Winning in college football usually cures everything, but the University of Oklahoma Sooners left their home crowd deeply frustrated Saturday night. Despite grinding out a 14-6 victory over the New Mexico Lobos, another sluggish offensive performance drew loud boos inside Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and sparked immediate speculation surrounding offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle.

When reporter Greg Stoia III pressed head coach Brent Venables during postgame availability regarding his confidence in Arbuckle moving forward, the Sooners coach abruptly shut down talk of a shakeup.

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“I'm not going to talk about confidence. He's our offensive coordinator… We have to be better,” Venables stated directly.

Venables' blunt response aimed to douse early firestorms, but the anxiety surrounding Oklahoma's offense is very real.