Oklahoma Sooners defensive back Peyton Bowen is asking the important questions after loss to Texas Longhorns
Peyton Bowen and the Oklahoma Sooners believe they are not out of the fight for the College Football Playoffs just yet.
Losing the way they did to the Texas Longhorns, in the best rivalry in all of sports, is not what the Oklahoma Sooners had planned in their route to the College Football Playoffs. But they know that one loss on the season, halfway through the season, does not define who they are. Defensive back Peyton Bowen knows that they’re still in the fight while asking all of the important questions.
Sooners can still make College Football Playoffs, and they know that, too
“We can use this loss,” Bowen told reporters. “I was just thinking to myself, ‘When’s the last time a national championship winner was undefeated?’ That’s just the day and age we’re in now. We have a lot of goals left on the table that we can accomplish easily.”
Bowen, who had the huge pass breakup in the back of the end zone on Saturday against Texas, is right. Last year, the Ohio State Buckeyes, who won the National Championship, lost two games. They lost to the Oregon Ducks near the beginning of the year, in Oregon, and then, of course, lost to the Michigan Wolverines. In a way, the Buckeyes are the perfect example to use.
However, he is also wrong. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the year before, when Michigan won it, they were undefeated. The year before that, when the Georgia Bulldogs won it, they were undefeated. Since the Sooners last won their National Championship in 2000, there have been 12 undefeated champions, so almost half have been undefeated, and half have not.
Oklahoma Sooners’ remaining schedule for 2025
- Oct. 18 – Week 8: Oklahoma at South Carolina
- Oct. 25 – Week 9: Ole Miss at Oklahoma
- Nov. 1 – Week 10: Oklahoma at Tennessee
- Nov. 8 – Week 11: BYE WEEK
- Nov. 15 – Week 12: Oklahoma at Alabama
- Nov. 22 – Week 13: Missouri at Oklahoma
- Nov. 29 – Week 14: LSU at Oklahoma
The Sooners are not out of the fight, especially with how the SEC is going right now. The Ole Miss Rebels and Texas A&M Aggies are the only two SEC teams left undefeated, with the Alabama Crimson Tide still being undefeated in conference play.
It’s doable, very doable, but getting everything right from here on out would be very beneficial.
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