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Sooners lift weight off their shoulders with big win over Michigan in national spotlight

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That was a big game for the Oklahoma program.  And everyone knew it. 

After Mateer took a knee to run out the clock, the players of course celebrated.  But it was a little different than your average non-conference home game win celebration. 

I saw a player fall to the ground and make an imaginary snow angel.  I saw a player doing a back flip.  And I saw a player take a knee and look around as if to just take it all in. 

The players even lifted Venables on their shoulders for a few moments in the excitement of it all.  Brent said he understood why they did it, but was embarrassed by it, of course because this win was not the goal of the whole season.  But he did understand that it was big.

The players and the coaches knew what everyone was saying outside the walls of their meeting rooms and offices.  They would have to win this game to prove that they are back to what Oklahoma football should be. 

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Dave: SEC gets us a lot of attention

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We are again on the precipice of another glorious season of Oklahoma Football.

Only this time it’s different. A new conference. The big bad SEC. The toughest and greatest conference in all the land. Or so we’ve been told the last 20 years by ESpin.

“It just means more”…or something like that.

I get that they are promoting their brand, and ESPN is as well due to the large amounts of money they have spent on the TV rights for the conference.

But didn’t you all get sick of the constant line they were pushing? That the SEC was so much better than all the other conferences? I agreed with Bob Stoops when he said that the SEC was a top-heavy conference just like several other conferences.

They just so happened to receive a lot of attention because Alabama went on an historic streak of National Titles during that time. It’s not like Mississippi State won those titles too.

They would have said the same thing about the Big 12 if OU had won 3 or 4 titles in that span or the Big 10 had Michigan went on a hot streak.

And remember, Bob Stoops was 7-4 versus SEC teams, including 3-0 against vaunted Alabama.

This schedule is a lot to handle
I’m not saying the SEC doesn’t have access to very talented players in the southeastern part of the United States, which has very fertile recruiting grounds. But it’s not like other conferences are throwing out converted rugby players they had to find at the local YMCA. They recruit just has hard, and these days recruiting is a nationwide endeavor.

I will say that as of the past few years, the SEC has grown at the top with Georgia knocking off Alabama to become the leader of the pack, and Tennessee is coming on strong. Ole Miss and Missouri are also making waves.

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