Oklahoma State is Back, OU is Missing

Every Monday through the school soccer season, followers of groups throughout the nation return to work and focus on the occasions of the weekend with their coworkers. Around the water cooler or espresso machine, overreactions are born as all of the sudden one group is now a nationwide title contender (they’re not) and one other’s season is over after a tricky loss (it isn’t).

Let us sift via the rumors, false allegations, and straight-up nonsense for you this season with overreaction Monday, the place we let you know whether or not you’ll want to cool the jets otherwise you legitimately have one thing to fret about.

Oklahoma State is Back within the Big 12 Conversation

Overreaction. Yes, Oklahoma State acquired again to its successful methods on Saturday, nevertheless it wasn’t precisely a dominant efficiency by the Cowboys as they edged out Iowa State, 20-14. Gunnar Gundy acquired to begin and accomplished 5 of 12 go makes an attempt for 103 yards and one landing however had two interceptions. Spencer Sanders did play within the recreation and was environment friendly in his time on the sphere, finishing 9 of 13 for 84 yards and a rating. However, Sanders wasn’t the identical man that we’ve grown used to seeing. Sanders’ three dashing makes an attempt (for a complete of six yards) had been the bottom he’s had in any convention recreation of his profession. That is clearly by design as Sanders is coping with a shoulder harm, however when your main rusher on the day has 14 carries for 41 yards (Dominic Richardson), that’s a difficulty. Iowa State did extra to lose that recreation than Oklahoma State did to win it, however in a league just like the Big 12, you’re taking wins any approach which you could get them. Oklahoma State’s offense has been its saving grace in 2022, nevertheless it might want to discover itself once more in the event that they Cowboys hope to win out.

Oklahoma Might Miss a Bowl Game for the First Time in 23 Years

Not an Overreaction. With two video games left within the common season, the Oklahoma Sooners sit at 5-5 and are in peril of doing one thing that they haven’t in practically 1 / 4 century: miss a bowl recreation. The Sooners had been putrid in Morgantown final weekend, and a 23-20 loss to the Mountaineers may need been all-time low for Oklahoma. However, in the event that they don’t discover a method to pull collectively and beat Oklahoma State or Texas Tech, this system will attain new lows post-Bob Stoops. An absence of self-discipline and being downright dangerous on the worst instances has price OU three one-score video games this season, and that has been the distinction in 2022. For years, Oklahoma has discovered a method to come out on prime in shut video games, however in 2022 it has been fairly the other. There are loads of points that should be addressed within the offseason, however proper now OU must discover a method to crawl to 6-6 or 7-5 so it may well get these all-important bowl recreation practices earlier than the offseason. If not, there is likely to be riots in Norman, OK.

TCU Should Run the Table and Make the College Football Playoff

Not an Overreaction. Without query, TCU has been the best team within the Big 12 Conference in 2022 and has the possibility to do one thing that no one has since they joined the convention in 2012. Since the Frogs joined the Big 12, no group within the convention has ever reached the postseason with an ideal file. In truth, no group apart from 2016 Oklahoma has made it via the convention schedule with a 9-0 file. Texas, in 2009, was the final group to get to 12-0 earlier than shedding to Alabama within the BCS National Championship. Now, in Sonny Dykes first 12 months, the Horned Frogs appear like reputable playoff contenders and are one among 4 remaining undefeated groups within the nation. A visit to Waco this weekend after which a house date with Iowa State are all that stand between TCU and perfection, and I believe they may get there. Then, they may play within the Big 12 Championship recreation, and a thirteenth win in Arlington would ship them to the College Football Playoff.