Oklahoma Sooners and their offense have a special advantage in fall camp that not every team can claim
The Oklahoma Sooners are in a position where the offense has all eyes on them entering fall camp. And that’s how it should be, because last year the offense was one of the worst in the entire country. If the same thing that happened last year with the offense happens again, the Sooners will be […]
The Oklahoma Sooners are in a position where the offense has all eyes on them entering fall camp. And that’s how it should be, because last year the offense was one of the worst in the entire country.
If the same thing that happened last year with the offense happens again, the Sooners will be looking for a new head coach, along with the new Athletic Director they are already looking for. Luckily for Oklahoma, the Sooners made some huge changes this offseason to that side of the ball.
They hired offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle, brought on his former quarterback in John Mateer, who was the best QB in the transfer portal, and one of the best in the country last year. And then they added an elite running back in Jayden Ott, and a handful of great receivers who collectively make the position group better than it was last season.
The offense also has a competitive advantage, as Arbuckle would say, that not many other teams have. The offense last season had the same advantage, only it didn’t end up even mattering because they were so bad. But this offense has the potential to be great, and this competitive advantage certainly helps.
Sooners have a competitive advantage going against elite defense in fall camp
Oklahoma had an elite defense in 2024. They have a retention rate of 64% on the defensive side of the ball, one of the best rates in the entire country. So, for the most part, that elite and crazy defense we saw last year could be even better in 2025, if not the same at worst.
Having one of the best defenses in the country for your offense to go up against every single day in fall camp is definitely an advantage the Sooners will use.
“I say it to our offensive staff all the time, I don’t know who has it better than us. These guys [defense] are incredible. I find it a competitive advantage that we get to go against these guys every day,” Arbuckle told reporters just before fall camp on Wednesday.
Going up against a defense that can give you so many fits in so many different ways, with the crazy depth they have, too, will only make things easier on the offense when they play a school that has just an average or okay defense.
If the Sooners come out swinging in 2025, and their offense is elite, then we know that going up against the defense every single day probably had a lot to do with it.
That could end up being the case.
