NORMAN — J.T. Barrett grew up in a suburb of Oklahoma.
Not Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma.
Wichita Falls, Texas, feels like a bedroom community of our fair state. Less than 10 miles from the Red River and the Oklahoma border, the city is a most unique place. It is almost as close to Oklahoma City as Dallas-Fort Worth, almost as close to OU as to any Power 5 school in Texas.
Here's how geographically unique Wichita Falls is — TCU is the closest major-college football program at 121 miles, but both Power 5 programs in Oklahoma (OU 133 miles and OSU 203 miles) are as close as the next closest one in Texas, Baylor at 203 miles.