AUBURN — The Jackson Arnold - Oklahoma reunion tour is officially in the rearview mirror.
The former Sooner returned to Norman this past weekend with Auburn football , and he found himself taken down in the backfield often against his former team in a 24-17 defeat for the Tigers on Saturday, Sept. 20.
It was a brutal ending for the visitors, who put themselves in dire straights heading into their final drive. A special teams penalty on the drive-opening kick return put Auburn against its own end zone. Then Oklahoma continued to rattle the pocket, eventually taking down Arnold for a game-sealing sack in the end zone.
However agonizing as it was, the contest wasn't something Auburn couldn't build on. At least, not in Arnold's eyes.
"I think our guys fought extremely hard, I thi