College coaches throughout the country are well aware of Oklahoma redshirt freshman running back DeMarco Murray, and Utah State's Brent Guy is no different.
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Sooners coach Bob Stoops saw Murray dunk a basketball in his junior season at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas and reportedly offered Murray a scholarship on the spot. Guy also had seen some of Murray's athletic exploits.
"I was like Bob,” Guy said. "When I saw DeMarco when he was a sophomore and I was (an assistant at) Arizona State, I was ready to offer him (a scholarship) just like Bob did. That guy's a very talented guy. You can see the speed and agility.”
Murray rushed for 100 yards on four carries against the Aggies, which included a 92-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.
"We had a tough time tackling him,” Guy said. "He's a great cutback runner, plus he has a lot of speed. We had the angle (on the touchdown run), and he outran us. We had two guys with angles and he just flat outran us.”
By John Rohde
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