The college football world isn’t that far removed from the Texas 34-3 thumping of Red River rivals, the Oklahoma Sooners. This is the second time in three seasons under head coach Brent Venables that OU failed to score a touchdown in their biggest regular season game of the year. In 2022 and 2024, Texas outscored Oklahoma 83-3. That is a tough pill to swallow.
The Sooners did get a measure of retribution last season handing the Longhorns its lone regular season loss of the year. Texas would eventually go on to win the Big 12 and earn a spot in the College Football Playoffs, while Oklahoma was relegated to playing in the Alamo Bowl.
These Sooners don’t look like the teams under head coach Bob Stoops or Barry Switzer.
On the “Paul Finebaum Show” Switzer alluded to the fact that the Texas Longhorns are far ahead of Oklahoma and it may be difficult for the Sooners to catch up.
“We’re short in a lot of areas, Paul,” Switzer stated on the show. “We need help all across there. Defensively, we’re probably better than we are offensively. We’re short offensive line, with running backs, receivers, quarterback. Every area of the offense needs help, and it’s gonna take a while to get there. But I think they can. I don’t know. I question sometimes with NIL whether we can or not, whether we can compete against Texas every year. They can raise more money than we can. We’re a small state, we’ve only got 3.5 million people and it’s gonna be more difficult than it is for the University of Texas, where they’ve got 35 million people. A wealthier state and people to be able to support the programs. We’ll have to wait and see.”
You can see the full interview below: