Brent Venables met with reporters in Norman on Tuesday to help preview Oklahoma’s Week 10 contest against Maine.

With the Sooners sitting at 4-4 this season, some have already begun to look toward what could be a brighter future in 2025. Given the uncertainty at the quarterback position that OU has faced this season, Venables was asked if I thought Jackson Arnold would want to return to the show next season.

“My guess is ‘you’re right, he wants to come back.'” venables said. “Why wouldn’t I? That’s how I see it. I don’t have my head in the sand. I’d be worried if I was thinking that way, ‘Oh, I wonder if he wants to come back.’ Well, shit, you’re the starting quarterback at Oklahoma. This is your dream. You turned down a lot of good people to come here.

“Now you’re facing some obstacles and you’re just going to quit? “I don’t see that in him.”

Venables also praised Arnold’s performance against Ole Miss in Week 9. Arnold led Oklahoma to a pair of first-half touchdown drives as the Sooners led into halftime on the road. He threw for 182 yards and 2 touchdowns on 31 attempts.

“I thought Jackson had his best performance of the year,” Venables said. “I thought he did a great job, going on the road and playing against a top-notch defense. Once again, he completed over 70% of his passes, made many good decisions, and ran the ball well. I threw it in time. “He played a great game.”

Oklahoma will look to get back in the win column this weekend against Maine.