The Oklahoma Sooners , and the rest of the country, are in a weird place right now in terms of the college football schedule. Well, the teams who actually made the playoffs, not so much, but bowl teams are especially in a weird place.
As we all know by now, the Sooners are set to play the Navy Midshipmen in the Armed Forces Bowl down in Fort Worth, Texas, where the Sooners should have a good group of fans in attendance. But, something that a lot of fans may not know, is just how tedious the schedule is.
The transfer portal opened up a little over a week ago. The Sooners, as have many teams around the country, have lost quite a few players to other teams. This has caused the practice schedule and just practices, in general, to be a bit weird.
The 2025 offseason is about to start, but there is still a game left to be played. Yet, a lot of players who were on the team a few weeks ago when they played LSU , are no longer on the team. So, there have been some weird instances in practice.
Sooners bowl game schedule is crazy
Oklahoma Sooners star wide receiver Deion Burks showed and told people just how crazy it gets in practice now that the Sooners are missing so many players.
“Great character, man,” Burks said of freshman quarterback Michael Hawkins. “You just look at him, and he just wants to compete. Today, unfortunately, he was the only quarterback out here, so he was going with the ones and the twos. He scores a touchdown, runs off the field, and back on with the 2’s. Score another touchdown. It’s just crazy to see.”
This of course shows the competitiveness that Hawkins Jr. has, but it also shows that this was during a weird situation where the Sooners only had one QB because of the transfer outs, graduated players, etc.
Unfortunately, that’s just what college football is now. But, man does that make Hawkins sound really good?