Arguably one of the best running backs to come through Norman, Oklahoma, newly appointed running backs coach Demarco Murray went on the Sooner Sports Podcast to give a peek behind the curtain of the Sooners’ magical 2008 season.
“That 2008 team and that stretch of offensive games that we had when we scored 65 straight points is pretty dang special,” Murray told Sooner Sports. “Being a coach now, I’m trying to break all those records and help our guys forget about that 2008 season and get one of those banners we didn’t get that year.”
Murray discussed one of the biggest ‘what ifs’ in Oklahoma football history of whether the Sooners could have beat Florida in the BCS Championship game had he been healthy down the stretch.
Murray tore his left hamstring in the Big 12 Championship beatdown against Missouri a month before the National Title game.
“Obviously it was a big bummer not to play in the national championship game, probably the biggest game of my career,” Murray said. “I was excited and pulling for us but as a competitor, you want to be out there and help your guys.
“I try not to let things like that [bother me]. I try not to dwell on ’em. It wasn’t meant to be for me to be in that game but I definitely think the outcome would’ve been different.”
For the full interview, click here.
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