Dillon Gabriel reveals what he wants Oklahoma offense to improve on in second half of year

The Oklahoma Sooners received a much-needed bye week coming off of their back-and-forth battle with rival Texas where they outlasted the Longhorns 34-30 in one of the most electric games thus far in the college football season.

Oklahoma’s offense was firing on all cylinders versus Texas and beyond throughout the first half of the season with quarterback Dillon Gabriel under center. Gabriel leads the Big 12 Conference with 1,878 passing yards and 16 touchdown passes, serving as the engine of the Sooners’ high powered offense that leads the conference in scoring at 45.2 points per game.

But Gabriel and the offense are still looking to improve during the second half of the season, which he recently discussed following the team’s Tuesday practice.

“Yeah I just think it’s just as a group we gotta be better, and I say that there’s parts where we can get away from people and we leave them in the game,” Gabriel said. “And I think us being able to take advantage every opportunity, close the door early, and just knowing how good we can be because we haven’t played our best football.”

The Sooners have slightly taken their foot off of the gas in the second half of a handful of games offensively this season, but if they’re yet to play their best football yet, the Big 12 Conference better beware.

Only three teams in the nation score more points per game than Oklahoma, and their passing attack ranks fourth in the nation averaging 341.2 yards through the air per game.

Nobody has yet found a recipe to stop the Sooners offense yet, as they remain as one of 11 remaining unbeaten teams in the FBS. They stand alone atop the Big 12 standings, but if they can continue to improve like Gabriel is forecasting, than the whole nation may have to be put on notice regarding the Sooners this season.

“That’s important knowing that there’s area and room to get better and we need to and we will,” Gabriel said.

Arguably the most frightful thing about Oklahoma’s team as a whole is the defense they now have to compliment their offense. Similar to their offense, the Sooners’ have the best scoring defense in the conference holding opponents to just 14 points per game.

The Sooners haven’t had to score much this year thanks to their defense, but they still have, as Gabriel will look to continue building up the offense as they take on his former team, the UCF Knights, this Saturday in Norman.