Oklahoma should be better equipped mentally and talent-wise to put up a much better showing this time around, when considerably more will be at stake.
For one thing, the Sooners had a much better finish to the 2015 season than they did the year before, winning seven consecutive games to end the regular season. And that included a November to Remember with consecutive victories over three ranked Big 12 teams to finish out the season in grand style and riding a tailwind of Sooner Magic.
The week of Nov. 9, Oklahoma sat at No.