Ohio State shows Oklahoma's talent level not championship-caliber

NORMAN, Okla. -- In the aftermath of Ohio State's Saturday night stomping of the Sooners, Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield sat in the back corner of the interview room, waiting for his turn at the postgame podium. Mayfield faced the wall, with his head down in his hand, scrolling through his phone, which seemed to offer little reprieve.

A few minutes later, he succinctly summarized what had just transpired in five words: "We got our asses kicked."

This was hardly the season the supposedly loaded Sooners had envisioned coming off last year's appearance in the College Football Playoff. The Buckeyes belted the Sooners by three touchdowns, and Houston would have beaten them by more had it not…