Forget the circumstances. Forget the spread in Vegas.
When was the last time Oklahoma dominated a marquee opponent THAT thoroughly?
Saturday night brought a matchup between the No. 7 team in the nation and a team fighting for bowl eligibility. And if you hadn’t known any better, you’d have figured that the No. 7 team in the nation was the squad wearing crimson, not white.
As Brent Venables said in his postgame press conference, there was nothing fluky about that victory. And there wasn’t. It was stunning. It was a smackdown. An Oklahoma team that has developed a penchant for making the simplest things difficult, a team that has consistently been unable to sustain momentum or stay out of its own way, absolutely manhandled mighty Alabama for 60 minutes of football.
The Oklahoma defensive front terrorized Jalen Milroe, harassing him into three interceptions. The Sooners’ offensive game-plan was shockingly simple all night long; they simply resolved to run …