“We know that. You’re not talking to a bunch of guys that don’t realize that,” Stoops said. “We’ve had that question every year and look at our track record before and after that game.”

No need.

It’s really, really good.

All right, how about Sam Bradford.

Uh, Bob, Tulsa was a road game but Colorado will be his first really hostile environment. How is he going to handle that?

“I think that he has been just what you want him to be,” Stoops said. “He hasn’t made an issue of it. He looks at it like this is what we’ve practiced and, we get out between the lines, this is all that matters.”

Maybe the questions aren’t so bad, but they just seem so … forced.

Because what else is there?

A week ago the Sooners faced their first real defensive test. If they failed early, they passed with flying colors late. Consider it their first taste of adversity, which lasted about a quarter.

Their quarterback has gone from being a huge question mark to a fringe Heisman Trophy Candidate.

Curtis Lofton and Ryan Reynolds, as anonymous as any two starting linebackers have been at OU in some time, have been playing like Rocky Calmus and Torrance Marshall.

Stoops keeps calling Malcolm Kelly maybe the best receiver in the nation and if he isn’t, well, there’s nobody better. But one guy can make a pretty good case and his name is Juaquin Iglesias, averaging almost seven catches a game and more than 100 yards a game.

Allen Patrick is picking up 9 yards every time he touches the ball.

Bradford leads the conference in passing efficiency and is second in the nation.

The Sooners lead the conference in sacks and are last (or first: only two in four games) in sacks allowed.