With 8:32 left in the game, Javontae Barnes scored from 2 yards out. Oklahoma’s two-point conversion failed to cut the lead 21-16. The touchdown was made possible by Michael Hawkins first deep throw of the game, 60 yards to JJ Hester.

The Sooners' head coach talked Tuesday to clear the air on why Gabriel left prior to the Alamo Bowl, and Gabriel responded.

Amid four days of conjecture out of Norman, Oklahoma, about how his departure from OU was handled by Sooners coach Brent Venables, Dillon Gabriel responded by keeping things about the present rather than his past.

Oklahoma Sooners head coach Brent Venables says they didn't run off Dillion Gabriel and said he 'can't make a guy stay.'

However, when current USC head coach Lincoln Riley left OU later that year, Venables knew the opportunity would not only be a good fit, but a chance to return to what was familiar. He had already served as an assistant coach for the Sooners from 1999-2011 and knew the foundation of OU’s program.

To say that quarterback Jackson Arnold's sophomore campaign at Oklahoma is a little disappointing so far would be an understatement.

In late November of 2021, the unexpected departure of then-head coach Lincoln Riley sent shockwaves through the Oklahoma Sooners football program. Riley had been in charge for five seasons, inheriting the job from the legendary Bob Stoops in the summer

The Oregon Ducks won the sweepstakes for quarterback Dillon Gabriel this offseason. Oklahoma Sooners coach Brent Venables addressed Gabriel's transfer, which susprised him because he though Gabriel was headed to the NFL.