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Murray gives Oklahoma a trio of talented backs

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Friday, August 24, 2007

NORMAN, Okla. -- Bob Stoops has done his best to keep the lid on DeMarco Murray, the redshirt freshman tailback from Las Vegas. But then Stoops goes and gives the 6-foot, 205-pound Murray the ball and all those lowered expectations get raised again. In a scrimmage Saturday, Murray rushed nine times for 105 yards -- in a steady rain. Murray looked like the same tailback who rushed 25 times for 327 yards (11.3 yards per carry) in three scrimmages in the spring. The Sooners' defense has seven retu ...

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