The [autotag]Oklahoma Sooners[/autotag] are fresh off a 6-7 season in year one of the Brent Venables era. Safe to say things didn’t go how many expected but there is a lot of optimism for year two.
The Sooners received one of the easier schedules on paper for their last season in the [autotag]Big 12[/autotag]. But that doesn’t mean it will be easy. No one in the country thought the [autotag]TCU Horned Frogs[/autotag] would be as good as they were a year ago.
The Frogs would make the national championship game and be the first Big 12 team to win a playoff game.
Given the schedule, the Sooners have a chance to have significant improvement from their 6-7 a year ago and contend for the Big 12 title.
247Sports’ Cody Nagel gave his record prediction for every team in the Big 12 in 2023 and has the Sooners going 9-3.
My projected #Big12 records in 2023. 🔢
Which teams are too high or too low? ⬇️⬇️
(it's mandatory to pick Texas No. 1 when you become a national writer) pic.twitter.com/ZqHsWjiypH
— Cody Nagel (@CodyNagel247) August 16, 2023
Now it’s unclear who he has Oklahoma losing to. He doesn’t break down the games to let us know who the losses are against, but he has three of Oklahoma’s opponents losing three or fewer games. Those three teams are Texas, TCU, and Oklahoma State.
While 9-3 will show progress, some will still feel it’s not good enough. The standard is different at the University of Oklahoma. The place that invented winning seven national titles and 50 conference championships.
However, 9-3 would show the program is heading in the right direction in year two of the Brent Venables era.
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