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Oklahoma defensive back Keenan Clayton (22) wraps up tight end Trent Rattrree (47) during the Sooners' second scrimmage of the spring. Photo by Jerry Laizure
JERRY LAIZURE / The Norman Transcript


Published April 05, 2008 11:15 pm - Oklahoma got a few injured players back and unveiled a no-huddle offense for the first time this spring, but coach Bob Stoops wasn’t exactly thrilled with what he saw Saturday afternoon at Owen Field.
“It was just OK,” he said following the 92-play scrimmage. “We practiced only once all week and it showed. We weren’t too sharp and there were way too many penalties. But when one side isn’t doing well, the other is and that’s the way it is any time we scrimmage.”


Sooners a little rusty in second scrimmage


John Shinn
The Norman Transcript

Oklahoma got a few injured players back and unveiled a no-huddle offense for the first time this spring, but coach Bob Stoops wasn’t exactly thrilled with what he saw Saturday afternoon at Owen Field.

“It was just OK,” he said following the 92-play scrimmage. “We practiced only once all week and it showed. We weren’t too sharp and there were way too many penalties. But when one side isn’t doing well, the other is and that’s the way it is any time we scrimmage.”

The Sooners postponed two practices last week and only practiced on Thursday. The days off allowed some nagging injuries to heal. Middle linebacker Ryan Reynolds and wide receiver Manuel Johnson both participated Saturday after missing last week’s scrimmage.

But sharpness did suffer. There were a lot of yellow flags thrown.

Defense once again dominated, but not to the extent it had a week ago. The offense scored a pair of touchdowns Saturday.

Freshman running back Justin Johnson plunged through from 1 yard out on the scrimmage’s second series to cap a 70-play drive.

Quarterback Sam Bradford hit tight end Jermaine Gresham for a 3-yard pass midway through the action.

Bradford was 13-for-20 for 158 yards. Backup Joey Halzle was 14-for-22 for 177.

However, the big plays the offense covets were few and far between. It wasn’t like the unit played things close to the vest. It used three trick plays, a flea-flicker, a tight end reverse to Gresham and a reverse pass that turned into a run for Manuel Johnson.

None of them had much success.

“We played all that pretty good,” defensive coordinator Brent Venables said. “They didn’t get anything off the trick stuff. I don’t know if they were open or not, but they didn’t hit them.”

“They didn’t work like we hoped,” Bradford said, “but we hadn’t practiced them so you expect much.”

The defense only yielded 77 yards on 33 rushing attempts. Mossis Madu led the way with 38 yards on 11 carries. Backup quarterback Keith Nichol added 23 on four carries.

Juaquin Iglesias had five receptions for 53 yards. Gresham added five for 52.

There wasn’t much room to maneuver.



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