That's what the announcer says in that OU vs USC sequence, i.e. that Southern Cal had the athletes but the Sooners had the team. Several things you noticed about Jack Mildren in particular... you NEVER saw him get tackled on his side of the line of scrimmage with the ball in his hands; you never saw him keep the ball out of what appeared to be selfishness; the ball always ended up in the hands of the guy with the best shot at making a play with it; he often appeared to be turning straight into the line like he was an I back following his fullback, which opponents HAD to commit to stop and then pitch the ball to a point in space where the halfback knew to be... The whole thing was remarkable to watch.
Again my own preference would be for the Alabama version of it with the integrated passing game. I still believe that if Paul Bryant had ever been allowed to coach a college all star game against a Superbowl winner with either Mildren or Richard Todd as a quarterback, the NFL would likely have been seriously embarrassed.
After I left the Marine Corps I went to Miss. State (again) I spent a few years there more than it should have taken to earn a degree. But I was using my Vetrans Benefits and also working as a student for the University. I just happened to be the student assigned to the Aumni House (kind of like an elite hotel) when Emory Bellard, who is considered by some to be the father of the Wishbone, came to the campus and stayed at the House for a week or two before finding local housing. I think I may have been the first non-athlete student to have a talk with him.
State had some very interesting football teams while he was there.