He’s the first quarterback in Cardinal history with three straight games of at least 75 percent completions. 658 his first two seasons with the Cardinals was troublesome.But Murray completed 24 of 32 passes against the Rams, and his season percentage is at. Murray won the 2018 Heisman Trophy, but his so-so completion percentage of. Murray has thrilled the league with his running and passin exploits, but questions persisted about his long-range potential as an elite quarterback. The Rice duo of Khalan Griffin and Jordan Myers combined for 93 yards on 14 carries. TCU tailback Zach Evans gained 113 yards on 15 carries. Not get that momentum up and you’ve got to play with extreme effort and you’ve got to get all the hats to the ball because the times that he does, we’ve got to have somebody else there to get him down.”Īnd maybe Brooks and/or Gray are due a big game. Arkansas rushed for 333 yards against Texas. “So the key is, like any great back, you’ve got to try to get him stopped before they get started. “You’re going to have to get other hats there because you’re not always going to get him with the first guy. So Saturday, maybe advantage Texas, with Robinson. Since that Parker-Williams duel of 1997, only twice has the winning team been outrushed in OU-Texas: In 2014, Texas ran for 148 yards to OU’s 103, but the Sooners won 31-26 and in 2018 (regular season), OU outgained UT 222-177 on the ground, but Texas won 48-45. But even in the passing-frenzied modern era, the run game is supreme in OU-Texas. ► 2016: OU’s Samaje Perine carried 35 times for 214 yards as the Sooners won a 45-40 shootout. ► 2004: Peterson carried 32 times for 225 yards as OU won an old-fashioned tug o’war, 12-0. ► 2002: OU’s Quentin Griffin gained 248 yards on 32 carries, much of them off a well-schemed draw play, as the Sooners rallied for a 35-24 victory. Texas: Three Sooners and three Longhorns to watch in Red River Showdown The Longhorns haven’t asked a tailback for such a mission since the 1990s: In the last quarter century, only seven times has a runner carried at least 30 times in the OU-Texas game. Whether he touches it 40 times or he touches it 20 times or whatever, we’ve got to do a good job getting him on the ground that many times. It’s kind of a little old school in a way. You don’t see that very often guys getting that many touches. “We can’t totally control what they end up doing, who they decide to give it to or feature or do they try to carry more, do they try to carry him less, but you obviously know that they’ll do it. “I think you’ve just got to be mentally prepared for it,” Riley said of OU’s defense. If you take out Robinson’s game against Rice (13 carries, 127 yards), he’s gained 525 yards on 92 carries (5.7 per carry). So in the same neighborhood.īut that’s sort of the point. Texas has relied on Robinson more than OU has relied on Brooks and Gray combined. So that’s tailback production of 441 yards on 88 carries, 5.0 yards per carry. And he responded extremely well.”Ĭonversely, OU’s running game hasn’t been all that spiffy, until last Saturday against Kansas State, when Kennedy Brooks ran for 91 yards on 15 carries. In the Sooners’ four real games this season, Brooks has rushed 48 times for 270 yards and Eric Gray 40 times for 171 yards. We had challenged him early on, coming out of spring, of physically and mentally preparing himself for those kind of games. He’s obviously in really good physical condition. I think he came out of the game extremely healthy. 'We’ve always rooted for one another': How OU's Dennis Simmons & UT's Steve Sarkisian became close at BYU They’re putting it in his hands a lot and he’s produced.” “He’s a complete player and he’s playing at high level. He has really nice balance, acceleration and feel for the schemes they’re running. “You watch him play and he does so many things well. "Bijan is a terrific player,” OU coach Lincoln Riley said. Tulane, Nebraska, West Virginia, Kansas State. And that’s against some teams that have shown a propensity to run the ball, either this year or in the past. OU is seventh nationally in rushing defense, allowing 83.6 yards per game. Robinson has established himself as one of the nation’s top ballcarriers, but stopping the run has not been a problem for this Sooner defense. The OU-Texas game could turn on the answers to those questions.
Will he be asked to carry such a load Saturday in the Cotton Bowl? Can he carry such a load Saturday in the Cotton Bowl? He gained 216 yards and the Longhorns needed virtually all of them, holding off the Horned Frogs 32-27. Texas tailback Bijan Robinson carried 35 times last Saturday against Texas Christian.
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