Nobody expects any of the three to win the job before preseason practices begin late in the summer. This time around, the spring is a learning process, with a separating process still several months away.

“It was great to make some good plays today, it’s actually great to make some bad plays if you can learn from that,” offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson said. “And we got them in some situations, be it good or bad, that if they can process and learn and grow, it’s going to help them in the fall.”

According to at least one receiver, any of the three could claim the job.

“(All) of them have the opportunity to potentially get us where we need to go,” Quentin Chaney said. “They’re coming along very well. They’re all pretty comfortable back there.”

Hello DeMarco

When Adrian Peterson went down last season, Allen Patrick stepped in nicely and was being backed up by Chris Brown and Mossis Madu. But that begged the question, where was DeMarco Murray?

Stoops had tried explaining it was a season-long case of turf toe.

That became very believable after what Murray did Saturday, running for 132 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries, with a long carry of 65 yards around the left side.

“DeMarco’s a special player,” Stoops said.

Offensive struggle

As is almost always the case, the Sooner defense is ahead of the Sooner offense. There were four touchdowns scored in all, but one of those was at the very end, when Chris Brown scored from 5 yards during Red Zone drills.

Prior to the Red Zone drills, the Sooners scored three touchdowns in the space of 16 possessions.

Safety Nic Harris led with eight tackles. Wolfe, Curtis Lofton and Lewis Baker each had seven tackles.