To summarize the OK State article, it was local news obv, talking about prep for the Halloween game, with only one obligatory squib from a coach about not overlooking Baylor. I've found that if local sportswriters are looking past a game, the team is, too (somewhat, of course; never completely; that's not what look-ahead means).
Good example, iirc, was AZ state last year ahead of Georgia (iirc^2). Lots of local coverage of that game weeks in advance.