Easy road is over

The easy road for the Sooners comes to an end this week when Oklahoma gets on a bus for the trek up the turnpike to take on the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Friday night. That's the team with supposedly the best quarterback in Oklahoma, Paul Smith, who lit up BYU late Saturday for a 55-47 victory.

Smith threw for 454 yards and five touchdowns against a team which admittedly plays in a conference that thinks defense is only a department in Washington, D.C. But Smith's ability to orchestrate such an offensive performance is impressive. With Oklahoma's cornerback play always an Achilles heal of sorts, it will be interesting to see how they stack up against what will likely be the most challenging passing game they will face this year, Texas Tech included.

Of course Tulsa's secondary gave up 537 yards passing to BYU too. That means Sam Bradford will likely have his season high at Skelly Stadium (we refuse to call it Chapman stadium, or some of such name TU's regents have decided to call it now). If the game is close, which we expect it will be (within one or two scores difference the entire game), then Coach Stoops will not rest Bradford at all, and receivers Malcolm Kelly and Joaquin Iglasias will be called upon frenquently.

But...

Will OC Kevin Wilson opt to run the ball against TU, grind out the clock and keep the ball away from the opponent? That would mean Allen Patrick and Demarco Murray will make Sportscenter highlights Friday night.

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