As dominant as he has been this season, it’s certainly a wonder why Ryan Broyles is not a bigger name around the nation.

For the third time on the season and the fourth of his career, the junior wide receiver went for over 100 yards in the first half. This time it was six receptions for 127 yards and two touchdowns in the first half, to be exact, as the Sooners went on to down the Colorado Buffaloes 43-10.

Broyles would end with nine catches, 208 yards and three touchdowns. His performance puts him at 29 receiving touchdowns for his career and moves him past Jermaine Gresham’s 26. Currently, Broyles is second on the career touchdown reception list behind Mark Clayton and his 31 career touchdown grabs.

Oh, and don’t forget he did all that on banged up ankles.

“You know, people have compared me to Mark Clayton from the beginning, so I feel like that’s what I have to do is feel his shoes and I have another year left so I’m trying to make the best of it,” Broyles said. “I know I have another year left. Whether I take it or not, I know it’s there.”

However, Broyles did not start off electric right away, but neither did the offense as a whole.

The Sooners put up just three points in the first quarter off of a 33-yard field goal by kicker Jimmy Stevens with just over eight minutes left in the first. That field goal would be the first and last points scored by either team in the quarter.

Stevens would strike again at the beginning of the second quarter. Although the offense had compiled 122 total yards in the first, they had made it to the red zone just twice and had gone three and out both times which led to two field goals.

But that was just the beginning as Broyles would scamper into the end zone two minutes later off of a 16-yard pass from Landry Jones. One drive later, Broyles and Jones would connect again for an 81-yard touchdown pass – a career best for both.

Heading into the locker room it was a one-sided game already with the Sooners leading CU 29-3. The second half would be the time of several records and bests for two different OU players.

Jones and Broyles struck again, this time putting OU up 36-3 with a 64-yard touchdown pass.

“The offense was playing really well,” said Jones. “We hit some big shots early in the game which really helped us out. We had a lot of big plays it seemed like this game. A lot of the passing plays were pretty big for us, so that was exciting to see.”

The quarterback himself would have a career night as well. After setting an OU record for completion percentage the last time the Sooners were at home, Jones set a personal single-game record with 453 yards. He did so in pristine fashion, hitting 32 of 46 targets and throwing four touchdowns with no interceptions.

“I knew I was having a pretty good night,” said Jones. “There’re still some plays that we left out there where we could have had an even better night, especially scoring in the red zone. We had those two field goals in the red zone which are still good, but we’d like to score touchdowns on those. So we still have some things we need to work on and we’re just going to try and get better every week.”

“Landry had a special day,” said head coach Bob Stoops. “(He) threw some really special passes into tight coverage. He’s a great quarterback. He’s more than pretty good and he’ll only keep getting better. We couldn’t be more happy and pleased with how he’s progressing and playing.”

In short, the offense was rolling while producing 635 total yards and 31 first downs, not to mention the 43 points.

“Offensively, we took care of the football, we had very few penalties, executed the run game, so it was great,” Stoops said.

But the defense would not be shown up, as they followed suit.

The OU defense held CU to 263 total yards on the day and to three points in the first half off of a 40-yard field goal. The Buffaloes would not score again until just over 13 minutes left in the third quarter on a 49-yard touchdown pass. It was their first touchdown – and last points – of the game.

This defense was much different than the one last week against Missouri, said defensive tackle Adrian Taylor. After giving up almost 500 yards last week, they had something to prove this week.

“That’s what we were shooting for: just to improve,” said Taylor. “We know we can play a lot better. We are not where we want to be, but we know we can improve and get better.”

With another home win in the bag, the Sooners travel to College Station next weekend to take on Texas A&M. The Aggies are coming off of a one-sided home win of their own – a 45-27 one over the Texas Tech Red Raiders.