LUBBOCK, Texas — Rhamondre Stevenson lifted his shirt to reveal a message.
“I’m back,” Stevenson’s undershirt read.
Stevenson’s shirt could’ve added several more phrases.
OU’s running game is back and with it, the Sooners’ offense once again becomes otherworldly. With that — and plenty of help from the defense — OU is also back in the picture for the Big 12 title and to make a stir nationally, even if chances remain remote for a College Football Playoff berth.
Stevenson and defensive end Ronnie Perkins played for the first time since the Big 12 Championship Game nearly 11 months earlier and injected life into the Sooners on both sides of the ball.