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Oklahoma football: Takeaway issue takes nothing away from defensive gains

For the past two seasons, Oklahoma has fielded the most potent offense in college football. Scoring close to 50 points a game, which the Sooners did a year ago, is going to win you most games — it won OU 12 games last season — that is, until you go up against a team or teams as prolific on offense as you are.

As good as the four-time defending Big 12 champions have been on the offensive side of the ball in recent seasons, they have been just the opposite on defense. There were few teams as bad defensively as the Sooners were last season.