Keep Texas Guessing
Oklahoma’s national title hopes we’re dashed with its second straight loss. Maybe it was never a contender, but after the loss to TCU, it’s pretty much official. No team has ever made the College Football Playoff with two losses.
However, there’s an outside chance that a Big 12 title game appearance could happen.
It’s bleak but not nearly impossible. Oklahoma made it to the title game and won in 2020 after losing its first two conference games.
Oklahoma is playing with house money for the rest of the season, and it starts in their biggest rivalry game.
Be unpredictable. Rotate quarterbacks if need be. Toss out Nick Evers and use his legs a bit, run the trick plays, go for it on fourth down once you get to midfield, try an onside kick in the middle of the second quarter to try to steal a possession.
With the nature of the injuries and uncertainty at major spots on offense, there’s a slim chance Oklahoma just lines up and beats Texas playing by conventional standards. It will have to mix it up to have a shot. Texas doesn’t know who or what they are preparing for. A desperate team is a dangerous one.