I reckon the game against Baylor worked out pretty well. BU looked better than predicted, and could have easily won that thing, and OU looked worse than predicted, but kept their heads, and eventually still came out on top. And it was a road game, so that makes it more excusable regarding the playoff folks when they look back on this Sept game against a fairly weak (at least it appears but who knows) conference foe.
So, now the coaches and players have a week to assess what went wrong, and what could be tweaked, and then a game against ISU at home before hitting the real white water in the schedule, starting with Texas.
Of course, as any Pokes fan would be the first to tell us, no one should over look Iowa State. Provided OU can get ahead of them early and stay there, though, it will be a good chance to get things tuned up before heading into the depths of hell, south of the Red.