The Oklahoma Sooners put themselves in a position to clinch a winning season as they get ready to go on the road to face the LSU Tigers. Prior to the bye week, OU was looking like a team that would finish 5-7 and miss bowl season for the first time since 1998.
But the Sooners put together a strong gameplan to beat the Alabama Crimson Tide in Week 13 behind a dominant performance in the run game and on the defensive side of the ball.
Now, they go to Baton Rouge to take on an LSU Tigers team that fell out of College Football Playoff contention with a three-game losing streak over the last month. LSU snapped it with a win over Vanderbilt, but it was hardly a dominating performance.
Can the Sooners finish the regular season on a high note and win back-to-back games for the first time since starting SEC play? Here are this week’s Sooners Wire Staff Predictions.
Sooners Wire Staff Predictions
Both of these teams have their flaws, and both of them have things that they do well.
The key for the OU defense will be in the secondary. If they can avoid getting beat deep by LSU’s stable of excellent wideouts, they’ve got a chance.
The Tigers have seen the film from what the Oklahoma offense did last week, and they’ll certainly stack the box and force Jackson Arnold to push the ball downfield, something he hasn’t proven capable of doing against SEC competition.
The gameplan for OU is similar to a week ago. Run the ball, shorten the game, keep everything in front of you, and force some turnovers. That’s the recipe for a low-scoring game with a ton of weight on the shoulders of the Oklahoma defense.
Oklahoma 17, LSU 13
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