Let’s take a trip back to the year 2005.
The Oklahoma Sooners had won one national championship in the previous five years and played for two more in that span. They won the Big 12 in three of those five years. Jason White, a Heisman Trophy winner at quarterback, had just graduated. In April, 11 Sooners were selected in the NFL draft, including two in the first round and three in the second.
Despite all the roster churn, OU entered the season ranked No. 7 in the nation. The Sooners promptly lost their first game of the season at home to TCU, a Mountain West Conference team that finished the previous year 5-6 overall.