Might as well start at the beginning.

Who I like

National Champions = Clemson

MAC Champions = Toledo

Big 12 = Texas Tech

2025 Heisman Winner = John Mateer

Looking at Totals

Alabama Under 9.5

Wisconsin Under 5.5

Oklahoma Over 6.5

South Carolina Over 8.5

Arkansas Under 5.5

Washington Over 7.5

Army Under 7.5

Georgia Tech Over 7.5

Hawai'i Over 5.5

Mississippi State Under 4.5

Texas Tech Over 7.5

California - Under 5.5

Anyone got a view on any of these, we like info and opinions in the Bar.

Those look good okla struggles against spread offense and they see plenty of that

Sooners -3 vs mich it went to 2.5. check the matchups. The sooners will win that game based on the matchup
Look okla vs bama 24-3 mich vs bama 19-13

But okla loses badly down the stretch this year. 5 wins max, might only be 4

My reason for 2025 Heisman Winner = John Mateer

OK it's probably a shocker of a pick, but last season OU were quite good in Defence and pretty bad in offence which is confusing me a bit with the Auburn team this season, considering they now have the QB from OU. Anyway OU got a new OC from WASH and he has brought the QB with him. So new offence to go with the def is giving me confidence the OU will do better this time around. Now look at OU's schedule.

2. Oklahoma Sooners 2nd toughest SEC football schedules in 2025, by SPORT24/7

2025 Schedule: Illinois State, Michigan, at Temple, Auburn, Kent State, Texas, at South Carolina, Ole Miss, at Tennessee, at Alabama, Missouri, LSU

Oklahoma went 2-6 in conference play during its first season in the conference and has an even tougher schedule in 2025. There's the Week 2 matchup against Michigan before a trio of winnable games bleeds into six straight matchups against 2024-ranked teams. The Sooners face LSU in the regular season finale. The Tigers won the 2024 matchup by 20 points.

Early projection: 9-3, 5-3

I'm thinking if OU come out of the gates fast, which they will have to. they should beat Illinois State, at Temple, Kent State,

They have Mich at home on W2 and Auburn at home on W4, then they have a bye week, they host Kent st before the Red River game with Texas, So OU could be 5 - 0 going into the Red River. Texas will have played Florida the week before facing OU. If this happens John Mateer name will start to be mentioned, hence the books cut him from 3300 to 1800, and with the total 6.5 being unbackable, books expect OU to show up this year and their QB will be at the fore-front of that. That's my reason for my pick.

Hi Uncle V, good to hear from you.

They were over under 7.5 last year. I agree with the lower number. I say 5 wins max they can't do this again in the SEC . Last year they were a new face playing these SEC teams. This year they eat the sooners alive

Bama is soft as feathers now and even they will thump the sooners in that rematch

Snap that line was bama-14 at oklahoma