As bloody as the game was, fans shouldn’t have a hard time accepting that the Oklahoma Sooners got stomped in the Peach Bowl by the LSU Tigers.
LSU’s sheer dominance in the contest might have been surprising – if not rightfully disappointing – but a decisive loss was not. LSU has a transcendent team. OU had a team that was in the College Football Playoff because there had to be four qualifiers.
Going forward, closing the obvious personnel gap between OU teams like LSU requires stockpiling talented recruits. Coach Lincoln Riley seems to be chipping away at that deficit on the recruiting trail.