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Oklahoma downplays pressure to win after losses in three College Football Playoff appearances

USA TODAY

ATLANTA — Out of the 130 programs that play in the Football Bowl Subdivision, there are probably 128 that would trade places with the University of Oklahoma if they could. Any discussion about the fact it's been 19 years since the Sooners’ last national championship or that they’re sitting on an 0-for-3 record in College Football Playoff games must start there.

Which is why the look athletics director Joe Castiglione’s face was a mixture of bemused and puzzled when this question was raised Wednesday as Oklahoma prepared to play in Saturday’s Peach Bowl as a two-touchdown underdog to No.