Without a complementary run game, however, the Sooners ability to shock-and-awe its opponents with high doses of short- and long-range air power as the lethal component in their prolific Air Raid offense is greatly diminished.
Mayfield is gone, to the delight of every other Big 12 team, but the potent Air Raid offense remains as Oklahoma’s primary operating system.
There is a changing of the guard at the quarterback spot, but both redshirt junior Kyler Murray and sophomore Austin Kendall are talented, highly capable and good fits in the Air Raid system although they bring different attributes.