This season went differently than planned for Oklahoma football. In their first season competing in the hyper-competitive SEC, Oklahoma sputtered midway through the year, firing offensive coordinator Seth Littrell before finishing the regular season 6-6. With the six wins, Oklahoma will narrowly keep their 26-year-long bowl streak alive. On Monday, the Sooners signed their new offensive coordinator, poaching the play-caller from Washington State.
Next season, Oklahoma football will lean on offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle, a position he has held the past two seasons with WSU. Due to his past happy tendencies and lack of experience, Oklahoma Sooners fans sat divided following the Arbuckle hiring.
Oklahoma Football Fans Question OC Hiring
According to On3 on Twitter:
BREAKING: Oklahoma has hired Washington State OC Ben Arbuckle as its next offensive coordinator,
@PeteNakos_ reports.
The Seth Litrell era with Oklahoma football was short-lived, with the offensive coordinator lasting just seven games before his dismissal. During his tenure, Oklahoma posted their worst offensive production since 1960, with neither quarterback Jackson Arnold nor Michael Hawkins finding success in the early portion of SEC play. Co-offensive coordinator Joe Jon Finley took over for Littrell, stabilizing the offense through the running game for the remainder of the season.
Yet, despite the strides made by the offense, Oklahoma will bring in Washington State OC Ben Arbuckle. He has spent the past two seasons with Washington State. In 2023, with now Miami Hurricanes quarterback Cam Ward, WSU scored 31.7 points per game, the 38th-best mark in the country. This season, Washington State scored 36.6 points per game, with quarterback John Mateer throwing for 3,139 yards, 29 touchdowns, and seven picks. However, with Washington State mainly a pass-happy offense, Oklahoma football fans remain split on the hiring:
Chat are we cooked or are we about to win a natty, lemme know
— BTC_Boomer🚀🚀🚀 (@0Sooner) December 2, 2024
This is an excellent hire
— Zooloo_Trojan ⚔️✌🏾 (@Zooloo_Trojan) December 2, 2024
Fired up to see Coach Arbuckle in Norman
— The Jump Sports (@TheJumpSports) December 2, 2024
OU 10-2 season next year?
— NewYorkWill (@WillLeechow826) December 2, 2024
I’m not 100% sold on this hire. I am tired of the air raid system. We will score a lot of points but the system is too vulnerable.
— Tom Bond (@ThomasBond1975) December 2, 2024
Interesting……
— Sooner5150 (@thedelaos) December 2, 2024
This sucks, i cant believe they did this, this is texas tech air raid trash/teams that play on thur nights kinda offense, think they did this not to lose recruits, this cant be what Venebles wanted, does anyone think we can win with this crap in the SEC? Super disappointed in…
— Clapper Cheeks (@pitdogman33) December 2, 2024
The guy whose offense put up 14 to 3-9 WYOMING?!
— RockyTopReign (@RockyTopReign) December 3, 2024
Can that Air Raid scheme stand up to the tough tough SEC defenses he will be facing. We will find out.
— Coach James Gogue (@WAWBOXING) December 3, 2024
Welcome, Coach!!! Can’t wait to see you get our offense humming!!
BOOMER SOONER!!!— Shannon Bair (@shbairtulsa) December 3, 2024
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