3 Jan 2001: Quarterback Josh Heupel
Count’em: Three weeks from today — 21 days — until the opening kickoff of the 2021 Oklahoma football season.
What’s significant about the number 21? Well. it could stand for three touchdowns and halfway to Oklahoma’s average points total in recent seasons , or it could be a winning hand of blackjack, or, according to the Bible, the number of perfection by excellence, 3 x 7.
As for perfection, that is a level of excellence that every college football team strives for, but rarely achieve.
According to the NCAA Division I Football Record Book, only four Power Five teams have recorded more undefeated seasons in their history than Oklahoma — Michigan (23), Notre Dame (22), USC (16) and Penn State (14).