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No. 13 Oklahoma (3-0) will host No. 7 Tennessee (3-0) in a top 15 matchup on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. Rankings reflect the US LBM Coaches Poll.
Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. EDT and will be televised by ABC. ESPN’s “College GameDay” will also broadcast live in Norman from 9 a.m.-noon EDT on Saturday.
Saturday’s contest in Week 4 will open Southeastern Conference play for both schools. Oklahoma will also compete in its first SEC game as a league member.
Fourth-year Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel will return to Norman where he guided the Sooners to a BCS national championship in 2000. He also served as an assistant coach at Oklahoma from 2006-14.
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Ahead of the Week 4 game, John Williams of Sooners Wire previews Oklahoma.
Is this the biggest game for Oklahoma, in terms of buildup, in awhile?
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In a word, yes. OU-Texas will always be the biggest game of the year. That is how rivalries work, but the last time Oklahoma hosted a team ranked inside the top six in the nation was in 2016 against Ohio State. The move to the SEC, the return of Josh Heupel, the dueling five-star quarterbacks, ESPN “College GameDay” and a primetime broadcast window have created an incredible and palpable buzz in the fan base. Tennessee is the Sooners’ biggest challenge to date and everyone’s excited to see how they stack up.
How is Josh Heupel perceived by the Sooners’ fan base?
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While things did not end the way anyone wanted it to, at the end of his tenure as offensive coordinator, a large portion of the fan base are able to separate that from what he meant to the program as quarterback at the beginning of the Bob Stoops era, leading the Sooners to a national title.
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Publish date : 2024-09-19 11:00:10
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