It’s officially crunch time, and ESPN’s playoff odds board is out. While Ohio State and Indiana are basically stamped in at 99%, there’s one shadow squad nobody saw coming. Even analyst Colin Cowherd straight-up slept on them. And he was not shy to accept his mistake.

On the November 19th episode of his podcast , the analyst said, “I am shocked at how good Oklahoma’s doing.” He added, “One, I didn’t know if Venables was a head coach. Two, the state doesn’t produce a lot of players. Three, Lincoln Riley left. I look up at Oklahoma, and I’m like, ‘I’ve watched them play Bama back-to-back years. They’ve disassembled them.’ Of all the teams that join conferences, my bad. Oklahoma looks and plays like an SEC team.”

Brent Venables’ Oklahoma Sooners now stand with 54% chances. That’s someth

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