Why Is Oklahoma Settling for Half-azz QB Play? | Arbuckle’s Offense Holding OU Back

Sooner Nation has had enough.

On tonight’s HOF College Football Late Night Call-In Show, Jason Watkins asks the question everyone in crimson and cream is thinking but no one inside the Switzer Center wants to say out loud:
👉 Why is Oklahoma still settling for half-ass quarterback play?

The Sooners’ offense — led by Ben Arbuckle — has completely flatlined behind a regressing John Mateer, who looks nothing like the confident, efficient QB we saw early in the season. He’s missing wide-open receivers, bailing from clean pockets, and running like he’s dragging a piano behind him.

Meanwhile, Arbuckle’s play-calling isn’t helping matters — it’s predictable, conservative, and wasting the best defense in college football. As Chris Mason said on Sooners Recap, we may not see Michael Hawkins Jr. start again this season… but shouldn’t we at least ask why not?

With the Sooners’ defense ranked among the nation’s elite and the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff still within reach, Jason opens the phone lines to fans to find out:
- Has Ben Arbuckle’s offense become the anchor dragging OU down?
- Is John Mateer still the answer — or the problem?
- Why won’t Brent Venables give Hawkins a real shot to spark this team?
- Can Oklahoma still make a run if they fix the offense right now?

No spin. No excuses. Just raw talk from Sooner Nation — live and unfiltered.

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