We tried. We really tried. We failed.Three weeks into preseason practice we have no idea who the next quarterback will be at Oklahoma and a real good idea this Sooner offense, particularly with J.D. Runnels and Adrian Peterson sitting out contact, is sick and tired of having to face this Sooner defense.

Indeed, Wednesday’s scrimmage at Owen Field, the alleged last scrimmage of the preseason until OU coach Bob Stoops announced moments after its conclusion they might do it again the next Wednesday — you know, maybe 50 or 60 plays; might even let the fans come back — told us next to nothing about the state of Sooner football.

If you were standing in the northeast corner of the field, about the only thing you could be sure about was the existence of a middle-aged man with gray hair and a gray mustache, wearing a gray OU T-shirt, who loves Kejuan Jones “with all my heart.”

Only he wasn’t too sure about Kejuan’s first name.

“I love you Keyshawn,” he said. “I love all you all.”

Really. That’s as good as it got.

The offensive line allowed a ton of sacks. Then again, all it took was a phantom touch of the men in blue, Paul Thompson and Rhett Bomar, to get a play blown dead.

Bomar scored a touchdown … on a broken play. Thompson closed the scrimmage with a touchdown pass to Quentin Chaney … in a goal-line drill.