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College football fans call for coach to be fired after Week 1 blowout
By Ethan Stone
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Oh no, Butch Jones.
The former Tennessee head coach had a rough start to the 2023 season Saturday afternoon. Jones’ Arkansas State Red Wolves fell to No. 20 Oklahoma by a score of 73-0 in a game that was 14-0 less than 2 minutes in.
Sure, it’s Oklahoma, but that’s brutal.
Final in Norman pic.twitter.com/Frc5btwRcq
— Arkansas State Football (@AStateFB) September 2, 2023
Arkansas State totaled just 208 yards to Oklahoma’s 642. Starting QB JT Shrout, who used to play for Tennessee and Colorado, completed just 12 of his 26 attempts for 148 yards. 23 rushing attempts from the Red Wolves yielded just 48 rushing yards, too.
This is Butch Jones’ 3rd year at Arkansas State. As you can expect, plenty of fans were calling for him to be fired Saturday afternoon.
Check out some of the social media reactions on Jones’ rough start to the 2023 season below:
Arkansas State coach Butch Jones should get fired at halftime. Oklahoma should dominate the Red Wolves in the current era, but that once-proud program should never get smoked on a consistent basis.
— Barrett Sallee ?? (@BarrettSallee) September 2, 2023
Butch Jones fired yet? pic.twitter.com/M10QGoEpSo
— Proper (@Prop_r) September 2, 2023
Has butch jones been fired yet? Cause uh ….. woooooof
— tannerhog? (@tannerHOG) September 2, 2023
Butch Jones should be fired at halftime.
— douggerdoo (@Douggerdooo) September 2, 2023
Fire Butch Jones tonight man. What he has done is a disgrace to the program
— Super Tecmo Bo (@randomasamf) September 2, 2023
Yeah, fire Butch Jones for. This performance.
73-0
I miss old @AStateFB
— Sidelines – ARKANSAS STATE (@SSN_ArkansasSt) September 2, 2023
Fire Butch Jones now https://t.co/FXODfFgr1O
— The College Experience (@TCEonSGPN) September 2, 2023
Fire Butch Jones.
There’s no excuse for @AStateFB to look this bad, I don’t care who they’re playing.— Terry Johnston (@TerryWJohnston) September 2, 2023
Butch Jones masterclass ✅ pic.twitter.com/hM6qSKfEkz
— Jackson Didlake (@diidlake) September 2, 2023
73-0?????? Butch Jones shouldn’t even make it off the field before he gets canned.
— Josh (@OleDavis22) September 2, 2023
Ethan Stone is a Tennessee graduate and loves all things college football and college basketball. Firm believer in fouling while up 3.
