But here’s the other side:

The little things add up. They’re not close at all.

Want a third side?

It doesn’t matter. Close or not, everything will be explained Saturday.

Given more than a week to prepare, Bob Stoops has worked wonders in the past. Not every time, maybe not so much lately, but sometimes. And everybody seems to think something more than a simple week of practice took place last week.

“I’ve said before that there’s a certain way to play,” Stoops said. “And it’s one thing to play hard and it’s another thing to truly, truly compete in a frenzy and in a great way. We’re doing our best to teach it and I think our players are doing their best to understand it.”

By one count, at least behind closed doors, this team has looked something like everybody thought it might look.

“We don’t feel we’re that far off,” Wilson said. “Will we just click and be worldbeaters and just be the most wide open, fantastic offense of all time Saturday? I don’t know about that.

“But I think we’re moving in a fast way and in a good fashion. It would be nice to take that from the (practice) field over there to (Owen) field over there. It would be nice to get it to transfer in a game situation.”

That’s about all that matters.

Kansas State has appeared imminently average for two weeks. Then, after a week off, the Wildcats popped North Texas 54-7. That is, they got well. They finally played the game OU’s been trying to play.

Now it’s the Sooners’ turn to get well. If they don’t, where do they go from 1-3?

Close? Not close? Who cares.

How much difference does two weeks make? As long as it’s enough to win Saturday.

Clay Horning366-3526cfhorning@normantranscript.com