It’s an odd position to be in if you’re the Oklahoma Sooners, but certainly not an unwelcome one. The Sooners had just one player make the Big 12 media preseason first-team; punter Michael Turk. And the Sooners finished five first-place votes behind defending Big 12 champion [autotag]Baylor[/autotag] for first place in the preseason poll.
To a man in the [autotag]Oklahoma Sooners[/autotag] football program, they’ll tell you that none of that matters, and they’d be right. Preseason accolades don’t mean a whole lot in the big scheme of things. But the big takeaway is that this is a program that many expect to be good, but because of the turnover, there’s uncertainty about how good they can be.
And that was reflected in comments made by opposing coaches to Athlon Sports for their 2022 College Football Preview there’s confidence in what [autotag]Brent Venables[/autotag] and offensive coordinator [autotag]Jeff Lebby[/autotag] can bring to the table, but some uncertainty as to how it will translate in 2022.