Sooner schedule opening up
OU’s schedule just keeps getting easier and easier. Tulsa being a notable exception. TU’s 55-47 victory over Brigham Young late Saturday night cements the Golden Hurricane as a solid football team. The same can’t be said of many other future Sooner foes.
OU goes to TU’s Chapman Stadium for a Friday night game this week, and Tulsa figures to put up more of a fight than OU’s first three foes. The Hurricane will be fired up for the in-state opponent that gets a huge slice of the media coverage in Oklahoma. But beyond Tulsa, the road is opening for the Sooners.
Texas keeps struggling; a three-point win at Central Florida, UT’s third straight difficult game though none of the foes come from a major conference, certainly didn’t build confidence among the Burnt Orange. Nebraska, a potential Big 12 title game opponent, was barbequed by USC. OSU, always a threat to stage a Bedlam uprising, is getting worse by the week.
Only two 2007 OU opponents have played to expectation: Texas Tech and Missouri. Both are 3-0; Tech had a close scrape with UTEP but is consistently competitive, and Missouri has done what it’s supposed to do.
Not since the Bud Wilkinson heydays has an OU season seemed so likely to be unscathed.That is good news for the Sooners. Unless the BCS gets dicey. Unless OU’s schedule has to be compared to another team’s. No way the Sooners will come out ahead the way they did in 2003 and 2004.
-------------Berry Tramel can be heard Monday through Friday from 4:40-5:20 p.m. on The Sports Animal radio network, including AM-640 and FM-98.1. You can e-mail him here and follow him on Twitter @BerryTramel. Visit Berry's website here.
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