8/30/2024 Oklahoma QB Jackson Arnold postgame (OU 51 Temple 3)

no matter what um plays his butt off very physical um very gifted Runner route Runner and just think you show tonight he has the ability to get open at all times and yeah that connection's real the fact that You' got Nick on the sidelines obviously uh losing your will tonight just the pressure was kind of on a guy like Dion to perform being a veteran did you sense him you know sort of feeding off that in any way I mean not off of those injuries but more so Dion I mean he's he's getting certain he's tell me the sidelines like throw me the ball in these looks and sure enough you know on the goal line or in the Red Zone whatever it was I threw that slot Fade to him that's the one of the looks he wanted um he's just a competitive player um wants the ball at all times and that's what I love from a receiver how did that first throw feel just to get settled in and and take us through that a little bit that 47 yard pass yeah that hurts so good I mean they um they gave us what he wanted in the back end um gave a ball to J little made a great play felt good that was that was your only chunk play through the air but Brent was saying you know it was kind of a vanilla game plan on purpose what's that like as a quarterback when I you want to air it out a little bit more but you're kind of doing what's called I mean it's fine I mean take what the defense gives you and and to be fair I mean with the the field position we had tonight I mean we get turnovers and there in the plus 30 like there's not going to be very many shots to be taken you know alongside that there's not going to be very many yards to gain with that but I mean coach I trust coach the trail in his play calling and if it wasn't time to take a shot then it wasn't time we also we had shots on we had we had the false start we would hit a big one on um just didn't happen tonight and who cares we won 51 to three you know Jackson what was happening on third down you guys had some struggles converting on third Downs today what was the question on third Downs you guys had some struggles today what what was happening um I think it's just us getting behind this getting behind the chains early on and and getting into a third getting into third and long situations um I think for us I think like for most OC is like 30% is like really good for completion percentage on Third and say 10 plus um so I think getting behind on the chains early on really hurt us and um um alongside that too you know there's a bunch of third down fourth third down play fourth down situations so we were I think we were 100% on fourth down conversions tonight and that's part of the reason why some of those third Downs weren't convered talk behind the chains early how tough was it after the offensive line lost Branson just kind of get some chemistry and momentum back again with that group yeah it's tough um obviously was a centerpiece um in the center um as Branson um but I'm I'm proud of Garen um I'm proud of Josh for stepping up tonight and just going out and playing position that they're not used to and going out in balling how you replace how you the leadership foro uh that board how do you replace that you don't replace it but you you know damn damn well hope that guys step up and and really take over is that voice in the room um and that that player on the field it'll be it'll be nice having Nick back whenever we do get Nick back did it feel like any other night or were there any nerves tonight you know honestly I I felt I mean there was obviously some nerves whenever I play a game I always get a little nervous but tonight it felt I felt really good really comfortable um yeah felt good tonight did help you get off to the fast start you guys scored like your first couple times you think you complet like your first five six passes yeah for sure I mean getting off to a start like that it will boost anybody any QB's confidence any offense's confidence and scoring those first couple drives was huge for us and for talk really highly about B throughout the preseason but how good was it just to see him go out there and kind of prove that initially game one and get that rolling awesome man I'm so proud of bower um that's my guy I'm so happy we stole him from the transfer portal um but I mean for him to come in and his first ever game in a soon uniform be a captain and score a touchdown you know that that speaks for Stu you know so we're proud of him he's been a great leader for us um yeah what is that what do that tight end pass game bring you feel like to the offense how can that round you guys a lot more I'll say a lot more you know being Dynamic within the offense um being able to spread the ball around to different um receivers and different tight ends I mean like I feel like tonight we utilized the tight end a lot more than we did last year um even used um 12 Personnel sets with two tight end on the field um things like that were things that we might not have been able to do last year and so it definitely brings a whole new Dynamic to our offense got l two back sexs too what that kind of do for you getting those Playmakers on the field yeah I mean it's a it's a unique set that you know we knew that last year um Temple hadn't seen and we thought it'd be something that'd be beneficial for us and and it proved love for line you talked about uh field position earlier having six takeaways on the game from the defense how much easier does that make it on you the offense makes it a lot easier um getting the ball and the plus territory of the field I mean it makes our job so much easier and a lot less pressure off of us to go out and instead of doing a 90 yard Drive you're doing like a 45 yard drive and it makes it hard EAS for the offense we have a lot more lot more play calls we can have at the 45 um maybe not shots but a lot more things Red Zone calls that we can we can expand and really execute Jackson bro