Let me start this prediction by saying how excited I am for Oklahoma’s future in the SEC. If nothing else, for the quality of the matchups that we will get almost every week, like this one.
Oklahoma and Tennessee are set to kick off each other’s conference slate on Saturday night under the lights in what will be the premiere matchup of the week in college football.
A pair of former five-star QBs are making their fifth start and their first in SEC play. Each team boasts a stout defense led by incredible defensive line play.
Oh, and there’s Josh Heupel’s connection to OU. That’s enough to provide intrigue to the game.
All the storylines aside, Tennessee is simply the better team because it has more stability along the offensive line than Oklahoma. Through three games, the Volunteers have proven to be the more well-rounded team.
However, this is the first game of Brent Venables’ tenure in which the Sooners aren’t the favorite, and they are at home. I am buying into Brent Venables as a head coach and leader. It’s likely that Oklahoma will return five key players from injury: Branson Hickman, Troy Everett, Kendel Dolby, Andrel Anthony, and Nic Anderson, who will help OU upset Tennessee.
Seth Littrell continues to configure this offense to ease his young quarterback into the game. Arnold makes two or three key throws, Nic Anderson scores, Taylor Tatum scores, and we see this Sooners defense force a key fumble and snag a pick while holding Tennessee to just 24 points. Tyler Keltner nails a game-winning kick for OU.
Oklahoma 27, Tennessee 24
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