Don’t look now, but as of today, there are only 41 days remaining before the Oklahoma Sooners get the 2018 season underway. In this edition of our Countdown to Kickoff series, let’s take a look back at one of the more spectacular connections in the last few years.
It was the 2016 Homecoming Weekend for the University of Oklahoma, and the Big 12 bottom-dwelling Kansas Jayhawks strolled into Norman to face the cream of the conference crop. Even with eventual Heisman finalists Baker Mayfield and Dede Westbrook running the show, Oklahoma’s offense got off to a relatively slow start.