Certainly when you have a pair of Heisman-winning quarterbacks at the controls and an offensive maestro on the sidelines calling plays for an offensive unit built to keep opposing defenses off balance and guessing what they’re going to get hit with next, it’s easy to understand why Oklahoma has continued to find electrifying success following the coaching transition from Bob Stoops to Lincoln Riley.
While it has been the skill players on offense — the quarterback, running backs and receivers — who have grabbed most all of the headlines and recognition from the Sooners’ offensive supremacy the past two seasons, in truth, it was the unsung warriors up front, in the trenches, who were the catalysts that made all that success possible.