DeMarco Murray and the no-huddle
Published: 4/22/2008 12:09 PM
Last Modified: 4/22/2008 12:09 PM
It will be very interesting to see how Oklahoma coaches work the running game into their new no-huddle offense next season. The Sooners have taken to a tailback rotation since Adrian Peterson's depature, and the guess is if they speed things up next fall, they'll be even more apt to send two or three runners in and out of huddles.
Which should work out all right, provided DeMarco Murray isn't getting a third of the work.
There is certainly room for Chris Brown in OU's backfield. Mossis Madu can be helpful. And if true freshman Jermie Calhoun reaches his reputation, he should see the field some as well.
But as long as he is healthy, Murray must be the Sooners' go-to ball-handler behind Sam Bradford. He showed everyone why as a freshman in 2007, when the buzz reached clear up to Madison, Wisc. That's where Capital Times columnist Mike Lucas got his first look at No. 7 and wrote:
"His name is DeMarco Murray, not to be confused with Adrian Peterson. Not just yet."
-- Guerin Emig
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Guerin Emig
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