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DeMarco Murray, Oklahoma's star running back, won't play in Miami against the Florida Gators on January 8th.Murray injured his knee in the Big 12 Championship game against Missouri. Oklahoma's medical staff originally diagnosed the injury as a "deep bruise," but now say the sophomore has a "partial rupture of a hamstring tendon" in his left leg. Surgery is the only option now for Murray, but he'll be back next year.
In the meantime, what does this mean for the Big Game?
Looking back on this season, Murray has rushed for 1,002 yards and 14 touchdowns and caught 31 passes for an additional 395 yards and four touchdowns. And that's not counting his 774 yards in kickoff returns. Yeah, dude's good. He'll be missed.
But all is not lost for the Sooners.
Running back Chris Brown is an outstanding rusher in his own right; he ran for 1,110 yards and scored 20 touchdowns on the ground. And third stringer Mossis Madu has 463 yards and six touchdowns of his own.
Three backs. Over 2,600 yards on the ground. When you think of Oklahoma, you think of Sam Bradford and his video game numbers first. But let there be no doubt about it, the Sooners love to run the football.
Where Murray's loss might really impact the outcome of this game is in the field position category. In 2008, the Sooners' average starting field position has been on their own 40-yard line. Murray and his 774 kickoff return yards have been almost exclusively responsible for that.
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