Bold fourth-down call nets Sooners a win

Tech, Oklahoma bring contrasting offenses

NORMAN, Okla. Oklahoma's game plan of late has been a bit of a flashback for Allen Patrick. The tailback remembers his high school days when he'd pound the ball for about 200 rushing yards while his football team threw just a few passes.

That's the sort of physical approach the 17th-ranked Sooners have used with Patrick in the backfield and star tailback Adrian Peterson lost to a broken collarbone.

Believe it or not, the Sooners have actually run the ball more frequently and picked up more yards on the ground in the three games since Peterson broke his collarbone.

Oklahoma has averaged 207 rushing yards on 48-point-seven carries in Adrian Peterson's absence. With Adrian Peterson, the Sooners had averaged 172 yards on 36-point-eight carries.

Patrick has had the heaviest load, with 440 yards on 102 rushes the past three weeks.

Texas Tech continues to do the opposite, as they have since coach Mike Leach installed his Air Raid offense. While Oklahoma has averaged nearly 50 rushes over the past three weeks, Tech leads the nation in pass attempts with 508 more than 50 per game

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