The warm-ups are out of the way. It’s time for the Oklahoma Sooners to really showcase how much they improved. Sure, we have numbers and some tape over three games to suggest they aren’t last year’s team. I think that’s obvious.
What’s not is how they will respond to raucous road environments and foes who will treat them as their national championship. That’s how we really know if this team has taken a leap.
Lucky for us, we get to find out this week.
Oklahoma travels to new Big 12 member Cincinnati to welcome them to the conference the Sooners have dominated.
The Bearcats boast a tenacious defensive front and a porous secondary. That is where I think Oklahoma wins.
Dillon Gabriel throws for over 320 yards and tosses three touchdowns. The pass allows Oklahoma to coast in the 4th and lean on the run game en route to a 17-21 point win.
Defensively, we get to see how Oklahoma handles the road atmosphere and a team that is committed to running the ball. If the defense stops the run, Oklahoma should be fine. I think we see an interception from [autotag]Peyton Bowen[/autotag] or [autotag]Billy Bowman[/autotag].
Sooners 41, Cincinnati 20
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