A game nearly a decade in the making is finally upon us. Let's give each other some applause for warding off disease and famine and fighting to this moment in history.
And what a moment it is. Bob Stoops has rated on the Dumpability Index for a while now.
The Edge that Urban Meyer always references? We'll see the difference between pretty good and championship caliber tonight. The game will come in the mold of Houston–Cincinnati. The Sooners are in the hunt until a crippling Baker Mayfield interception. The margin of victory will be wider than much of the game.
Safe travels to those going to Norman. There's a two-star Yelp reviewed Applebees on Ed Noble Parkway that I've heard good things about.
As for the today's slate, well, you won't have a problem passing the time until kickoff. It's a fiesta of bangers.
| TIME (ET) | GAME | FAVORITE | TELEVISION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | No. 2 FLORIDA STATE at No. 10 LOUISVILLE | FSU (-½) | ABC |
| 12:00 | OHIO at No. 15 TENNESSEE | UT (-27) | SECN |
| 12:00 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE at No. 13 IOWA | IOWA (OFF) | ESPN2 |
| 12:00 | No. 25 MIAMI (FL) at APPALACHIAN STATE | UM (-4) | ESPN |
| 3:30 | No. 1 ALABAMA at No. 19 MISSISSIPPI | BAMA (-11) | CBS |
| 3:30 | COLORADO at No. 4 MICHIGAN | UM (-19) | BTN |
| 3:30 | No. 22 OREGON at NEBRASKA | NEB (-3) | ABC |
| 7:00 | No. 17 TEXAS A&M at AUBURN | A&M (-3½) | ESPN |
| 7:00 | MISSISSIPPI STATE at No. 20 LOUISIANA STATE | LSU (-14) | ESPN2 |
| 7:30 | No. 12 MICHIGAN STATE at No. 18 NOTRE DAME | ND (-7) | NBC |
| 8:00 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA at No. 7 STANFORD | STAN (-9) | ABC |
| 10:30 | No. 11 TEXAS at CALIFORNIA | UT (-7) | ESPN |
North Dakota State will ride on Iowa. Mountaineers over the Hurricanes, too. Alabama in a rout of Mississippi, and Michigan, Nebraska, A&M, Michigan State, Stanford and Texas as my other winners.
I look forward to getting those all wrong.
THE SOONER FILE. Here's everything you need to get your mind right before this nationally televised banger in Norman:
- Preview
- Depth Chart
- Roundtable
- Film Study: Four things learned from Oklahoma–Houston.
- Trailer
- Mailbag
- Prognosticating
- Tonight's matchup features two prominent rushing attacks.
- Many former Ohio State targets play for Oklahoma.
- On Ohio State containing Baker Mayfield.
Don't forget to follow @11W for up-to-the-minute updates, as well as @EricSeger33, @TimShoemaker, and @AndrewMLind, who are all on location.
Also make sure to follow @Edge11W, who designed the fire header graphic.
DON'T DRINK ALL DAY... JUST DON'T DO IT. You might think it cool to wake up today and drink cheap Caribbean rum at 7:30 a.m. out of a straw. Don't do it. Just don't do it.
In fact, spend the daytime relaxing or something productive around the house. Don't crack your alcohol until two hours before kickoff. And even then, remember it's a marathon in these streets.
That way you can celebrate the whole night when the Buckeyes sack Norman at about 11 ET and remember the game. You don't want to be the person who passed out at 6 p.m. at a Taco Bell 'cause they tried to go fist to horn with an El Toro bottle.
If you are going to drink, make sure to sleep and eat sometime before 7:30 p.m. You won't regret it.
#PERTINENTWIRE. Oklahoma fans are going about their day right now. Probably enjoying life and fantasizing about their time getting back in the playoff hunt.
Little do the know the reckoning behind the door, which up until a moment ago was under guard.
All the logic says to bet on the Sooners. A talented and veteran team trying to salvage its championship aspirations at home against a talented albeit young and unproven team.
But at the end of the day, these four-fives beat a full house. Ohio State, 38-13. So it is written. So it is done.
Can't wait to see Bob Stoops' 2011 Insight Bowl ring at an eastside Columbus pawn shop.
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