SEC commissioner Greg Sankey reveals how the Sooners were unfortunate in the scheduling process compared to Texas

The Oklahoma Sooners are getting a very much-needed bye week before they face their biggest rivals, the Texas Longhorns. The Red River Rivalry is one of the most historic rivalries ever, and there's the fact that the Texas State Fair is in the background, too, just to make things all the more interesting.

But, these two teams, no matter the records, always show up to battle one another. It's usually a great atmosphere with great football. It's also usually a game where every advantage you can get matters, and the rest is key because this will be one of the most physical games both teams play all year long.

And, while the Sooners don't have that bye week advantage, because both they and Texas have a bye before this game, the Sooners needed it baldy. They have some of the most unfortunate injuries in the country this year and a lot of them. They will have to operate off of what they have, which is a bunch of second-string players. This is just another game in their super tough schedule.

But, how did the Longhorns get fortunate enough to land the significantly easier schedule of the two schools? We have seen both schedules, and Oklahoma's is much harder, and it isn't really close.

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey revealed that it wasn't on purpose, and there was a process behind it all. It's kind of too long to type, so, here's the video:

Basically, what Sankey said is that a set of analytics they used made them feel like the schedules were more balanced than what people think, due to the histories of the programs they play dating back the last few years, rather than just last year. And, that doesn't really make much sense.

To say that they are balanced, or much more balanced than people tend to think, is absolutely wild. The Sooners have a significantly harder schedule, and it's not close. They still have to play Texas, Missouri, Alabama, and LSU, who are all ranked this year, and all were ranked very high at the start of the year.

Texas just has Georgia and Texas A&M. That's not balanced.

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