Not every breakup is mutual, but sometimes parting ways is the only way forward. Auburn quarterback Jackson Arnold and Oklahoma coach Brent Venables will cross paths again Saturday when No. 11 Oklahoma hosts No. 22 Auburn . A year after Arnold's benching fractured their relationship and laid the groundwork for Arnold to leave town, both enter the SEC opener unbeaten, revived and chasing championships.

"Obviously, there's a lot of emotions and stuff, but [Arnold] is mature and he knows what it takes to win football games," Auburn coach Hugh Freeze said. "Him being emotional about whatever happened in the past is not going to help us, and he knows that. He'll handle it well, I think."

No one quite knows the emotions running through Venables and Arnold, or how their dynamic as exes wil

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