After kicking off their season with a dominating win over Missouri State two weeks ago, the Sooners face their first Big 12 matchup of the campaign on Saturday.
Oklahoma hit the ground running in its season opener two weeks ago, thrashing Missouri State 48-0 with Spencer Rattler dazzling in his debut. The redshirt freshman completed 14 of his 17 passes for 290 yards and four touchdowns, despite playing just two quarters before being taken off the field at halftime with the Sooners leading by 41-0. Having begun the season as the No. 5-ranked team in the AP Top 25 Poll,and it's the only non-SEC program in the top six of the AP Poll along with No.
The result highlighted some lingering issues in an Oklahoma defense that ranked 34th in total defense and 46th against the run last season and Oklahoma defensive coordinator Alex Grinch will be eager to make amends for the performance.continues to pose a major threat across college football. Ahead of their season openers two weeks, both programs admitted their games had been put in jeopardy because of players testing positive for COVID-19.
Kansas State faced a similar scenario before its game against Arkansas State, with coach Chris Klieman indicating the team was without 40 players because they had either tested positive or had been in contact with someone who had."If we feel like we've got any potential issues for being able to play the game, then we'll try to communicate those to a conference opponent and all that as soon as we possibly can," Riley said earlier this week.
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