Assuming this is true ^^ (I haven't read any reports confirming), the worst thing about this for us Longhorn fans is that it significantly lowers our stregth of schedule for the end of the year, especially if the Sooners drop a few more games throughout the season. We've got a lot of season left and anything can happen, but let's just say a one loss Florida team was a no-brainer pick in the NC game last year over a one loss Oklahoma, a one loss Texas, a one loss USC, a one loss Penn State, etc.
As a Longhorn fan, there's a part of me that is laughing inside and a part of me that wants to play Oklahoma fully healthy, without excuses and leave it out on the field. Although Okie State looked good yesterday, the Big 12 could look like the Big 1 this year ala USC. And that never works for them.