“They can throw it, they can run it, they are big up front, they’ve got speed, they have receivers, running backs. Same thing on defense, they are big and fast,” he said. “They have a very good kicking game, all the way around: kickers, punters, returners are very solid all the way around.

“They are one of those teams that when you watch them, typically — you don’t do this much at this level, anyway — but you don’t look at anybody and say ‘Oh, I bet we can get this on that guy.’ There is none of that here. They are a very complete football team.”

Spreading it around

It seems like OU has had a different offensive player step up each week. Last Friday, it was Allen Patrick who had the big game, rushing for 145 yards on 19 carries and scoring twice.

OU offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson said Patrick’s big night was all the running back’s doing.

“That wasn’t really by design other than he just got in there, got going a little bit and got in there with some drives,” Wilson said.

But there’s a pretty good chance tight end Jermaine Gresham and running back DeMarco Murray could see more prominent roles in coming games.

“I think as Jermaine is playing better and as DeMarco keeps going, they’ll be in different spots,” Wilson said. “But the concern I have is always you don’t want so much offense you start to become a hodge-podge and you can have too many plays.”