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Oklahoma will lace up their cleats and strap up their pads one final time as Team 129 on Thursday evening in San Antonio, Texas. Their opponent will be a highly motivated Arizona Wildcats team with a nice mix of talent and experience looking to send their upperclassmen out in a big way as they wrap up their final season in the Pac-12.
The Sooners finished the season with a track meet of a game with TCU the day after Thanksgiving. Dillon Gabriel put on one final show in his last game as an Oklahoma player. He has since transferred to the University of Oregon, where he will play his final college football season.
Arizona blasted their in-state rivals, Arizona State, 59-23 in the Duel in the Desert, to retain the Territorial Cup for another year. Their explosive offense, spearheaded by Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year quarterback Noah Fifita, can flat-out move the ball.
As Oklahoma descends upon Texas for one final game, we examine the five keys to a Sooners victory in the season’s last game.
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Among the significant subplots in this game, the biggest is former five-star true freshman Jackson Arnold being handed the keys to the program. This was always how it would go. The succession plan was always in place.
It’s a new era for Oklahoma football, and Thursday will give us all the chance to see how the talented passer operates as the big man on campus.
His play-caller will no longer be Jeff Lebby but Seth Littrell, now co-offensive coordinator with Joe Jon Finley. They’ll be running Lebby’s offense because it is impossible to learn a new offense in two or three weeks and have enough reps to play a game.
Littrell and Finley must get their talented freshman in a rhythm early.
Arizona will likely send a mix of pressure and some different zone looks at Arnold to test his processing in his first complete start. Short throws, the run game, and getting Arnold on the move are good ways to get the jitters out and let him settle in.
