Sooners need balance as November ‘playoff’ stretch begins in Waco
It was nice to see such a dominate performance from Oklahoma in their last game, even if it was just Texas Tech.
Tech can still toss the ball around. But the return of some key defensive players certainly helped keep the Red Raiders under control which allowed the Sooner offense plenty of chances to run up the score on a beautiful day in Norman.
Jalen Redmond, D.J. Graham and Delarrin Turner-Yell were all back to full strength and it showed. Redmond create havoc on his own, but that also helped Isaiah Thomas to have his own party from the outside.
But perhaps the biggest difference was Turner-Yell back at strong safety which allowed Tennessee transfer Key Lawrence to move to cornerback.
Lawrence shined with several pass break ups and blanket coverage. And that in turn, in my opinion, allowed Grinch to have the confidence to play his defense backs much tighter against the opposing receivers.
