New play caller means OU has opportunity against Mississippi defense
Whatever Jason Witten brought to the table as the interim offensive coordinator last Saturday night obviously worked in Gainesville.
The Sooners put together their best offensive performance of the season and took down the Florida Gators in the swamp. It seems Witten realized something Arbuckle didn’t. There is nothing in the rule book saying you can only throw the ball to someone named Sategna or Beers.
Eight different players caught passes for Oklahoma Saturday. The Sooners also rushed for 150 yards with no turnovers. That along with a stifling defense is how you win games in the SEC.
And it all happened the night Florida held an induction ceremony for Urban Meyer into their ring of honor. Glad we were able to put somewhat of a damper on that particular parade.
Now Oklahoma needs to build on that and try to do something they haven’t been able to accomplish all season. Win two games in a row. And it’s not going to be easy with the 19th ranked Ole Miss Rebels coming to Norman this weekend.
Ole Miss has Oklahoma’s number as of late and as of all time. The first meeting was way back in 1999 in the Independence Bowl when Tennessee head coach Josh Heupal was in his first year under center for the Sooners.
Oklahoma lost that game along with the other more recent meetings against the Rebels in 2024 and 2025.
If they are going to break the streak and get their first victory against these guys, they will have to shut down one of the better quarterbacks in the SEC, Trinidad Chambliss.
The Rebels have the second most passing yards in the conference under Chambliss this season. He can also run the ball. The defense will have their hands full trying to contain him.
However, he is prone to mistakes now and again, throwing 9 picks to date. On the other side of the ball, the Ole Miss defense is statistically second to last in the SEC.
This game is a golden opportunity for the offense to show that the production against Florida was no fluke. If they can be as productive, or even more so, I may have proclaimed the season lost a little prematurely.
There is still a path for the Sooners to get to the SEC title game. They by no means control their own destiny, a lot of things would have to break their way. But if they can somehow win these last three games…. Who knows?
First thing is first though. After the improvement of the offense displayed in Gainesville, the Worry Meter cools down ever so slightly this week to 85%.
With all that being said….BOOMER!!!
-Dave
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