If the Sooners had one advantage in that game with Stoops, it's that his gambler's mindset always had him daring the odds. He'd call his timeouts to preserve 0:30 at the end of the half to try and milk an extra 3 points if possible. Mack would not want to risk a turnover, so he'd kneel out the clock.
If you analyze the entire body of work, Stoops' tactics would cost him many winnable games when he wouldn't protect leads with clock-aware offense - usually against far inferior competition. In the RRS, it usually worked to his advantage on the big stage, giving him a larger reputation than maybe deserved.
Sark calls formations. It's up to his QBs (and the rest of the team) to recognize the necessary play. It's necessarily so ingrained into them that the offense can't work any other way. When a given group of players is on the field (11, 12, 21), there's a correct alignment and a correct attack based on how the defense aligns. There's always a passing option and a running option built in. The players know their role, and the QB knows how to best leverage that play. That's what's gonna happen. What looks like aggression os really just putting the ball where the defense is either busted out, or the player has a one-on-one opportunity to show he's better.
I suppose, at the end of time sensitive tactical situations, Sark can tell the team "run no matter what". That would be the only time you'd see a deliberate run into a heavy defensive box.
