NORMAN — Before Oklahoma's offense took the field with 3:31 left in the third quarter, Lincoln Riley pulled Kyler Murray aside. The Sooner offense had stagnated after cruising to a 34-point first half.
“You can't try to just win this thing by yourself right now,” Riley told his quarterback. “You've got to keep trusting it.”
Four plays later, all Murray did was make the right read. He trusted Marquise Brown to do much more.
The Sooner receiver ran a crossing route on third-and-11 from OU's 26-yard line. The Sooners trailed Oklahoma State 35-34 and hadn't yet scored in the third quarter.