That is a highly intriguing dichotomy, given the Sooners’ sustained success as one of the nation’s top-five teams in each of the last four seasons, and is a principle reason so much media attention regarding Oklahoma is focused on either the high-scoring offense or the dysfunctional defense that last season allowed just 15 fewer points per game that the OU offense, which led the nation in scoring average (48.1 points per game).
While games fundamentally are won when the offense scores more points than the defense allows, a third element — special teams — can have a huge impact on the outcome of a game and many times are the critical difference.