Contrary to what we have witnessed over the past two decades, the Oklahoma football tradition as a national powerhouse was largely built by its ground-pounding, ball-control offenses of the 1950s, 1970s and 1980s.
Quite a few of the outstanding running backs in the modern era of college football (since the end of World War II) have come out of the Sooner program.
When you think of the great Oklahoma ground warriors (later this month we will rank the top 10 for you) of all-time, the names Billy Sims, Adrian Peterson, Joe Washington and Greg Pruitt come quickly into the heads and off the tongues of Sooner fans.