The Oklahoma defense forced six turnovers its season opener against Temple and lead the nation in turnover margin after Week 1.
. Obviously with such a jumpstart in the stat, OU leads the country with a 6-0 turnover margin after Week 1. Illinois is second after forcing four takeaways against Eastern Illinois. No other SEC team forced more than one turnover during the Week 1 slate.
Turnovers most likely weren’t the difference in a win or loss against competition like Temple, but it certainly made the scoreboard look much worse as the Sooners converted those turnovers into 34 points Friday night. That’s much different than a theoretical 17-3 win without any takeaways for OU.during his coaches show Monday evening. “No. 1, when we were undefeated last year, we led the nation in turnover margin. And then in our three losses we turned the ball over 12 times and lost the margin.
“Even regardless of who you’re playing, some people will say, ‘Oh, well, it was Temple,’” Venables said. “Well, man, everybody, there’s a lot of people playing worse than that – a lot of FCS teams in that first weekend – and you don’t see them getting six turnovers, so again, I’m not beating our chest, but at the same time, this is hard to do. And what I liked about it, it was more of our doing. We forced the turnovers. We hit people and jared the ball loose.
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