Oklahoma now has Central Florida's QB and OC -- and you think that is upgrade? Do you see the recruits Lincoln Riley has had commit to USC, just since he has been there? 2023 he already has 3 of the top 26 recruits with verbals to USC. All were going to go to OU.
When you add in Raleek Brown, Caleb Williams, Mario Williams, McCutchin and the others who have left Oklahoma (spencer rattler, Jaden Haselwood, Stogner) -- That is an absolute ridiculous amount of talent. It isn't as if elite 5 star recruits grow on trees. You only have 25-30 a year.
OU just lost like 8 of them if you include current and potential who have transferred or decommitted. Now the pipeline OU was using to get many of those 5 star recruits is shut, because the HC who built the pipeline is now at USC.