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NORMAN — Making layups. That was OU football coach Brent Venables and his offensive staff’s central message to the Sooners’ quarterbacks during the bye week.
Sophomore quarterback Jackson Arnold showed flashes of potential against South Carolina, Mississippi and Maine. Then, his turnover woes returned and he fumbled three times in a road loss to Missouri.
Arnold reclaimed his starting spot after Michael Hawkins Jr. turned the ball over three times against the Gamecocks.
“They learn from all of it,” Venables said of his quarterbacks Monday night during his coaches show. “The good and the bad. Certainly, it’s not a lot of fun when you have to teach through failure but that’s the best opportunity to learn and grow and improve. Our staff has done a nice job of looking at that with our players and certainly I do that as well.”
The Sooners will need better quarterback play, starting Saturday when they host Alabama, to win one of the next two games and clinch a bowl berth.
Arnold recognizes this. He turned to the game film immediately following the Mizzou loss to identify the mistakes he made.
He credits the Tigers for playing well, acknowledging he can’t play perfectly while at the same time aiming to limit untimely turnovers.
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Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Jackson Arnold (11) scrambles before pitching the ball during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Maine Black Bears at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.
“Obviously it was a heartbreaker, you never want a game to end like that,” Arnold said after practice Monday. “For me, in the quarterback room, I’ve got to look back at the film and watch it. I can’t fumble like that, can’t turn the ball…
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Publish date : 2024-11-19 11:15:00
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