That was the way it was to start the sideways 2020 season, but after the Sooners proceeded to lose two its first two Big 12 games, they quickly fell from favor as a conference contender.
At that point, everyone was counting Oklahoma out. Everyone that is except Lincoln Riley and the Sooner players. They knew they were down — after all, the chances of getting to the Big 12 Championship with two losses, let alone running the table in the remaining seven games, were slim to none — but they were not out and not about to stop fighting.