In the world of Sooner football, where it can be said there is more than one big game in any given year, that juxtaposition goes deeper than mere semantics.
Take last season, for example. Oklahoma’s second game a year ago was at No. 2-ranked Ohio State, a team that had hammered the Sooners 45-24 in Norman the previous season. Oklahoma won the game, and in decisive fashion, handing the highly favored host Buckeyes a 31-16 defeat.
The nonconference win at Ohio State was easily the biggest of the season for the Sooners in what most OU fans wouldn’t hesitate to call the biggest game of the year for the Crimson and Cream.