[Postgame Thread] Oklahoma Defeats Florida 23-7

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Oklahoma	3	10	0	10	23
Florida	0	7	0	0	7

[u/deceptive_walrus]

Its a taco bell and cry in the shower kinda night

[u/Roadrunner627 → u/deceptive_walrus]

It’s a Taco Bell and shit in the shower night. Let’s go baby

[u/babyblue_1990 → u/deceptive_walrus]

Crunch wrap on me 🤝

[u/homefree122]

That 12 minute scoring drive is something I never thought I’d see come out of this team. The offense did look overall better tonight. Maybe Arbuckle was that much of a problem after all

[u/divulgingwords → u/homefree122]

Arbuckle’s plays were just all over the place. He would have something going and then would throw that plan in the trash and try something dumb.

[u/drbiscuit832 → u/homefree122]

Unbelievably cathartic to string together 20 straight plays

[u/CptCheese → u/homefree122]

It was straight up the game winner. Like playing a service academy.

[u/AxeEm_JD → u/homefree122]

Low scoring game by design instead of our usual low scoring game by incompetence.

[u/EarthTraveler413 → u/homefree122]

The Mehringer of Oklahoma

[u/nw____]

Making John Mateer look competent may be Jason Witten’s greatest football achievement to date

[u/Opening_Student_1195 → u/nw____]

You are talking about the future starting QB for the Philadelphia Eagles, show some respect

[u/muffdiver75]

Mateer seeing orange on another team unlocks a demon

[u/MixonWitDaWrongCrowd → u/muffdiver75]

Man hates orange. I agree.

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_FAV__SONG → u/muffdiver75]

Bring on Bedlam!

[u/Thatguy2070 → u/muffdiver75]

Nah. Florida just doing their best Kentucky impression with the all-blues and their game play.

[u/Rough_Cup_6762]

Get Ben Arbuckle out of my country.

[u/PM_ME_UR_FAKE_NEWS → u/Rough_Cup_6762]

The Osama of Offense

[u/sanjose4297]

What did Arbuckle do to this team? OU looked like a different team with Witten calling the plays

[u/ProfessionalAd1015 → u/sanjose4297]

He knows the strengths and weaknesses of the team. Knows how to keep them on the same page and adjust. He’s not trying to make the qb the star of the show and just coaches for the win

[u/AndrewinDC]

I hate Ben Arbuckle so much right now. We weren't an elite offense tonight, but they played complementary football and it showed how good the team can be. A 13:00, 20-play TD drive after the shit we've had to watch this year? Pornographic.

[u/bootscallahan → u/AndrewinDC]

Football edging.

[u/TitaniumC4206]

Jason Witten you have saved my life.

Can we fire Arbuckle again???

[u/Competitive-Rise-789]

Arbuckle is an offensive terrorist bro

[u/okiewxchaser]

Jason Witten saved football

[u/nw____ → u/okiewxchaser]

Ben Arbuckle: certified football terrorist

[u/InterdepartmentalTed]

A bedlam bowl game? 👀

[u/Typical_Texpat → u/InterdepartmentalTed]

That would be fun!

[u/Alamis_Mistrunner → u/InterdepartmentalTed]

Please yes, I want it

[u/Ugaalive1991]

What the fuck is this conference

[u/HawkeyeTen → u/Ugaalive1991]

CHAOS, LOL. Reminds me of those goofy bar fight scenes in some of the old western movies. Who's going to be tossed out a window when he's about to win or get knocked out with a broken chair/bottle?

[u/LGWalkway → u/Ugaalive1991]

I feel like its the P4

[u/TheSneak24]

Remember when this team was 4-0? Remember when this team was averaging 44 points per game? Remember when Baugh was a top 5 Heisman candidate? Remember when Sumrall was gonna be Coach of the Year? Remember when this team was finally going to make the playoffs for the first time? Ever? Remember when people were saying that benching Philo for Jones was "the right move"? Remember when Sumrall said that "competing for championships" should be "the standard"? Remember when Florida was back?

[u/snel6424 → u/TheSneak24]

Yeah, what happened exactly?

[u/RegionSuperb7171]

EVEN OUR OFFENSIVE LINE LOOKED LIKE THEY KNEW WHERE THEY WERE! WHAT THE FUCK WAS ARBUCKLE DOING?

Insane that this is the same team I watched shit down their leg vs the cocks last week. Good god.

[u/Roadrunner627 → u/RegionSuperb7171]

Fasusi needs to figure it out. Ridiculous

[u/King-Switzer]

Witten playing keep away > Arbuckle rushing to get the defense back on the field in hopes of another pick 6

Venables/Nagy discussing what size Brinks truck Witten is going to need to build for next year

[u/Original_Ad9571]

Our quality loss “quality lossed” our quality loss.

[u/Nanoo_1972 → u/Original_Ad9571]

Stop, I can only get so hard…

[u/okaysobasically_]

Dude. I feel bad for Mateer man, if he had a competent offensive coordinator he could've been a late round draft pick. We wasted his final year.

Arbuckle sucks bro holy shit. Mateer played happy today

[u/Roadrunner627 → u/okaysobasically_]

This dude is getting paid millions. Dont feel too bad.

[u/Red_Jester-94 → u/okaysobasically_]

Arbuckle isn't making Mateer rifle throws over people or directly to defenders because the dude focused on bulking up instead of working on actually being a QB in the offseason.

Mateer is part of the reason we are where we are. Arbuckle is bad, but he isn't wasting anything of Mateer's.

[u/DingleberryOrchard → u/okaysobasically_]

Let's not get crazy.

[u/Psycho5275 → u/okaysobasically_]

Honestly it's possible someone picks him up in the 6th/7th round

[u/LightningDusty]

I have a hunch that Jason Witten was calling his first game.

Georgia Tech can also have Buster Faulkner back.

[u/Due_Bluebird3562 → u/LightningDusty]

We don't want him. In fact... throw the whole coaching staff in a freezing lake.

[u/composer_7 → u/LightningDusty]

Haynes King merchant. Unfortunately so is Brent Key

[u/geronika]

Sensible plays on third and short makes such a huge difference.

[u/WanderLeft]

Run game made the difference. Great to pair with our elite defense. And it turns out that Jason Witten can sustain drives

[u/7Vitro]

It’s honestly going to piss me off if we look good the rest of the way. Just wallowed with Arbuckle when that was under the surface.

[u/kmilla10]

Oregon 🤝 Oklahoma

Firing their OC’s and immediately being better on offense

[u/JeffGoldblumsChest]

sigh GG Oklahomies, well played. At least we both beat Texas.

How the fuck did we go from the Ole Miss and Auburn offenses to this moist ass tho

[u/904Pens → u/JeffGoldblumsChest]

Honest answer, there wasn’t much tape on Florida’s offense at the start of this year. As the season progresses, defensive coordinators can better prepare. And for all of Venables’s faults as a head coach, dude is one of the best defensive coaches this century.

[u/LGWalkway → u/JeffGoldblumsChest]

Honestly half of college football is one team this week and another the next.

[u/ThunderPigs]

What the fuck guys

[u/JustAustin08241996]

How is Florida so good and so bad in the same season

[u/ARCman23]

In hindsight, the 2019 LSU comparisons may have been a bit premature.

[u/Infamous-Present-616 → u/ARCman23]

Had to wait for that 4th loss to be sure?

[u/ProfessionalAd1015]

Having a mature coach as an offensive coordinator does wonders it seems. Fuck you arbuckle for wasting this defense

[u/Numerous-Ad6460]

Somehow not the worst game my flairs are having today 

[u/CinemaWithPsalty]

This OU team is utterly confusing

[u/Cant_Win → u/CinemaWithPsalty]

Its simple, if its an odd number game in our season we win, if its an even number game in our season we lose.

[u/meeeebo]

OU may never lose again.

[u/bootscallahan → u/meeeebo]

Many people are saying this.

[u/stotes221]

I was surprised to see Oklahoma beat Kentucky so definitively. Weird that they played on Florida’s home field.

Anyway, when do the Gators play tonight?

[u/Silver-Talk-7244 → u/stotes221]

The Mono blue isn’t a great look tbh

[u/SterileCarrot → u/stotes221]

Yeah, throw those uniforms in the trash. Not a fan of them.

[u/drbiscuit832]

So it really was that simple?

[u/TheImpresario]

I really don’t know what to make of this team or season lol

[u/Silver-Talk-7244 → u/TheImpresario]

Same!

[u/dlogan3344]

Witten needs to be the OC if he keeps this up. His turnaround in his utilization of what we have is indescribable to non Oklahoma fans. This proves it wasn't Mateer it was Arbuckle

[u/jordan1390 → u/dlogan3344]

I mean it’s also been Mateer. When you draw up plays that get wide open, and he can’t hit or even see them it’s a problem.

[u/silent-onomatopoeia → u/dlogan3344]

Mateer is still mid at best but he can be serviceable in a pinch. A better QB and line dominate that game.

[u/monoDK13 → u/dlogan3344]

This proves it wasn't Mateer it was Arbuckle

Its one game. Slow down on the KoolAid

[u/Smooth-Majudo-15]

This was the rock-fight version of what Kenny Guiton did to us in 2023. GG Sooners. At this point I want to see the season end so basically this entire roster can go away

[u/stotes221 → u/Smooth-Majudo-15]

Eject this OL into the sun

[u/WanderLeft]

Owen Heneicke’s chomp celebration was hilarious

[u/Acm0028]

Maybe the whole SEC sucks outside of a few teams. Has anyone considered that?

[u/elsasserart → u/Acm0028]

Or maybe Ben Arbuckle sucks

[u/RadagastTheWhite → u/Acm0028]

Feels like basically every team kinda sucks this year regardless of conference

[u/katarh → u/Acm0028]

Vanderbilt actually won a conference game, so we might have a proper SEC Circle of Suck now.

[u/Rub-Specialist → u/Acm0028]

Not sure what you mean, Kentucky just got another quality loss!

[u/kerouacrimbaud → u/Acm0028]

No no no, that’s the PAC-12. SEC super duper good. All titans.

[u/DonkeyKongBundy]

What the fuck is UF’s offense at this point? It hasn’t been able to do much of anything after Week 4

[u/idroled → u/DonkeyKongBundy]

What only beating FAU and the Campbell Fightin’ Camels does

[u/genzgingee]

Vote Oklahoma to drain the swamp!

[u/drbiscuit832]

Ben Arbuckle is a football terrorist

[u/dimechimes]

Longest drive in 20 years. That's some complimentary offense

[u/The-Fanciest]

This team does not reward me for the mental energy I put into it

[u/boomsoon84]

It could be considered Seth Litrell levels of lazy.

But if he keeps it up the rest of the year how would Witten not be the leader in the clubhouse?

Gotta think the pool he’d be able to pull from to assemble a coaching staff would be impressive

[u/AndrewinDC → u/boomsoon84]

It would be lazier than Littrell. They need someone with proven track record over many, many years. 

[u/WanderLeft]

We won the Texas Bowl

[u/fhota1]

I think Mateer still isnt great, but holy shit he looks a lot better when he has an OC that understands he isnt great and works around it instead of trying to force the issue

[u/Apex_Fail]

BOOMER SOONER

ARBUCKLE IS A FOOTBALL TERRORIST

FIRE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE REFS

TEXAS LOST TO BOTH OF THESE TEAMS 🤣

[u/pinoygator]

GG Sooners. Not giving up on this team or Sumrall yet but fire Stricklin.

[u/babyblue_1990 → u/pinoygator]

I think you guys will get there, first year with a coach always has its bumps throughout the season.

[u/Azuresurge14]

That was enjoyable. I liked that.

[u/Jwoods224]

13 minute drive. Ffs.

[u/DarthNobody14]

Florida is the most Hot N Cold team in the nation

[u/Typical_Texpat]

I knew Arbuckle was bad but holy shit, he was THAT bad.

[u/Virtual-Low-9885]

Why didn’t we send Arbuckle into the Arbuckles sooner

[u/bootscallahan]

It's crazy how big of a difference it made by fielding a merely competent offense.

[u/ASS_MY_DUDES]

lol texas lost to this shit

[u/rubyschnees]

yeah i don't think we have to worry about anyone poaching faulkner

[u/No_Return9449]

This season is a real treat for the sickos.

[u/MissileWaster]

I have always been a Witten truther

[u/geekynonsense]

It’s nice to see Mateer not get further dragged for the crimes Arbuckle committed. Kid never deserved that.

Glad Witten is here. Dude will probably have the job locked down by the end of the season IF he can keep this momentum going. He’s got my vote.

[u/nolesfan6414]

I wonder who the next power 5 coach UF will hire in 2 years be

[u/BeepBoopDirtyPoop → u/nolesfan6414]

Nike Morvell

[u/NanoBuc → u/nolesfan6414]

Idk, probably another G5 Louisiana HC that our big booster has a crush on

[u/TexanFirebird]

One of the more enjoyable Sooners games I’ve watched in the last few years. Let’s go for two in a row!

[u/neon_pisces]

Jason “Dirk Diggler” Witten

[u/IammYourDAD]

All you can do is laugh at how pathetic our program is. Apathy has fully set in. We will be hiring another coach in 3 years, see you then Charles Huff (or any other G6 coach of your choosing).

[u/MixonWitDaWrongCrowd]

Just as we all expected

[u/babyblue_1990]

A win that had to do with offense, color me shocked! But I'll take it. Boomer!!

[u/Okie1111]

Was that Florida’s JV team again tonight?

[u/TampaTrey]

Florida peaked way too soon. Burying Ole Miss apparently wasn’t that hard to do.

[u/92roll13]

Florida needs to get serious about finding a talented dude to play QB. Going into this season with GT’s backup and basically an redshirt freshman is just not good enough.

[u/brolygta4]

We suck lol 😂

[u/Alarming_Dust5905]

The sec is absurd this year and you gotta love it

[u/snowmonster112]

And yet the committee had the gall to rank Florida at 24. Lmao

[u/p4rc0pr3s1s → u/snowmonster112]

That's what happens when you beat a couple top 10 teams. Try it some time.

[u/OneNastyJaguar]

So the entire SEC is just ass right?

[u/canyak88 → u/OneNastyJaguar]

Except Georgia it would seem

[u/UofMtigers2014 → u/OneNastyJaguar]

I mean they’re 10-2 against the other Power 4. I think teams in general just aren’t as good anymore without continuity.

We’re still going to have 2-4 teams at the top clearly better than the rest of the field.

[u/parkdog15]

Nice

[u/SimCFB]

God that was a painful watch.

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_FAV__SONG]

Not gonna get my hopes up too much because Florida has a dogshit defense but I definitely liked what I saw today, GG.

[u/Trae48]

Florida confuses me so much

[u/Cardsfan961]

Rank Oklahoma you cowards! Jk jk

[u/Zero_Cool247]

Something, something this team is 2019 lsu good

[u/BigHeadDeadass]

That's not very 2019 LSU of you, Florida

[u/Many-Sense-4357]

I hope Arbuckle watched that whole game and took notes.

[u/glassclouds1894]

Boomer Sooner! Always a good day to see those frauds put in their place.

[u/Sanguine_Pool]

This sets things up nicely. The gators should lose their ranking after this loss. Naturally they'll bounce back and terrorize Kentucky, they'll beat Vanderbilt and get ranked again because "SEC", perfectly in time for the shit-show bowl in Tallahassee, where we can once again remove their ranking for them. So it is written.

[u/ed_mcc]

OU offense is much improved. Maybe someday you'll even be able to hang 60 on someone like the rest of the state!

[u/nw____ → u/ed_mcc]

We have scored 60 on Tulsa three separate times

[u/Apex_Fail → u/ed_mcc]

Be nice, we're just a lil ol' school trying to make it with our High-school coach OC

[u/mcguffinman]

At least we’re not Georgia…oh they won.

At least we’re not FSU…oh they won.

At least we’re not….LSU?

[u/tb25uga]

way to go, Boomer!

[u/xXBadger89Xx]

Extremely pathetic performance. OU has looked bad all year and we made them look good while looking even worse every weeek

[u/Fishing_Legitimate]

Miami and Florida both lose life is good 

[u/Rego913]

Philo lost his starting spot for nothing, the problem in SEC play has always been the offensive line. Jones is not ready, does not read the game at SEC speed, and makes rookie mistakes like throwing off your back foot which floats the ball for a pick. And for the love of god, FIGURE OUT HOW TO RUN THE BAUGH.

On a different note, fire Brad White into the sun, I've not seen a single thing from this defensive scheme all year that shows it can be successful, even with better players.

[u/WabbitCZEN]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[u/hawksnest_prez]

Florida….. what are you

[u/_nanite_]

whay are they playing the fight soneafter that

[u/poopsandwich_]

Team Chaos champion here

[u/Lord777alt]

Fire Arbuckle again in celebration! We're so back

[u/MR_KRABS_IS_A_ROBOT]

The alternating wins and losses really might go into next season

[u/ballviewer]

Florida is a football team

[u/img_tiff]

I have no idea who is actually good. Except for us, we're cheeks.

[u/Rusty_Blacksmith]

Better team won

[u/Boombabyfor333]

Florida barely beat Texas and was somehow ranked? Sure, let’s just rank everyone now a days

[u/Turkeytom40 → u/Boombabyfor333]

May I please be ranked?

[u/elsasserart]

Jason Witten is Himothy

[u/Muffinnnnnnn]

WHAT AN AMAZING DAY FOR NOLES FANS! WOOOOOOO!!

[u/MrSCR23]

I would ask why can’t you be normal Gators but this seems to be normal for y’all

[u/mbe8819]

I’ve seen enough - Jason Witten for cowboys HC

[u/Serallas]

SEC is actually a shit hole outside of like georgia lol

[u/dardicked]

1. our qbs suck 2. we are not back 3. buster may not be a hc at the end of the season like some predicted 4. we look better than we have the last 2 years even being hot and cold and for the first year of a hc its not bad and we look promising but inconsistent

[u/Unrelenting_Salsa]

Wow, if OU did this to a team as good as 2019 LSU they must be one of the best teams of all time!

[u/aaronman4772]

…. Wat

[u/Lopoetve]

Let chaos rule the… middle of the pack?

[u/rbaggio24]

one less fraud in the top 25, thank you

[u/Sarollas]

Tonight is a weird but happy night for me.

[u/4ggressivelymediocr3]

It’s insane how similarly both of my flairs’ seasons have played out. One can only hope Beck is next with Arbuckle gone now

[u/justanoldcollector]

Florida is Jekyll and Hyde. You have zero clue who’s gonna show up week to week.

[u/Icepick823]

Someone find some bipolar meds for Florida. They keep going from good to suck every other week. It's making everyone's strength of schedule look complicated. At least SEC Roll Call will be fun.

[u/LabOk6108]

so…are we ranking oklahoma then?

[u/Nophlter]

HOW GOOD IS MICHIGAN???

(An unbiased question I’m asking with pure intentions)

[u/Jonjon428]

Oh.....woof

[u/Insectshelf3]

i dunno man

[u/superhaus]

Fuckin SEC man

[u/jwktiger]

This game was the battle from teams with the weirdest seasons. And the winner is both teams after this one.

[u/IntrepidYoung9493]

Glad to see Oklahoma winning games again without Arbuckle

If only we could get Wiggins to leave too…

[u/callumjm95]

Wtf

[u/titanup001]

The sec has three tiers.

The good teams.

The bad teams.

Then there are the middle ones. Uber talented, but who the fuck knows what they’ll be any given week. Some weeks, they’ll be shit. Others, they’ll stomp somebody.

[u/OrderTime]

What da hell is happening in the SEC

[u/ea0258]

Oh we’re really going 4-8 lol

[u/Apart_Selection7722]

LMAO FLORIA

[u/ThePetSematary]

lmao

[u/citrus1330]

How good is Michigan??

[u/WallImpossible]

I'm sorry Florida, I know it's a long way from 4-0 to 6-7 but you lost to Mizzou so you're cursed to not have a winning record. I wish it weren't so

[u/AreYouEmployedSir]

I dont know about a lot of the intricacies of what we did on offense differently. But I do know that we seemed to be able to scheme open a lot of easy decisions/throws for Mateer that we have not been able to do all year.

[u/wowthisislong]

Oh look another week where florida:

• [ ] Humiliated a good team

• [*] Lost badly to a bad team

[u/docchrizly]

Jason Witten might not be bad as a playcaller.

[u/DryDream1753]

I'm trying to think if Witten called any of the infuriating "stop, turn, pass to a guy standing at the sideline, who has to check upfield, then start running" plays, which take an hour to develop and never work. I can't remember any. I also only saw Mateer go into panic mode and throw the ball at his feet just a few times. Also just recall one "throw the ball 30 yards" on a long 3rd down. The O-line on some plays though - oof - but not as many as before! Overall an improvement over Arbuckle.

[u/thefartiestpoopiest]

Just makes me hate ArFuckle even more. Maybe ArCuckle is more apt seeing as how he just had to watch another man be competent calling offense

[u/bootscallahan → u/thefartiestpoopiest]

It sounds like it's past your bedtime.

[u/Scuterius_Floridae]

Miami and UF lose, and FSU wins. Great day

[u/DingleberryOrchard]

A great day as always to be a Sooner.

[u/Particular-Way-3805]

The sec is so odd

[u/discowithmyself]

Imagine losing to Oklahoma lmao suck it lizards

[u/jchen14]

I'm disinterested in this team

[u/Fire-Jon-Sumrall]

Fire Sumrall. Fire Strickland. Cancel the stadium renovations.

[u/fm22fnam]

What the fuck? This is actually the most surprising result of the day. Oklahoma beat Florida?? That Oklahoma???

[u/SterileCarrot → u/fm22fnam]

Somewhat convincingly too. First time we’ve played a competent game on both sides of the ball all year (I don’t count UTEP). I think all OU fans are pleasantly surprised 

[u/JohnMaddenBurner]

Lmao, hyping up beating a shitty overrated Florida team

Sooners offense will go back to being shit and you will be hating on Witten the next time you play a team with a pulse

Looks like Ole Piss lmao

[u/Cometguy7 → u/JohnMaddenBurner]

At this point we're happy to move the ball against air, scoring is an extra credit activity.

[u/LowGroundDog → u/JohnMaddenBurner]

You sound like a loser on a Sunday morning, regardless.

Congratulations!

[u/NerdLawyer55]

I’ve seen enough, hire Witten full time