After sprinting through their nonconference schedule relatively easily, the 2022 Oklahoma Sooners set their sights squarely on ascending to the top of the Big 12. The climb starts Saturday with a home game against a Kansas State team that has been far from kind to Oklahoma in the past few years.
There are plenty of reasons to believe the Sooners come out on Saturday, execute and win the game. They are the more talented team and have the edge in virtually every area. However, football isn’t always that simple to predict. Especially not games involving conference opponents. Stranger things have happened, and Oklahoma, led by first-year head coach Brent Venables, will have to be on its game.
In 2020 K-State lost to Arkansas State then won in Norman the following week. In 2019 the Wildcats struggled with a 5-7 TCU team, then beat OU the following week. K-State lost to Tulane last week. … Is another upset in store?…
— Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) September 21, 2022
K-State has some pieces that could make this game interesting, and if caught sleeping, Oklahoma could be in a bar fight against Chris Klieman’s team from Manhattan, Kansas.
Here are the three keys we believe will play the biggest role in Oklahoma’s chances of winning against the Wildcats.