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My heart doesn’t need a big time close game this early in the season

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I am predicting a 21-17 Sooners victory over Michigan, thanks to a fourth quarter defensive touchdown. The Wolverines will lead at halftime 14-7, but a strong second half from the Sooners defense holds them in their only red zone incursion late in the third quarter and Michigan must settle for a field goal.

Or not.

Predicting this game seems so foolish. It is only the second game of the year. And while Michigan’s true freshman QB will face his first big-time hostile college football crowd, he wasn’t selected the top high school recruit because he is a cowardly bum.

Actually I hope my score prediction is wrong. I don’t need a tight ballgame this early in the season. The Sooners have enough real difficult matchups later in the year (playing 6 more Top 25 teams), and I only see my cardiologist once every six months.

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Optimism justified, but big test for Sooners awaits Saturday night

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MAD DOG’S BARK

OK. A win. The scrimmage is over. We looked great. Everything clicked in the multitudes’ satisfaction. There is a solid glimmer that things are on the upswing in the land of the Sooner Schooner.

Cecil Samara is smiling along with everyone else.

However, Michigan isn’t going to be easy and anyone who thinks it will be should immediately see a shrink.

There is hope. There is joy.

And Michigan awaits only a few days away.

Nerves abound. Determination and hope grows. An OU win against the blue and gold will raise our Sooners’ status, perhaps to the top ten. When was the last time that happened?

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Michigan game key to a winning season

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The pre-season game last Saturday provided some spectacular results, and some not so spectacular results. 

John Mateer showed up and showed out.  With little semblance of a running game to lean on, the new Sooner QB proved he is worth whatever NIL money he is being paid. 

Throwing for almost 400 yards in his Oklahoma debut and breaking a record set by none other than Sooner great Baker Mayfield, Mateer catapulted himself into at least the top 5 of the Heisman discussion.  (Even though any Heisman discussion this early is silly…but still…) 

Mateer can’t just throw the ball, he can throw it with great accuracy.  And he can throw his receivers open.  He doesn’t need them to be wide open without anyone near them. 

Add to that his running ability, and it’s not out of the discussion that Oklahoma could be looking at another statue on the east side of the stadium.

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