DALLAS — After running down the field in celebration, Tre Brown had to take a moment.
OU’s senior cornerback bent over, hands on his knees, and fought to catch his breath.
“It took a lot of guts to do what we did,” Sooners coach Lincoln Riley said of his team’s defense after Brown sealed a Red River Shootout like no other, coming away with a 53-45 win. “Just kept fighting, hung in there, trusted the defense.
“We had a lot of guys that were hurting, a lot of guys that were absolutely gassed and everybody was just begging to go back in the game — guys that had not a whole lot left in the tank and were all banged up.