ARLINGTON, Texas – Lincoln Riley sometimes lets his mind wander. Most coaches don’t resort to musing. Or rarely admit it.
But Monday in the massive stadium where Riley’s Sooners have won consecutive Big 12 Championship Games, Riley copped to fantasy.
What if the OU defense grew some fangs? What if the OU defense could find its old roost in the upper half of the Big 12, instead of the bottom half or, gulp, nadir, where it found itself in 2018? What if the Sooners had a respectable defense to pair with the transcendent offense of recent seasons?