Interim OU defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill walks the field before the game against TCU last Saturday. (Photo by Ian Maule, Tulsa World)
Interim OU defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill was the most popular man in Oklahoma last Saturday against TCU. He was Anybody But Mike Stoops.
And sure enough, the OU defense played better against the hurting Horned Frogs, holding TCU’s offense to two touchdowns and two field goals.
But Saturday, McNeill is charged with holding down the cagey Kansas State Wildcats. Bill Snyder’s team is struggling, but Snyder always seems to have a twist or four up his sleeve against the Sooners, usually without the kind of throwing quarterback that gives OU fits.