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Oklahoma football: Best and worst of 2018 at midseason mark

By Chip Rouse

DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 06: Kyler Murray #1 of the Oklahoma Sooners during the 2018 AT&T Red River Showdown at Cotton Bowl on October 6, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 06: Kyler Murray #1 of the Oklahoma Sooners during the 2018 AT&T Red River Showdown at Cotton Bowl on October 6, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /
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NORMAN, OK – SEPTEMBER 29: Wide receiver Lee Morris #84 of the Oklahoma Sooners points to the crowd after scoring against the Baylor Bears at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK – SEPTEMBER 29: Wide receiver Lee Morris #84 of the Oklahoma Sooners points to the crowd after scoring against the Baylor Bears at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /

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The Sooners have one loss through six games. Nothing has been settled yet, but this is the point in the season where the separation begins to take place between the contenders and the pretenders.

The 2018 season of Oklahoma football will be defined by what the Sooners do over the remaining six games. Right now, it looks like the three hardest games on OU’s schedule are all on the road (this weekend at TCU, at Texas Tech on the 3rd of November and at West Virginia on the final weekend of the regular season). Those three teams are a combined 12-5 overall heading into this weekend and 6-3 in the Big 12.

Something to keep in mind moving forward: Oklahoma has won 27 of its last 29 games against Big 12 teams and owns the country’s longest active winning streak in true road games, now at 17.

Through games of Friday, Oct. 12, both Texas Tech and West Virginia are averaging more yards of offense per game than the Sooners’ 524,7, and TCU and West Virginia allow at least 90 fewer yards per game than OU on defense. What that simply means is that the Sooners are going to have to get some defensive stops, and in hostile environments, because they won’t be able to rely on outscoring any of these teams otherwise

The Sooners also have three games at home over the final six games against Kansas State (Oct. 27), Oklahoma State (Nov. 11) and Kansas (Nov. 17). Those three teams are only 1-8 so far in conference play, so the expectation is that OU should prevail in those contests and complete a perfect season at home (7-0).

Buckle up, because it is going to be an interesting ride between now and Nov. 23 (the final game of the regular season).

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