I've said this before but it looked to me like we were close to revealing ourselves 3 or so years ago as the more physical team in the rivalry...and they would be exposed as soft. It looked like it was about to happen...and then it didn't. I've always thought they had a fatal flaw we could expose and assert ourselves as the physically dominant team in the Big12. TH and his players blew the opp and Riley has done a good job of aiding in the cultivation of more toughness in Norman. Campbell has brought some to Iowa St., as well (and Rhule did previously at BU). I still believe in the Big12 that title is up for the taking and needs to be claimed by us. We need to be the program known for hard nosed physicality who doesnt take crap from anyone. Whoever stakes out claim to this can be the next program to rule the Big12.
(When we let them come back in the game with Kyler a few years ago after physically dominating them for 3 1/2 quarters, I knew we weren't ready. Baylor did the exact same thing in their regular season matchup)
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Last edited: Feb 27, 2021