Voice of the BYU Cougars, Greg Wrubell, explains how the Cougars can pull off an upset
It’s almost that time for the Oklahoma Sooners and the BYU Cougars to play in Provo, UT. It’s crazy to think Oklahoma is about to play their 11th game of the season.
This game is set to kick off at /11:00 a.m. CT, 10:00 a.m. MT. The exact kickoff time will be 10:07 a.m. MT which, according to OU’s Associate AD for Strategic Communications Mike Houck, is the earliest known kickoff in program history.
All signs point to an Oklahoma win on Saturday. BYU ranks in the 100s on both sides of the ball. They’ve been reeling recently, suffering three straight blowout losses. But as we’ve seen, Oklahoma can be beaten, especially if they don’t come in focused or turn the ball over.
I interviewed the voice of the BYU Cougars, Greg Wrubell, on my podcast, Eat. Sleep. Bedlam., about how important the turnover battle will be on Saturday.
“In the Kalani Sitake era, when BYU has a positive turnover margin, the win rate is 81.4%, 35-8,” Wrubell said. “When they go turnover-free, which you can do, in fact, Aaron Roderick’s teams have probably been turnover-free in about half of his games as OC (offensive coordinator), Kalani’s teams are 29-4 when they just don’t turn the ball over.”
The Cougars started this season with a lot of promise at 3-0. Since then, injuries have really plagued the Cougars. It’s unclear if they will get back starting quarterback Kedon Slovis. One of their preseason starting safeties, who was hurt in camp, did make his return last week but only on a limited basis.
Wrubell said for them to pull off the upset, they need to get back to the three areas that helped them have their fast start. Win the turnover margin, be efficient in the red zone, and win the starting field position battle. All things they’ve struggled with recently.
For the Sooners, they simply can’t beat themselves in this game. Turnovers and penalties are what will make this close in a game they shouldn’t have a problem winning.
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