The Oklahoma Sooners will finish the 2024 regular season at 6-6 overall and 2-6 in the Southeastern Conference. OU lost their finale on the road against the LSU Tigers, falling by a final score of 37-17.
Brent Venables’ team hung in there for the first half, but once again folded in the second half, failing to score after tying the game at 17 apiece. It’s an all too familiar site for OU in SEC play this year, as the offensive woes were once again magnified in prime time, and mistakes plagued the Sooners.
In addition, this was probably the worst performance of the season from Oklahoma’s defense, a stark contrast from the way things looked a week ago. The Sooners clearly didn’t handle the success of the Alabama win well, turning in a lethargic, uninspired performance in Baton Rouge.
Here are our grades for each position group from OU vs. LSU.
Quarterback: C
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It’s both difficult and easy to critique Jackson Arnold for Saturday’s performance. On the one hand, he was essentially the focal point of OU’s offense, with not much else positive going on. On the other hand, he hasn’t proven capable of throwing the football effectively more than ten yards beyond the line of scrimmage in the SEC.
110 passing yards won’t cut it. If you take out the throw to J.J. Hester, Arnold went 13-for-20 for a paltry 60 yards passing. Regardless of what he adds running the football, you can’t win football games with a quarterback that doesn’t feel comfortable putting the ball in the air.
Arnold deserves credit for the way he handled everything that happened this season. It’s unclear if that was his final game in a Sooner uniform or not. It’ll depend on who OU’s next offensive coordinator is and if Oklahoma brings in a quarterback via the transfer portal this offseason. A career that had so much promise was very tough to watch in 2024.
Running Back: C-
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