OU's Full 2021 Football Schedule Announced - University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma's 12-game 2021 regular season football schedule was finalized Thursday with release of the Big 12 Conference slate.
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Schedule’s out.....
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All are winable, but Texas, KSU at Manhattan, Iowa State at home and OSU at Stillwater look dangerous and I expect Nebraska will be very motivated in Norman.
I feel good about it overall. And if we are more "normal" with practices and scheduling I feel even better. I believe the defensive unit, by the end of the season, will be the strongest one in years. As long as the offense gets us through the first 3-4 we are sitting pretty 😁
Unless there are critical injuries to key positions, I think we win all of these games. If the injury bug hits, all bets are off. We need one more year of depth.
Texas - Will be tough as the new regime will have this one game circled on their schedule, but this OU defense will stand tall at this game and the national media finally takes notice of the new era of OU defense.
K-State- I think the team will be more focused and realize that this one game that cost them dearly last year.
ISU - This is the one team that has me concerned. It seems every few years another B12 team steps up to compete for the title and uses the OU game on their schedule to get better. Texas awhile back, Baylor was there for a time, TCU etc. But this ISU team seems different. They are very well coached. But we have them at hime and I think this will be an advantage.
OSU - Always a threat, but always OSU... OU wins on the road.
Texas - Will be tough as the new regime will have this one game circled on their schedule, but this OU defense will stand tall at this game and the national media finally takes notice of the new era of OU defense.
K-State- I think the team will be more focused and realize that this one game that cost them dearly last year.
ISU - This is the one team that has me concerned. It seems every few years another B12 team steps up to compete for the title and uses the OU game on their schedule to get better. Texas awhile back, Baylor was there for a time, TCU etc. But this ISU team seems different. They are very well coached. But we have them at hime and I think this will be an advantage.
OSU - Always a threat, but always OSU... OU wins on the road.
I don't think we'll have any trouble with Nebraska. They might be able to hang with us for a quarter or so, but I believe we will blow them out. Cornstinkers aren't good.
Not one team really concerns me. We are deep, and we sweep this schedule on into the Big 12 Championship. No other team has this depth...not even close. Iowa State has lots of games ahead of their visit to Norman, so they are sure to stumble. Rattler really grasped the importance of being a team leader and not throwing picks as season moved forward. This team is well on it’s way. Rest of Big 12 not so much.
The team that concerns me is OU. Like OUnabomber said, they have a game almost every season in which they fail to maintain focus for an entire four quarters and end up getting their butts beat by a far lesser opponent.
I will believe it’s not going to happen when I actually see it not happen...
I kinda agree, but OU has a nasty habit of getting ambushed by teams of lesser talent every year.
As for Nebraska, I miss the great annual rivalry that once existed with OU. Now, I don't see Nebraska ever getting elite again.
I miss Texas vs. ATM too.
Nebraska-Oklahoma......Oklahoma-Texas A&M....it doesn't get better than that.
Pederson burnt that program down to the ground. Dang shame, that was (is) the rivalry I miss to this day. I ain't never seen the brakes get slammed on a program liken to Pederson's watch. He shoulda been held on charges.
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This program was shipwrecked by Tom Osborne when he took them out of the Big XII.
Texas had a hand in this too. Nebraska's demise is a sad story in CFB.
If you lived in Nebraska and had to put up with some of their fans you wouldn't think it's funny either. Just last night I had a person tell me that Nebraska is going to kick OU's ass next fall and that OU isn't that much better than Nebraska. I told him that he was delusional and walked away. I hope Nebraska continues to be the Kansas of the Big 10.
I miss OU-Nebraska. Damn shame. The Big 12 scheduling sucked, too.
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Well I was referring more to the firing of Solich. That's where it all began. But yeah, Osborne's decision clearly was a headscratcher as far as I'm concerned. The B12 was definitely dysfunctional.
When OU ends its nasty habit of suffering ambush upsets, I will stop assuming OU will run the table. While I believe each of the 12 games is winable, I still believe there's an upset or two lurking...but I also think an improved defense can be the solution to losing games to less-than-stellar opposition, because I know OU will get its share of points.
Hahaha, what? I know what you're trying to say, but read it again. And again if you don't get it.
So you only blindly support OU when we get worked by others. I'm so dying laughing right now m
This is the best ever.... "I only expect us to run the table if we get destroyed once."
They are proud football fans no doubt. They have a respectable past, a once upon a time type program that w/ the right administation bringing in the right coach, they'd be on there way once again. I can only imagine what a Matt Campbell type coach can bring to that football program. In the meantime, they're delusional and still living on their past.
Nebraska fans are feeling the exact same way OU fans would feel had OU left the Big 12 and entered into the same no-win situation as Nebraska. I'm sure many of us were feeling the same way in the John Blake years.....but the damage to the Nebraska legacy looks to be permanent given the geography issue and 20 year drought since their last really good year in 2001 when they went 11-2 and upset OU 20-10 in Lincoln.
17-18 year old recruits don't care about the Davaney or Osborne legacies. Kids in general do not understand or appreciate history of any kind. If it hasn't happened in the last ten years, they couldn't be bothered in knowing about it.
I agree about the 16 & 17 yr olds. Bu the coaches set the tone. Which is key. If handled right, the right coach can & should bring back past players and I Think they'd be all about seeing there once proud program rise again. They'd help. Nebraska hasn't moved. They still play in Lincoln. They can attract players. It's a human instinctive behavior to follow leaders. Even 16 year olds. With the right leader, the right coach, they can easily be competitive. They just keep hiring Blake type coaching. and that's prob ably on the President & Atheltic Director more than it is the B12 or B10.
Nebraska laughed on their way out of the Big 12. They were so certain they were headed to greener pastures and returning to their former greatness.
Screw them. Don’t miss em at all.
Screw them. Don’t miss em at all.
Easy turbo, the 70s and 80s was all about sooner vs husker. Best football you ever seen. Before the formation of the B12. But yeah, they, well, yeah, they may as well stick the chorizo on their helmet these days because their program sucks and will for the foreseeable future. Yeah, dang shame. 😁
You know when you can’t beat Iowa 50% of the time you have serious problems
LHN... Nebraska got pissy over revenues and split. Financially, it wasn't a bad move for them. They're m aking more money today than they ever have. They have the funds to hire great coaches but so far they haven't.
The LHN and Nebraska's dismal record against Texas as Big 12 members were factors in NU leaving.
Nebraska was 1-9 vs Texas and 3 times an unranked Texas team beat a ranked Nebraska team during those years (1996, 1998, 2010).
Also, NU was 4-6 vs OU.
Nebraska continued to dominate the Big 12 North but was mostly dominated by the Big 12 South. NU finished its Big 12 history with a 26-25 record vs Big 12 South teams.
I believe that Nebraska thought it could restore relevance competing and dominating in the Big 10 West.....really a case of "biting your nose to spite your face". I doubt if Nebraska had to do it over again, they would not have left the Big 12.
Now, the Cornhuskers are being punished for their foolish decision and look to be mired in never-never land.
Now, the Cornhuskers are being punished for their foolish decision and look to be mired in never-never land.
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You know, I'd like to believe the huskers had "some" clout concerning the B12. Jumping ship for the B10 and their heavyweights Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, schools that own that conference? They let em in but they ain't "lettin em in." Talk about running into a brick wall with no helmet. What the hell happened? Pederson was/is completely incompetent as proven with his stints at Pittsburg and Nebraska. Did Frank sleep with Tom's, Pederson's wife or what?
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You know, I'd like to believe the huskers had "some" clout concerning the B12. Jumping ship for the B10 and their heavyweights Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, schools that own that conference? They let em in but they ain't "lettin em in." Talk about running into a brick wall with no helmet. What the hell happened? Pederson was/is completely incompetent as proven with his stints at Pittsburg and Nebraska. Did Frank sleep with Tom's, Pederson's wife or what?
What CT said is correct. But it came down to a financial decision regarding the LHN. Under the current terms of the B10 contract, they are banking as compared to the B12 deal. Bottomline, if they stayed in the B12, they'd be making the same. money as a Baylor, TCU, & ISU. While I hated to see them leave, I don't really fault them. They're fanbase is spread across the US and a B10 network serves them well.
IMO, if OU played a better schedule of competition they may not be touting all the B12 Championships. There is no doubt in my mind that the level of competition is better in the B10 than that of the B12.
No matter how much logic you throw at the Nebraska decision to jump to the Big 10 there is one simple indicator that tells the story: Nebraska is far worse off than when they departed the Big XII. Their program is a lower medium tier these days. Those big corn fed white boys go to Wisconsin now.
You know, I'd like to believe the huskers had "some" clout concerning the B12. Jumping ship for the B10 and their heavyweights Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, schools that own that conference? They let em in but they ain't "lettin em in." Talk about running into a brick wall with no helmet. What the hell happened? Pederson was/is completely incompetent as proven with his stints at Pittsburg and Nebraska. Did Frank sleep with Tom's, Pederson's wife or what?
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There are rumors that Frank got a cheerleader pregnant when he was head coach at Nebraska.
I was at a coaches clinic in Lincoln in 2008. Two assistant coaches went to the bar with us, but they went home with coeds.
