If you believe quarterback Baker Mayfield — and why shouldn’t we — there is no problem. Only one created by the media and those who really don’t know much about Oklahoma football.
“If people don’t realize we reload here, then that is their own fault,” the Sooner fifth-year senior said to Joey Helmer of 247Sports this week. Mayfield was speaking about the wide-receiver corps, but you can be assured he had the same sentiment insofar as the running backs.
The truth is, Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon, both now departed to the NFL, accounted for 84 percent of the Sooners’ rushing yards a year ago and 30 percent of the team’s 571 total points, which were the third most in the nation last season.