In researching this week’s Oklahoma-Iowa State game, I’ve come across some fascinating numbers.

We’ve known since Week 1 that OU’s defense is susceptible to the deep ball. Utah State’s Deondre Borel torched an inexperienced Sooner secondary over and over.

Cincinnati’s Zach Collaros did it less frequently, but just as effectively.

In those two games, Borel and Collaros hit nine deep throws for 387 yards.

Air Force and Texas, two teams not known for their passing acumen, also smacked the Sooners deep, four times for 137 yards.

That’s 13 deep or intermediate completions for 524 yards, an average of 40 yards per completion.

Not that Yost needed any prompting to put it in the air, but…