NORMAN, Okla. (KOKH) \u2014 Fresh off a 27-24 upset of Texas, Oklahoma is aiming to carry that momentum into Saturday\u2019s matchup with Kentucky while continuing to search for more consistency on offense.<\/p>\n
Offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle said the Sooners\u2019 approach is simple: do whatever it takes to win.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen this offense is at its best, I envision us doing whatever it takes to win the football game,\u201d Arbuckle said. \u201cIf that means we have to go out there and we have to score every single drive, let\u2019s do that. I mean, that\u2019s the goal on every drive is going to score. But if it\u2019s also to play complementary, take care of the football, make timely plays, then, that\u2019s what it takes to win.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oklahoma\u2019s offense showed signs of progress against Texas, particularly in the running game, as quarterback John Mateer and the Sooners look to build on last week\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n
Running back Lloyd Avant provided a spark, rushing for 72 yards and a touchdown. Arbuckle praised Avant\u2019s physical style, calling him \u201cthe poster boy for wanting to be physical, wanting to be tough.\u201d<\/p>\n
Head coach Brent Venables said the Sooners\u2019 focus remains on steady improvement as they prepare for Kentucky.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re focused on us getting better and playing better, doing the basics better, gaining confidence through just hard work,\u201d Venables said. \u201cObviously, every week you learn a lot about yourself. Certainly, there\u2019s some things that we can build on from last week.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kentucky enters the game coming off a big win over LSU, and Oklahoma will try to keep its momentum going while finding greater consistency on offense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORMAN, Okla. (KOKH) \u2014 Fresh off a 27-24 upset of Texas, Oklahoma is aiming to carry that momentum…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-465824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}