Oklahoma football loses Nic Anderson to the portal just as Ben Arbuckle takes over.

Ben Arbuckle was officially introduced as Oklahoma's newest offensive coordinator Wednesday by Brent Venables and actually spoke during OU's signing day even broadcast on ESPN+. Then on Thursday Nic Anderson, one of OU's most promising young receivers, declares his intentions to enter the portal. Eddie and George breakdown why it was that Venables hired Arbuckle. Will this hiring get football back on track? And what type of a hit is Nic Anderson to the roster? And what about some of those signing day wins and losses?

[@hhays44]

I'm fired up.... Welcome to Arbuckle Wilderness!

[@JeremyTurpen-s7h]

Come feed the animals the animals are waiting for you

[@davidmedrano709]

So much for loyalty,

[@benjthorpe]

Process all these guys - there are plenty of playmakers in the portal

[@DedHedRy]

You do have to land them though

[@Mrcmess51]

When the going gets tought the weak start leaving

[@HamParker]

The medical staff? What a sorry a** excuse for Anderson

[@davidmedrano709]

Yep

[@OUlawstudent18]

I mean, they could’ve really screwed up his career. They misdiagnosed him and caused him to get re-injured. I can’t say I blame him. The entire medical staff needs to be gone.

[@thomasjones8421]

Not to mention he had to get his own MRI done to actually get it diagnosed and was driving himself to his own rehab appointments in Edmond. It's not ok and I completely understand why he'd want to leave. ​@@OUlawstudent18

[@KJro29]

I think OU needs to go after NCSU WR Kevin Conception. He is a big wr who has rushing ability.

[@zzahhhjester1817]

jayden gibson andrel anthony farooq brennan thompson should be how we run it

[@DexterNichols]

I thought he told Brent he was coming back next year?

[@thomasslinger3767]

Yeah you don’t think guys lie to get some pressure off their back

[@DexterNichols]

@ I mean if he sat those guys down in his office alone and they lied right to his face then I guess it all came out in the wash anyways.

[@themadlad8540]

Well bye

[@greg4ou]

They probably do lie. That way they can continue to reap the benefits of the program without playing. If they told the truth, players might be told to go ahead and hit the road

[@davidmedrano709]

Nothing like his brother, played hurt and will always be a Sooner.

[@ThomasAllen-w3c]

I had a feeling that some of the kids on OU injury list were milking their injuries bc of how the season was going and bc they had plans to enter the portal and Anderson proved me right…. I won’t be surprised to see more kids that spent the season on the injury list to enter the portal….

[@YeahBoom140]

Rodney was always hurt, Nic has been also. I could be wrong but I don’t think he ever participated in the spring. If we keep Gibson, Farooq, and portal is full of receivers. We need 2 tight ends.

[@osusauckes]

Oklahoma needs to spend some of that money on a better medical staff. These kids are not recovering fast enough, nor good enough. Get these dudes on TRT and other shit, UFC fighters use all types of shit to heal and recover quicker. You would think, that would be a no brainer...

[@coreyhurt8529]

lol. The medical staff are doing the some things they have been doing for years and it’s never been a problem. Anderson could have played but quit on his team. Good riddance

[@mightymacheezmo6262]

cant heal quitting.

[@ThyroneBrown]

You can’t rush the body

[@IanGomes-q7s]

Attitude issues with several guys Anderson one not showing for rehab and other stuff

[@shadowone5519]

Someone made a good point in that if the medical staff is so incompetent, why is this not happening on defense? Some finally just realize it may just be bad luck

[@one4thought776]

You can hire the best OC guru on the frikin planet but if you don't have anybody to catch the damn ball lol

[@billdittmar6669]

I guess Nick Anderson 100 percent injury free now huh funny how that works out for him and the roommate

[@roberto8383jt]

Who his roommate?

[@Soondite71]

Definitely won’t miss his contributions from this season.

[@nancymays1644]

Eddie, I like your cap!

[@blackferris82]

Nic will find a home that will pay for his injuries moving forward

[@MJ-pk4gh]

The players are just soft. It's that simple.

[@ronaldlamascus1944]

Pretty sure if Anderson wasn’t really hurt and wouldn’t play, BV would pull his scholarship and kick him off the team. And Anderson could have always gotten his own doctors if he didn’t like the diagnosis and treatment he was getting from the OU medical staff. Sounds like good riddance.

[@christophermorales1509]

Sure that’s not exactly what is happening?

[@daylenhanson8040]

What’s the win total BV has to hit to stick around?

[@DedHedRy]

Nobody has jumped into the portal yet fyi. It’s not even open yet so some people need to relax.

[@mikehowell8983]

Sounds like JA and NA were just bad team mates

[@jt_dolla_signs]

Look at the numbers, they speak for themselves. His numbers were great, ours weren’t. An easy hire

[@SpecOpsCM]

Oh wait a player who didn’t catch a single pass last year is transferring?? Oh no!!

[@Krum_Boomer]

WRs leaving on an OC who runs a air raid offense is dum it betters their stats for the nfl makes no sense to me

[@StrawHatTeen-k6i]

dumb not dum.

[@BrianJohnsonArmwrestling]

And he doesn't run Air Raid, he runs a multiple offense. Air Raid doesn't have QBs running for almost 900 yards on 178 carries

[@winnemucca-sk5392]

i really want things to work out for this guy. i don't know if they will, but maybe we get a better sense after the portal opens and closes.

[@billdittmar6669]

All these people leaving now they ain't getting paid big money because I didn't perform so now they want to go somewhere else and get a big check from them whatever it's obvious

[@OkieAllDay]

So why didn’t Venables use all of this diagnoses when he decided to hire Littrell and Joe Jon?

[@StrawHatTeen-k6i]

When it comes to Offense BV is lost in the weeds. Some would say as a HC as well.

[@chestercarter6081]

I mean he opted out this season for a reason

[@wademarquardt5296]

OU has a lot of offensive players with potential but not enough with production. Give me a three star Sam Bradford over a five star Jackson Arnold any day.

[@BranDZ7]

Give me Sam over everybody..... except maybe a healthy Jason White

[@jadillac1181]

Lol. And what happened to Bradford when his Oline was terrible in 2009?

[@dewittmathews2508]

​@@jadillac1181Still was better than Arnold.

[@StrawHatTeen-k6i]

@@jadillac1181Good Point!!! Arnold and Hawkins, especially with their inexeperience, didn't have a chance with that sorry OL OU had, injuries or not. Sam Bradford would have been killed behing that OL just like he was in 2009, only worse. How come Coach B is not getting any heat over this? His sorry recruiting prior to 2024 led to this problem. His transfer portal picks for 2024 were awful. He needs to step up or leave just like the other coaches on this team. Joe C needs to retire. Giving BV the extension he did was crazy --way too early. Now it's going to bite OU in the butt.

[@JREwing-ut7tr]

Good luck to Nic

[@AnalogAirwavesWAAIR]

Best of luck to Nick Anderson. OU fans will always remember your game winning catch vs the Longhorns

[@MrDmw405]

Lincoln Riley 2.0

[@syyner1748]

Good

[@ckrumme2331]

If Jayden Gibson stays healthy, he's going to be good. Maybe Nic Anderson saw he was going to lose his spot, so he bounced. Also Andrel Anthony and Jalil Farooq the wr room is also getting 2 more young WR.

[@Big_D_Golf]

Injured 2 out of 3 years. Thanks for Texas. Deuces.

[@kevinburr9489]

OU must address it's medical staff and the rehab regimen.

[@XXDSCOTT]

Man that sucks! We needed Nic. What the heck is going on with the training staff then?

[@IanGomes-q7s]

@@XXDSCOTT nothing it’s him

[@cinnaminson0653]

Is he having boyfriend problems?

[@jbstrick]

Yeah it,s totally strange how the defense gets well and the WR room does not.

[@soonerborn7603]

Nah, I’m not too concerned with losing him. I’m more concerned about having to play against him…assuming he can even stay healthy.

[@MrDmw405]

Linclon Riley

[@Boomer_Sooner]

We are losing Anderson? Dammit

[@shadowone5519]

Yes

[@PineMountain981]

Sounded like he may have been told he isn't wanted back by BV.

[@Lexlugr]

​@@PineMountain981 That would be terrible if true. BV better have a good plan if so

[@dodgerblue182able]

​@@PineMountain981 Or Arbuckle, lol!

[@soonerborn7603]

It’s going to be tough to replace 1 target, 0 receptions, and 0 receiving yards…

[@jordananschutz4197]

New med staffs in the portal?

[@StrawHatTeen-k6i]

That's a good one. lol

[@shadowone5519]

One of the OU insiders on OU Insiders forum said there are rumblings about all the injured WRs going into the portal. Not as much reporting on Gibson they said but hearing rumors/rumblings on the rest. Yeah thought recruiting was supposedly low because so many current players coming back 🙄. Guess we will see 🤔

[@soonerborn7603]

Don’t give that info away for free to these peasants who don’t pay for it!

[@thomasslinger3767]

Are we gonna have any good news this year, like who’s gonna catch the ball? The freshman all suck. The older guys are leaving. This programs in the dirt man

[@blakehorton6306]

Jacob Jordan and hopefully we can get the bc state guy and the tech guy. After that we’d have Gibson back and maybe Hester or Kearney can develop in year 2.

[@thomasslinger3767]

@ JJ Hester is graduating he’s a 5th year senior

[@StrawHatTeen-k6i]

Hopefully the water boy has good hands.

[@kevinclark6289]

There has always been something fishy that all our receivers basically set out the whole year. I don't buy that they were out the whole year with injuries. Something's not right. Whoever chooses to go all I can say is bye-bye.

[@StrawHatTeen-k6i]

Maybe they didn't like JA?

[@jessebenitez4840]

I like points and Donks 🚗

[@rayminyard1]

At this point don’t care. Stay or go …other teams deal with this shit show.

[@hhays44]

Schwabs made no money on their Deion Burkes deal

[@michaelwhite3615]

Anderson goes to Missouri…

[@PaulGarner-k7w]

Tennessee

[@dewittmathews2508]

Who cares.....

[@chuckkearney9246]

Man this is looking really bad under BV. 😮

[@dewittmathews2508]

No, it ain't. Just weeding out the players who are not team players.

[@WTP0861]

No big loss if a player that doesn’t play hits the portal.

[@kennywaller2300]

Don't you love the new college football? Well, without any restrictions on transfers and nil, not a fan...

[@zzahhhjester1817]

jayden gibson timee

[@awethinic8379]

So the OC is responsible for all loses? What we are hurting the most is a qb coach since he is the most valuable player. Whats his stats with QB’s?

[@XanderrTV]

Extremely good track record with developing QBs.

[@MuffinTable111]

Coached Cam Ward and John Mateer. Pretty good if you ask me.

[@billdittmar6669]

No she didn't put the ball in the dirt like Benedict Arnold javonte buear

[@Glowlol]

@@billdittmar6669is this English?

[@daylenhanson8040]

The amount of weird mismanagement on the entire offensive side of the ball under BV is getting REALLY old….

[@StrawHatTeen-k6i]

BV is lost in the weeds. Keep getting used to OU getting pounded and during the post game presser he flashes that silly grin of his. He is not the next Nick Saban and never will be. Sorry Thad Turnipseed or whatever your name was.

[@jessem7556]

Nebraska Cornhuskers 6-6 12th place OU Cornhuskers 6-6 13th Place SEC

[@daleallembaugh9801]

I think, I think, I think, geeezzzz.

[@MikeSchlumbohm-s8j]

Were going backwards with this hire. But we shall see. He better run the damn ball and play physical. But I have a feeling we're going back to playing midgets at wr and running backs that go down on first contact. As long as they can catch the ball right. I hate the air raid

[@StrawHatTeen-k6i]

Washington State and Texas Tech seem to be OU's backup plan for coaches. Do what Texas did and hire away Saban's best team of coaches that won him a Natty in 2020. Smart move by Texas. You know they were good when Saban was really butt hurt over it and had told them before he wanted them to succeed him when he retired. They might have if he would have retired when he should have, after the 2020 season. Washington State and Texas Tech, wow two major powers. Please Joe C retire.

[@billdittmar6669]

Javonte also 3 years in his longest run was 30 yards probably you have to give him the ball 50 times to get 200 yards that's not living up to OU standards quit blaming Brent venables he don't carry the ball and fumble it good either with us or against us if you're not get out

[@JDP-we9hk]

My statistics were right there with Nic Anderson's this season.

[@cinnaminson0653]

He has a cuter boyfriend than you do though

[@BiffEwing]

Oh no! Nic is leaving and taking all his tough, competitive catches w him…. Oh wait-he had 0 of those 😝😆 Dude is soft! Good riddance 💯

[@chuckkearney9246]

Still my guy, but Andersen in the portal 😮

[@BranDZ7]

We won't even notice he's gone. Didn't even play this season

[@benjthorpe]

I put $5 on your Prize Picks this week let’s see how we do

[@benjthorpe]

Jokic won but the other two lost 💸

[@cptcarl83]

When did the medical staff start sucking? I’m 41, and a Sooner fan from birth and I’ve never heard our medical staff screwing guys up. What happened? What happened from last year to this year?

[@Jonathan_214]

The head guy retired.

[@billdittmar6669]

Caleb Hicks gone now what did he do for the team can block for shit see ya we got new players coming

[@PaulEGlot290]

Nic Anderson?!? Are you as in the dark?

[@Bigbirdreese1600]

Don't blame Anderson or any Wr jumping to the portal when you don't have a QB that can consistently throw the ball down field ,move the chains. Boomer

[@StrawHatTeen-k6i]

Hard to throw the ball downfield when the DL from the other team is in your face once the ball is snapped to you. I bet DG saw this coming and that's the biggest reason he left.

[@mitchconner2021]

Nic Anderson quit on his team. He's a soft tiktok kid not a football player. Dude wont amount to anything just like his brother.

[@Glowlol]

Why is his brother catching strays? Kid broke his neck and blew out his knees for OU. Dominated every time he was on the field and is the biggest OU guy there is. If Rodney Anderson didn’t “amount to anything” then I would love to see your résumé.

[@XXDSCOTT]

We lost Cortez mills, Marcus Harris, Pettaway, now Nic. What’s going on. My confidence is starting to wavier with BV.

[@BranDZ7]

Lol, all my confidence left a couple of months ago. I never wanted brent in the first place I wanted Dan Lanning

[@IudexDreux]

clowns

[@christianbills9243]

Just now? Lol

[@christophermorales1509]

A three star recruit and a couple dudes that either can’t stay healthy or can’t run a route? At least two of those were processed, cut bait.

[@toddneva]

Why did the NCAA reduce roster size while the season is longer?

[@IanGomes-q7s]

Ohio state trying to poach Jayden Jackson

[@chestercarter6081]

Now that would actually be a huge loss

[@christophermorales1509]

This was an historically bad offense. Laughably terrible at every position. To actually try and get this is humorous.

[@jakebutler8484]

OU football is done! They should have hired dan lanning. Im sorry but cowherd was right

[@jakebutler8484]

And what the hell is going on with the medical staff and strength and conditioning?

[@Texas2005-k5y]

LMAO, OU what a train wreck

[@HowardMagoo]

PAUSE lmaoo

[@YeahBoom140]

Rodney was always hurt, Nic has been also. I could be wrong but I don’t think he ever participated in the spring. If we keep Gibson, Farooq, and portal is full of receivers. We need 2 tight ends.

[@dodgerblue182able]

Need two QUAITY TEs, absolutely!

[@dodgerblue182able]

Rodbey was hurt some but h played like a bat out of hell! Nic, not so much.