Oklahoma football is not flying as far under the radar as it was earlier this offseason — and maybe it shouldn’t be.
On this HOF College Football Late Shift, Jason Watkins breaks down the growing momentum around the Oklahoma Sooners athletic program after Skip Johnson and OU baseball won the national championship in Omaha, why seeing football leaders like John Mateer and Kip Lewis celebrating with the baseball team matters and why the message is obvious: it’s your turn.
We also talk about what we’ve seen and heard from Mateer as he participates in the Manning Passing Academy this week, what that means for his leadership profile and why Oklahoma’s offensive ceiling could define the Sooners’ CFP hopes.
Then we get into the brutal opening month of OU’s 2026 schedule: a road trip to Ann Arbor to face Michigan, another road trip to Athens to face Georgia, the only bye week of the season and then Texas in Dallas for the Red River Shootout.
Can Oklahoma win at Michigan? Can the Sooners at least split Michigan, Georgia and Texas? And if they do, would that put Brent Venables’ team in prime position to make the College Football Playoff again before a second-half SEC grind with very few easy Saturdays?
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