re: When were you 100 percent certain they were winning it all?

We looked like champs all year. There was a feeling the whole season, that I was too superstitious to acknowledge.

I’d say, after beating Bama

After beating Alabama I felt we were in the mix

“Don’t let good enough get in the way of greatness.”

Watching Justin Jefferson and Joe Burrow drag their nuts all over Oklahoma in the 2nd quarter. All that talk about OU's defense and we skull dragged them out of simple formations, purely on talent.

After the Florida game! Just had one of those gut feelings

After we beat Bama. Sure we had beaten Bama and lost in a mulligan in 11, but in 11 I can say without regret that we were pretty lucky to win that game. They missed 5 FGs and threw a pick at the goal line and Wing had like a 60-70 yard punt to flip field position. Our D in the championship game held strong but they made their FGs that time around.

But this year? We were up 20 at halftime and made some mistakes to keep the score close but we were without a doubt the better team. After we exorcised that demon I knew this team was destined for greatness.

I thought it was bullshite how we dropped from #1 after the Ole Miss game. It was the week after the emotional Bama game and we were up 31-7 at half, won by 3 TDs and pundits made it out to be like Ole Miss hung with us the whole way or something. How many times has Bama been flat against Miss St after their game against us and never been penalized?

But I'm kinda glad they did because after that drop our defense shifted into 5th gear. From Arkansas onwards our defense was not to be fricked with and our offense kept doing their thing. Being up 49-14 on Oklahoma at half, I was like there is no way anybody is beating us the way we play