Oklahoma destroys Texas in highlight-reel show 63-21

• Oklahoma's Damien Williams had a 95-yard touchdown run.
• Oklahoma fullback Trey Millard had a 73-yard run to set up a touchdown.
• If Oklahoma wins out, the Sooners could be back in the BCS picture.

DALLAS – Twenty yards downfield, Trey Millard hurdled a Texas safety. While still in midair, he crushed the other safety. And then he kept going, rumbling 73 yards to set up another Oklahoma touchdown.

As much as anything, the play summed up the Sooners' 63-21 victory against their Red River Rivals. The final score is a bit deceptive. It was 36-2 at halftime – 30 minutes of hurdling and crushing and rumbling – at which point the old Cotton Bowl half-emptied.

"It was straight ... ." Sooners coach Bob Stoops did not finish the thought, so we will: It was straight dominance.

BOX SCORE:Oklahoma 63, Texas 21

As for the highlights, we could pick any number – Damien Williams' 95-yard touchdown run, backup quarterback Blake Bell "belldozing" to four more TDs, Landry Jones throwing for two more, the defense stuffing Texas until it didn't matter – but Millard, you should know, is a fullback. Along with 119 receiving yards, he had 45 rushing yards. And also, two hurdles of Texas defenders.

For sheer entertainment value – and for evidence of sheer domination – we'll go with the fullback. Or tight end. Or wide receiver. Or tailback. Depends on where he's lined up. A 6-2, 256-pound junior, Millard is versatile that way. And when he gets the ball?

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"You know he's either gonna jump over someone or run them over," Oklahoma junior center Gabe Ikard said. Then he laughed.

"Or both."

Which brings us to this: Never mind the loss to Kansas State, is Oklahoma the Big 12's best? And despite that blemish, could the Sooners be on their way back into the BCS picture?

Maybe both.

Saturday, fueled by an offense that combined big plays with grinding effectiveness and a defense that suffocated the 'Horns, the Sooners seemed capable of hurdling their remaining opponents, or bowling them over. Or yeah, both.

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They certainly didn't look much like the bunch that lost at home last month to Kansas State, or was underwhelming in wins against UTEP and Florida A&M. But in consecutive victories at Texas Tech and vs. Texas, the Sooners showcased something better. And about that loss to K-State:

The Sooners would like to remind everyone that Jones lost a fumble near his goal line – the Wildcats converted a defensive touchdown. And that Bell lost a fumble near the other goal line. And that the final margin was five points.

"There's different ways you lose," Stoops said. "If you didn't see how we lost that one, then you weren't paying attention. It wasn't because we got beat up."

Alternate narratives are not reality. But Texas coach Mack Brown pointed it out, too.

"That's a 14-point swing," he said. "I mean, Oklahoma may be as good as anybody in the league."

Or maybe Kansas State was simply the clunker the Sooners seem to be good for at least once a season. But perhaps we should pay attention to Brown's Swing Theory and watch the season play out, and see whether Oklahoma finds its way back into the BCS race. Although the Sooners are playing catch-up in the Big 12 standings, they're playing well. And in two weeks there's a decent non-conference game with Notre Dame in Norman that might mean something. Win out, and the Sooners might well be in a familiar position.

And Texas? After yet another humiliating loss to its chief rival, let's put this notion to rest: Texas is not "back." Last month, Brown said a three-game stretch against Oklahoma State, West Virginia and Oklahoma would define the Longhorns. They won the first, and were within a field goal of going to overtime with West Virginia last week, and then who knows? But the 'Horns also got a gift touchdown – replays showed it was a fumble – to beat Oklahoma State in the final minute.

But this? Bevo might as well have been dropped in a deep fryer over on the State Fair midway – which, by the way, is where many fans wearing burnt orange must have been after halftime. By then, Oklahoma had 407 yards (206 rushing), Texas had 65 (2 rushing). Millard's reception was the Sooners' longest pass in the history of the series; Williams' run was the longest run. They finished with 677 total yards.

"It is what it is," Brown said. "They hit us. I don't know how to define it with one word."

But he already had.

"It's just unacceptable," Brown said, "for Texas to lose like that to Oklahoma, much less to anybody – and especially two years in a row."

What's next for Texas is uncertain. Quarterback David Ash spent the second half on the sidelines. Asked whether Ash was injured, Brown said he hadn't spoken with doctors. Regardless, it's apparent the Longhorns have been defined by that three-game stretch, and that Texas' rebuilding project is far from complete.

Also, and this can't be overlooked, there's an even bigger picture: Oklahoma's performance wasn't all that unusual against Texas. The Sooners have won three in a row in the series; a year ago, it was 55-17. Stoops has now won nine of 14 against Brown, and it's not just the losses but how several have played out.

Brown's four worst losses at Texas have come to Stoops' Sooners. Afterward, Stoops, unbidden, compared Saturday's victory to lopsided wins in 2000 and 2003.

"This certainly ranks up there with 63-14 and 65-13," he said. "It's in the same ballpark."

There was also last season. Those are four of the five largest winning margins in the history of the rivalry.

"Isn't that great?" said Ikard, with a wide grin.

Depends on your perspective. If you're Texas, it's unacceptable.

So, it's both.