Oklahoma football ranks among the top five teams in the country as we enter the fourth weekend of the Sooners’ 2021 season. Who can complain about that?
Except, despite sitting 3-0 as the schedule swings into conference play beginning this weekend, there are all kinds of questions surrounding Oklahoma’s ability to continue to squeak out wins as the level of competition gets tougher.
Only one of the Sooners’ nine wins last season was by seven or fewer points. They’ve already encountered two such games out of the first three this season. That is not a pattern that bodes well for a team many thought was the deepest and most talented Oklahoma roster in Lincoln Riley’s five seasons as head coach.