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OU’s blowout of Temple exposed Kirk Herbstreit and Dave Portnoy’s cold takes

While most of the negativity about the Oklahoma Sooners before they played the Temple Owls came out of Philadelphia, two of the biggest mouths in sports also had low expectations for Brent Venables' team.

Before the No. 13 Sooners blew out Temple 42-3, ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit and Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy on Saturday morning both put OU on upset watch in what could have been a trap game sandwiched between a win over Michigan and SEC opener against Auburn for quarterback Jackson Arnold's return to Norman.

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