Guyton all made NFL rosters this week, Mettauer was released Tuesday and Green is now a starter at Mizzou.Bedenbaugh has recruited a lot of talent from the high school ranks , and he’s also landed a lot of experience from the NCAA Transfer Portal .
labored through most of last year with a foot injury and will be eager to make something special happen now that he’s fully healthy again. And behind him are FCS transfer— all of whom might just go into the game feeling like they have something to prove. That can often lead to being loose with the football.
Oklahoma Sooners Billy Bowman, Kip Lewis, Jaren Kanak and Dasan McCullough stop Texas Longhorns running back Jonathon Brooks. / BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORKThe defense is supposedly the strength of this team. At Oklahoma, that’s really saying something.
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