Over 35 minutes into Oklahoma's first weekly press conference of the season after media was warned it got just two more questions to ask OU head coach Brent Venables, 247Sports' James D. Jackson finally asked the first question not about the Sooners' roster or coaches, but actually about their first opponent, Illinois State.
Venables joked about how long it took for media to finally actually ask him about the Sooners' Week 1 opponent, but it was evident how overlooked FCS foes are at the start of the season, especially with Michigan up next. However, even though the rest of us might be looking beyond Illinois State already, Venables knows the Sooners aren't just opening the season against some FCS cupcake.