Oklahoma Football: 3 takeaways from blowout win over Oklahoma State

1. These teams are trending in opposite directions

Both teams came into this game needing a win to control their destiny of a Big 12 Championship run. Oklahoma State now falls into a tie with Texas, but lose the head-to-head tiebreaker with the Longhorns. Going forward, their best path to Dallas would be this scenario:

With the loss, Oklahoma State needs to win out and they will need one loss from either Oklahoma or Texas and a loss from Iowa State. What helps them big time is the fact that they will get at least one of those losses due to Iowa State and Texas having a game left against each other.

The Cowboys’ season is far from over and if they take care of business against Texas Tech, TCU and Baylor they may sneak into AT&T Stadium next month.

On the flip side, Oklahoma is in the drivers seat in terms of a conference championship appearance. All they need to do is take care of West Virginia and Baylor to get back to Arlington for the 4th consecutive season. Which begs the question, where do the Sooners fit into the New Years Six? Do they maybe get a second look at the playoff?

In terms of the first question, I would love to see them matched against another great offensive team in Florida. The Cotton Bowl could be a great landing spot for both teams.

And in terms of the playoff, it is fun to think about but it is not happening. Their only hope is teams such as Clemson, Florida and Texas A&M all having two losses. They would also need BYU and Cincinnati to at least lose one game. That just seems like far too much to happen in far too little of a time period.

Oklahoma did make a statement tonight to the committee and whether they hear it or not remains to be seen.