OU spring game shows tight quarterback battle

Oklahoma quarterback Austin Kendall, right, keeps the ball while trying to get by Brendan Radley-Hiles during Saturday's spring football game in Norman. [PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN]NORMAN — With the brisk wind at his back, Austin Kendall positioned himself behind Jonathan Alvarez.

His team, honorarily coached by Trent Williams, was down by seven points to Adrian Peterson's team in the first overtime period of Oklahoma's annual spring football game.

For a brief instant, the fate of the Oklahoma football team was in Kendall's hands. This time, the stakes were minor with just a postgame meal on the line.

In the future, the situation could be more dire.

It only took the redshirt sophomore…