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Sooners defensive lineman Isaiah Thomas directly influenced a pair of the three turnovers OU forced, Key Lawrence looked fantastic shifting over to cornerback and Delarrin Turner-Yell and Jalen Redmond were both back from injury. The Sooners will need that improved play to continue in order to accomplish their goals of reaching the College Football Playoff and perhaps winning an eighth national championship in program history.
It also checks in as the fourth-most difficult remaining slate nationally behind Nebraska, Auburn, and Virginia.
Excluding the Western Carolina game, the Sooners won each of their first five games by a single score. They won those five one-score games in different ways. At times, it was on the backs of their defense like against Nebraska and West Virginia. Against Kansas State and Texas, the offense led the way. Even though it was sloppy for a large portion against Kansas, Oklahoma has now won its past three by multiple scores— at home over TCU, at Kansas and at home versus Texas Tech.
The Sooners appear to be kicking things into a different gear and the return of previously injured personnel has Oklahoma head football coach Lincoln Riley excited for what the remainder holds for his team defensively. Has some of that had to do with not having some guys? Removing Western Carolina, the combined record of OU opponents thus far is just Only Kansas State and Texas Tech own winning records. Baylor, Iowa State, and Oklahoma State represent a big step up at least on paper. Their combined records sit at Under head coach Lincoln Riley, the Sooners are a perfect in the month of November and have beaten six ranked opponents.
Riley did his best to demonstrate exactly what the Sooners have bottled up to consistently peak at the right time. Riley said while the cycle and grind have some other teams and programs ready for the season to end by this point, his program has historically embraced these high-stakes games late in the year. This is the best time of the year. You work and do everything you can to put yourself in the middle of the hunt going into November.
I think just the anticipation and expectations internally within the program are so high that the guys are ready to do it. I would attribute it to that. It just does.
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