Josh Heupel staying at OU as a Sooner lifer is downright believable compared to the fantasy that unfolded. Getting canned was a blessing in disguise.

No equivocation. Heupel remains an Oklahoma legend, and Castiglione said the school plans to treat him as such in the pregame before the No. 13 Sooners host No. 7 Tennessee on Saturday.

This will be the first time that Heupel and Venables, who spent plenty of time together at Oklahoma, have faced off on opposing sidelines as head coaches

Tennessee football will wear all-white uniforms at Oklahoma on Saturday. The Vols open SEC play against the Sooners, who are in their first SEC season

The Cougars thrive under the lights in Provo, where the team has won 29 of its past 34 night games. Kansas State’s Avery Johnson — who has never thrown for 200 yards — will step into such a unique atmosphere for the first time and be forced to air it out against a top-25 run defense.