Why this Oklahoma team feels different than any in the past decade

DOUG HOKE/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesImagine a team composed of a Lincoln Riley-type explosive offense in combination with a Brent Venable in-your-face defense. Well, you don't have to close your eyes and imagine the possibility for long because that is what the Oklahoma football Team 131 appears to be capable of this season.

This could be the first season in more than a decade that Oklahoma features a team with a balanced, high-powered offense to go along with a physical, relentless defense that is deep, talented and punishing at all three levels. During Lincoln Riley's time at Oklahoma, the Sooners regularly fielded the former of the two -- one of the country's…