Oklahoma Trolled by Fans for Loss to South Carolina, Burning Jackson Arnold Redshirt

Oklahoma's struggles continued on Saturday afternoon, suffering a blowout loss against South Carolina by the final score of 35-9.

After a lopsided defeat against No. 1 Texas in the Red River Rivalry clash on Oct. 12, the Sooners' offense looked sluggish for the second consecutive week.

Michael Hawkins Jr. opened the game under center for Oklahoma, but he was replaced by Jackson Arnold after turning the ball over three times and putting the team in an early 21-0 hole.

Arnold recorded his fifth appearance of the season and his first since Sept. 21, meaning that he's no longer eligible to take a redshirt in 2024.

He finished 18-of-36 for 224 yards and a touchdown, getting sacked seven times.

The Sooners' defense held up relatively well despite the 35 points allowed, giving up just 254 total yards of offense. South Carolina was also limited to just 74 rush yards on 41 attempts.

The turnovers were too much for Oklahoma to overcome, though.

Fans and former players called out the poor play of head coach Brent Venables' squad as well as the handling of Arnold on social media.

After opening the year with a 3-0 record and reaching as high as No. 15 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, the Sooners have now lost three of their past four games.