Just hours after winning their 2025 season opener in Norman, the Oklahoma Sooners still took a loss on their home turf.
The Sooners beat Illinois State 35-3 on Saturday night, but just moments after head coach Brent Venables wrapped up his postgame press conference, On3's Hayes Fawcett reported that top 2027 Oklahoma recruit Cooper Hackett committed to Texas Tech over the in-state Sooners and plenty of other programs.
— Cooper Hackett (@CooperHackett65) August 31, 2025
Fort Gibson's Cooper Hackett commits to Texas Tech over OU
It wasn't a complete surprise since Rivals logged a prediction way back in July for Texas Tech to land Hackett, but as time passed and a new college football season kicked off, it seemed like the biggest college football program in Hackett's home state still had a chance.