Since taking over for deposed defensive coordinator Mike Stoops three weeks ago, Ruffin McNeill claimed the Oklahoma Sooners wouldn’t change much on that side of the ball in the second half of the season.
OU’s first outing in McNeill’s interim stint proved that to be not entirely true. Although the Sooners showed the TCU Horned Frogs some familiar alignments, McNeill and the rest of the defensive staff made some intriguing tweaks to their schemes and personnel groupings.
New role for Bookie
By my count, freshman defensive back Brendan Radley-Hiles was one of only two Sooners on the field for all 56 of OU’s defensive snaps.