NORMAN — When Bob Stoops introduced Lincoln Riley as Oklahoma's offensive coordinator in 2014, he hammered home the point that the Sooners were returning to their Air Raid offensive roots from early in Stoops' tenure.
“We had so much success with it through the years,” Stoops said of the Hal Mumme/Mike Leach offensive scheme. “Little by little in the last several years we slowly drifted away from it.”
That system was the reason Stoops went after Riley.
Four years later, in year two of Riley's tenure as head coach after taking over as Stoops' hand-picked successor, Riley's offensive bag of tricks has expanded far beyond just the Air Raid.