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It is here, and it is glorious. Wednesday was a busy day for Oklahoma as a program.
They landed a commitment from transfer running back Sam Franklin, prepping for the Alamo Bowl and continuing to recruit high schoolers and players from the transfer portal.
To end the night, the Sooners got a look at what Oklahoma will be going up against in their first year as SEC members. ESPN released the SEC schedules for the SEC teams, and Oklahoma now knows when and where they’ll be playing their first SEC season.
Here’s a full look at the 2024 schedule and now we’ve got five instant takeaways from Oklahoma’s first SEC schedule.
Four home games to gel as an offense
Bryan Terry The Oklahoman
Oklahoma’s schedule has a lot of favorable spots, but the most important may be the first four weeks of the season. Oklahoma will start 2024 with Jackson Arnold under center against Temple before upping the ante against Houston and Tulane.
Those three nonconference games will be pivotal as the Sooners acclimate to a new play-caller and quarterback on top of a new offensive line.
The season’s first test will come for Oklahoma when former Sooners quarterback and OC Josh Heupel returns to Norman as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers. It’s the perfect benchmark moment for the Sooners, and with three games under their belt beforehand, Oklahoma needs to be ready for a war.
Bye weeks give Oklahoma time to prep before big time games
John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Oklahoma will have not one but two bye weeks in 2024 because of the schedule. Both bye weeks come before their two highest-profile matchups of the season.
The Sooners get a bye after their first SEC road game when they travel to Auburn. That bye will give Oklahoma extra time to rest, recover, and prepare for the first Red River Rivalry game with Texas under the SEC banner.
Later…
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Author : Sooners Wire
Publish date : 2023-12-14 02:03:17
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