OSU's Tyron Johnson catches a touchdown pass in the Bedlam game as OU's Parnell Motley watches. (Photo by Bryan Terry)

Everyone is on board the Big 12 efficiency ratings. I’ve been writing about them for years – measuring offense and defense not by yards, but by points, and measuring not within the context of games, which vary greatly, but within the context of possessions.

Even Mike Gundy is talking about it. Gundy used part of his press conference the other day to point out how Oklahoma scored 62 points on his Cowboys but needed 16 possessions to do it, and how the Sooners scored 31 points on Ohio State in 11 possessions, extrapolating that to say OU would have scored 50 points on the Buckeyes if given 16 possessions.

Gundy’s head is in the right place, but his numbers are slightly off. The Sooners indeed had 11 possessions against Ohio State. But OU had only 14 possessions in Bedlam, not counting a one-play drive to run out the first half clock.