Oklahoma's final non-conference game of the regular season pits the Sooners against the Maine Black Bears for the first time ever.
a game plan he could execute against a talented Rebels defense.OU will host the Maine Black Bears for the first time at 1:30 p.m. this weekend, and the game will be broadcast on SEC Network+.As just the second game with Finley and Johns leading the offense, the contest against Maine will be crucial to continue to get Arnold more comfortable after he completed 22-of-31 passes for 182 yards and two scores.
If the Sooners take care of business, it could also serve as a chance to work backup quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. in Finley and Johns’ offense, too, as he didn’t appear against Ole Miss.left the loss to the Rebels in the second quarter with a lower body injury.He hasn’t played since OU’s Week 4 loss to Tennessee, and he started last week as “day-to-day” with a “soft tissue” injury before a setback early in the week held him out of the Mississippi tilt.
Adding any extra weapons would be huge for Arnold after he had to settle for a bunch of check downs in his last outing.to stay in rhythm after he rushed for 67 yards on 16 attempts against the nation’s top-rated rushing defense. On the other side of the ball, OU coach Brent Venables needs to get his passing defense back in order.offense hit the Sooners for five passing plays of 20 yards or more in the third quarter, which flipped the momentum in Oxford and put Oklahoma’s offense in a hole it couldn’t play itself out of.
A victory against the Black Bears would also pull the Sooners within one win of bowl eligibility with a matchup against a banged up Missouri team on the horizon.Ryan is deputy editor at AllSooners and covers a number of sports in and around Norman and Oklahoma City. Working both as a journalist and a sports talk radio host, Ryan has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the United States Men’s National Soccer Team, the Oklahoma City Energy and more.
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