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Herman: Cougars ‘have chip on shoulder’ entering 2016

With fall camp concluding, the football team can focus on one thing: beating the University of Oklahoma.

In front a media-packed auditorium in the Athletics/Alumni Center on Monday, head coach Tom Herman addressed questions regarding his team’s matchup with one of the NCAA’s top teams.

“They’re the third-ranked team in the country for a reason,” Herman said. “Much like playing Florida State, they’re going to be better from an athletic standpoint top to bottom than we are. It’s going to take our A-game and then some, with some purpose-driven players to be able to compete.”

Herman’s team will enter NRG Stadium on Saturday as the No.