For those of you who don't have time to read about the OU spring game in depth, I'll give you the short version: Defense was terrific, but who knows what that means?

Dominique Franks, Jonathan Nelson and Frank Alexander each returned oskies for scores. Of course, in a game where the OU defense plays the OU offense, the D has somewhat of an advantage given how well they know the O.

However, the funniest stat of the game was that the one touchdown the offense did score was from a play called by a fan. Shae Farmer won an auction to get the honor, and the play he called resulted in a 51-yard touchdown pass to Jermaine Gresham.

I didn't see the play, so I'm not sure if it was a deep out, a short pass that resulted in a long run, a trick play or what. However, the fact that it was a fan's call that resulted in the game's only offensive touchdown gives at least a little credence to the notion that we fans aren't total idiots.

I've always been of the opinion that play-calling is more of an art than a science. For the Sooners though, there are a few elements of the offense that should produce some scientific truths.

• OU has to throw to Gresham. Three balls a game ain't going to do it.


• OU needs to wear DeMarco Murray out. Runs, short passes, deep outs, kickoff returns. Everything. We're doing something wrong if Murray isn't a serious Heisman candidate this year.


• OU should trick up its playbook to the extent that Gresham and Murray get the ball in unconventional sets. End-arounds. Murray lined up at quarterback.

And it's the last point that brings me back to the fan who called this play. I don't know whether he was a 12-year-old kid or a 54-year-old accountant. However, I truly believe OU should hold a video game contest among fans to find the best PlayStation college football player in the state.

Find the best player in the country, if possible.

And then hire him as a consultant to the offensive coordinator. I'm deadly serious about this. Having worked in the information technology industry for more than a decade, I've seen how video games have become wonderful tools for instruction at major companies.

Video games have been used to teach employees about company policy, about processes -- and they have also been used to provoke conversation and ideas regarding the overall business. And in this way, I truly believe OU could innovate by utilizing commercially available video games to improve its offense.

Heck, if nothing else, maybe this Farmer cat has a future in college football. Play calling isn't as easy as he made it, but play calling is also not as difficult, I believe, as coaches would like you to believe.

It's all about creativity, diversion and keeping a defense guessing. Like I said before, it's way more art than science.