Oklahoma: - This was one of those nights where the result and the feeling do not m…
Oklahoma · New MexicoThat happens when you are a three-touchdown favorite at home against a Group of Six roster and need every bit of a dominant defensive night just to get out with 14 points. The whole attack plays with no rhythm, no tempo, and no confidence.
Oklahoma is huddling up snap after snap, which looks nothing like the faster, freer identity Arbuckle teams used to have at Washington State . Maybe Brent Venables is squeezing the offense into something smaller and safer than it is supposed to be.
The why matters less than the product, and the product is bad. A dominant defense saved the Sooners from an upset, yet a stagnant offense and mounting pressure on the coaching staff leave Norman bracing for a difficult s...
John Mateer looks lost in it, the skill players are not consistently featured, and the home crowd got restless enough to chant "Fire Arbuckle" before the night was over. That does not mean a midweek firing is automatically the right move.
KEY POINTS
- - This was one of those nights where the result and the feeling do not match.
- Ben Arbuckle is not the answer right now Something is badly off with this offense, and it is getting harder to defend the current version of Ben Arbuckle 's operation.
- Oklahoma beat New Mexico 14-6 , moved to 2-1, and still walked out of Norman with the energy of a team that had just lost.
- The run game is dead in the water at 110.3 yards per game.