"Vols are the SEC's most underrated team in the preseason"

[trj]

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What do most Sooners fans on your boards expect?

I think most feel 8-4 or 9-3 is the most probable outcome.

There's potential for 7-5 if things go worse than expected. Also, 10-2 seems reasonable if things go better than expected.

Anything else would be a surprise.

 

[superdave1984]

I can pull for OU to kick Texas’s ass.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend?

 

[Rockytop10nessee]

The football pundits are wondering if my Sooners can get 7 wins.

Im wondering how y’all get to 8. Y’all should’ve fired both stoops instead of heupel.

 

[LittleVol]

This is not a league where your offensive and defensive lines can be suspect and you still be successful. You’re not in the BIG12 anymore.

On3 expert thinks this unit will be the reason Oklahoma sinks or swims

Does Bill Bedenbaugh’s offensive line have enough to get the job done in the SEC?

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OU went 10-3 in the Big 12 with a heisman candidate at qb. Is OU expecting to be better than last year? I can’t imagine so after all the losses they had at various positions.

I see 5 expected wins in temple, Houston, tulane, South Carolina, and Maine (and OU would be wise not to underestimate Tulane or a desperate South Carolina). The rest could easily be losses. I don’t see this schedule without at least 3 losses from Texas, Bama, lsu, ole miss, Tennessee, and mizzou. Going .500 there should be considered a successful first season in the SEC. So yes, I could easily see OU at 9-3 with an 5-0 start and just as easily see 5-7 losing all SEC games other than South Carolina. Games against Tennessee at home and at Auburn will be good barometers for setting the rest of the seasons expectations going into the bye week.

Houston beat OU last time they played.
Tulane is in that same boat.

Auburn is still down, I’ll give them the edge there.

Prediction: I’ll tell you in December.

 

[Vol423]

EA Sports didn’t have them as a top 25 team so yeah they’re underrated.

Seriously? A video game Top 25?

 

[Vol423]

Intriguing because I keep reading that my Gators are the most underrated team in the SEC, if not the country.

You know what this means -- football season is upon us!

Can a team that will finish below .500 be considered underrated? By the end of this season, Napier will just be happy if he's still employed.

 

[Vol423]

The football pundits are wondering if my Sooners can get 7 wins.

It's a good question. You guys will likely need to beat us to get there, and I don't think you will.

 

[Vol423]

No mature UF fan expects this to be a premiere season. Next year is the year we have to show major progress.

It won't really be fair to judge your new head coach based on his initial season.

 

[trj]

Houston beat OU last time they played.
Tulane is in that same boat.

Auburn is still down, I’ll give them the edge there.

Prediction: I’ll tell you in December.

Hmmm -- I'm not sure what you're saying.

Tulane has never beat Oklahoma.

OU beat Houston the last time they played (2019).

In 2016, OU started out slow and Houston beat OU in the season opener (Houston's only win over OU in program history). After losing two of their first three games in 2016, OU won their last 10 games in a row including a double-digit win over Auburn in the Sugar Bowl.

 

[LittleVol]

Hmmm -- I'm not sure what you're saying.

Tulane has never beat Oklahoma.

OU beat Houston the last time they played (2019).

In 2016, OU started out slow and Houston beat OU in the season opener (Houston's only win over OU in program history). After losing two of their first three games in 2016, OU won their last 10 games in a row including a double-digit win over Auburn in the Sugar Bowl.

Boomer Sooner!