Jesse Palmer, a broadcast commentator and analyst for ESPN, said after Ohio State’s dramatic 39-38 victory over then-No. 2-ranked Penn State that the Buckeyes are a different team at this stage of the season and that Ohio State would beat Oklahoma “by 20” if they replayed each other today.
“Ohio State is that much better,” Palmer said.
When Palmer’s comment was brought up at Lincoln Riley weekly OU press conference on Monday, the Sooner head coach had this to say: “Well, if they think like that, we’ve got a broken system, and we’ve got to get new people making decisions if that is how they think.