FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — To say Oklahoma’s offense is feeling a little confident heading into Thursday’s Capital One Orange Bowl against No. 1 Clemson is an understatement.
To hear the Sooners talk, it almost seems as if they were the team that completely dominated the line of scrimmage in last year’s Russell Athletic Bowl. On Monday at the Marriott Renaissance in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Oklahoma offense players expressed how confident they were that they could move the football against the Tigers’ seventh-ranked defense.
Though the Tigers held Oklahoma to 278 total yards and six points in last year’s 40-6 victory, a game in which the Clemson defense pushed around the Sooners all night, running back Samaje Perine said the poor performance was a little more about them than Clemson’s defense.