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Just a reminder here to Bama ahead of our game that you want to have more points than the other team, not yards. Yards will not win you the game.

Again, points, not yards.

I don't really have anything against Mizzou, but do think it's funny that they thought they had surpassed OU as a program (because of a comeback win against Jackson Arnold...?).

And then we make the CFP in our second year in the SEC while they're 8-4. And we did this with an average offense! Going to be even easier as that side of the ball continues to improve.

Well, for Ole Miss, instead of Mateer throwing picks, he fumbled when we were driving early to put the game away and then our WR fumbled on the 50 during a punt return when we had the chance to win the game. So you're just proving my point that OU can beat anyone if we don't shoot ourselves in the foot several times.

I was at the OU/Texas game. OU had the ball and was driving in the fourth quarter in a one-score game. We played our worst game of the year and Texas played its best, so I have zero idea why Texas fans think they’re guaranteed to beat us if we played again.

Anyways, I remember in 2023 when we beat UT and they made the CFP over us because we didn’t take care of business down the line. Very similar to this year except the position is reversed. And I know which position is better—give me the playoff every time over a win in October that no one besides us cares about in a week.

This year has been great regardless of how we do in the CFP. OU expected to go 7-5 and we make the CFP, UT preseason #1 and they’re playing in a meaningless bowl game. Can’t ask for much better as an OU fan.

Before OU joins SEC: "OU can't compete playing SEC teams every week"

OU goes 10-2 and makes CFP in Year 2 in SEC: "These OU wins against SEC teams are flukes"

I understand us doing this upsets your worldview and identity as an SEC fan but it's going to be okay. OU is a blueblood, our success was inevitable.

Not sure why you're getting downvoted if OU ends up 10-2 and in the playoff. I'd probably vote Elko but OU's O/U win total for this year was 6.5. Absolutely no one but the most homer OU fans were predicting double digit wins. Even if we drop a game and end up 9-3 it's a great year for him.

These stats can be misleading as hell if two schools haven’t played much.

Thankfully, that’s not the case here and I’ll clear things up for everyone. Mizzou has lost 18 straight in Norman.

Yep, OU screwed it up, I was not happy about it during the game. Kneel it twice before going for the TD, and at worst, Vols have the ball with barely any time left on their own 1.

I think anyone paying attention to football the last decade or so knows you never give a good offense the ball with any time, even if you can go up two scores. Just not worth the risk.

Not correct, KU is the University of Kansas.

As someone said, all the flagship schools of the Big 8 are The University of [STATE NAME], but go by OU, NU, CU, MU, KU. In my opinion, that order of the letters just sounds better than having the U go first (UO sounds awful), though I'm not sure if that was the reason for it.

I'm not sure how feasible it is with other teams' schedules, but I think it'd be better if all teams that don't absolutely have three permanent rivals they must play each year (thinking Texas here) rotated their third, least-necessary permanent team every four years between each other.

That means you'd play more teams more than half of the time. For example, OU could be playing teams like Arkansas and A&M (along with Ole Miss) 8 out of the next 12 years instead of just 6 out of 12 for Arkansas/A&M and 12 out of 12 for Ole Miss.

My ideal situation for OU would be that we play Texas every year, and then we rotate our other two permanent opponents every four years. That's probably not workable, but that would give us the most exposure to all teams in the conference while keeping the one rivalry we absolutely have to have every year.