ARLINGTON, TEXAS - DECEMBER 19: Brock Purdy #15 of the Iowa State Cyclones carries the ball against Nik Bonitto #11 of the Oklahoma Sooners in the first half of the 2020 Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship football game at AT&T Stadium on December 19, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a series of articles looking ahead at the linebacker position for the 2021 Oklahoma football season.
In the not-so-distant past, Oklahoma defenses were a laughing stock of the college football landscape.
The scope and breadth of the Sooner defense’s ineptitude created a national narrative that until now has been inescapable.