The Oklahoma Sooners are getting a very much-needed bye week before they face their biggest rivals, the Texas Longhorns. The Red River Rivalry is one of the most historic rivalries ever, and there’s the fact that the Texas State Fair is in the background, too, just to make things all the more interesting. But, these two teams, no matter the records, always show up to battle one another. It’s usually a great atmosphere with great football. It’s also usually a game where every advantage you can get matters, and the rest is key because this will be one of the most physical games both teams play all year long.
And, while the Sooners don’t have that bye week advantage, because both they and Texas have a bye before this game, the Sooners needed it baldy. They have some of the most unfortunate injuries in the country this year and a lot of them. They will have to operate off of what they have, which is a bunch of second-string players. This is just another game in their super tough schedule. But, how did the Longhorns get fortunate enough to land the significantly easier schedule of the two schools? We have seen both schedules, and Oklahoma’s is much harder, and it isn’t really close…