Three carries from Adrian Peterson. In the end, that’s probably what hurt Oklahoma the most in the latest Red River Shootout.
Well, that or Texas QB Vince Young’s electric performance: 241 passing yards, 3 TD, and 46 rushing yards. Or maybe it was Billy Pittman’s four-catch, 100-yard, two-TD display. Or Jamaal Charles’ 114 rushing yards…on EIGHT carries. That’s 14.3 yards/carry, folks. Or how about the Longhorns’ defense, which held the Sooners to 172 total yards and forced two turnovers.
Okay, so this was a blowout, plain and simple, in every facet of the game. And in the end, Texas’ 45-12 drubbing of Oklahoma, their first win in the last six games of this rivalry, gives the second-ranked Longhorns an open road to the National Championship game, assuming they don’t slip up against Texas Tech on October 22.
