This week’s matchup is one of those where the circumstances are something no one would have expected going into this season. Sure, a few growing pains were expected when Oklahoma hired Brent Venables, a 51 year old who’s never held a head coaching job in his career at any level. Still, seeing Kansas as the team in the top 20, facing an unranked Oklahoma quad who’s 0-3 in league play is a bit more growing pains than even I expected, and I didn’t particularly like the hire.
That said, it’s still Oklahoma. Yes, Lincoln Riley took a lot of key players with him, and several more opted to transfer after the coaching change was made.