On a toasty Saturday afternoon, the No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners survived a mega upset bid by the Tulane Green Wave after narrowly escaping with a 40-35 season opening victory. With the win, OU extends its overall winning streak to nine games and starts the 2021 campaign, 1-0. Still, this team clearly has a lot of soul searching ahead of them.
A bad decision from Spencer Rattler resulted in an interception on the first drive of the game, but the redshirt sophomore rebounded for a respectable half. In total, it wasn’t the best showing for the Heisman hopeful, as he ultimately finished the contest completing 30 of 39 passes (76.