The Sooners open November with a first.
Oklahoma and Florida have met twice in program history, but neither meeting came in the regular season, and neither came on a college campus.
They’ve met in the BCS National Championship Game in Miami and the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, but Saturday will mark OU’s first foray into The Swamp.
Unfortunately, it’s become a trip that few are looking forward to.
Brent Venables made his second in-season coordinator change in the last three years, removing Ben Arbuckle and promoting tight ends coach Jason Witten to lead the offense on an interim basis.
Nothing will improve without better showings from quarterback John Mateer, but here are three other Sooners who need a good night for Oklahoma to upend No. 24 Florida Saturday night.
The defense has mostly been above criticism this year, and for good reason, but the performance against South Carolina was poor.
Poor tackling began on the Gamecocks’ first offensive snap of the game, well before the OU offense was unable to move the ball.
Linebacker Owen Heinecke was credited with three of the Sooners’ 25 missed tackles, per Pro Football Focus.
Heinecke and his partner, Kip Lewis, are both much better than...