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Oklahoma football: Staff roundtable – 12 questions facing OU in 2019

By Christopher Dukes

NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 11: Oklahoma Sooners fans cheer during the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 11, 2017 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated TCU 38-20. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) *** Local Caption ***
NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 11: Oklahoma Sooners fans cheer during the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 11, 2017 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated TCU 38-20. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** /
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Site experts Chris Dukes and Chip Rouse answer the 12 questions that will define the 2019 Oklahoma football season season.

What is Oklahoma football’s toughest game this year and why?

CR: Texas poses the biggest challenge on the Sooners’ 2019 schedule. This should come as no surprise because it is practically the same every season. The Longhorns always play Oklahoma tough, regardless of what the records and rankings indicate. The Horns beat OU in the regular season a year ago, and could have made it a sweep in the Big 12 Championship, except for one Kyler Murray and the play of the year from the much-maligned Sooner defense.

Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger returns for a third season against the Sooners, who still be starting their third different quarterback in as many seasons, and Oklahoma has had difficulty stopping the prohibitive Big 12 Player of the Year.

There is a good chance these two teams could meet twice in 2019, like they did last season, and we all know how difficult it is to beat a team twice in the same season.

CD: You can’t ever overlook the Longhorns. Since 2015 the Sooners are 3-2 against Texas and
34-1 against the rest of the Big 12, that’s a staggering stat. Not only does this game carry the rivalry “throw the records out the window” factor, Texas is going to be as good as they have been in a decade in 2019 with one of the best quarterbacks in the country in Sam Ehlinger.

Todd Orlando is one of the best defensive minds in football today and he’s one of the very few guys who has the football IQ to go toe to toe with Lincoln Riley. Even worse, if the Sooners emerge from the October donnybrook with a win, they may have to do it again in December in the conference title game.

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