At Monday’s introduction party in the Everest Center, new OU Head Coach thank several mentors, his family and others for supporting him on his journey through coaching. He also mentioned overcoming a difficult childhood, and how it shaped him as a person. In 2019, Tiger Illustrated did a series on their then-DC Brent Venables, detailing growing up in Salina, Kansas. After Venables was hired as OU’s new Head Coach the folks at Tiger Illustrated released the article for all to read, and man it is story. We may have known of Venables since his first stint at OU, or even…
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There is a clip of a USC press conference going around that is so bad that you can’t not watch it. It appears to be a pep rally of some sort for Lincoln Riley, but it is just a hot mess of cringe. After watching it a few (dozen) times, it thought it would work better with some Curb Your Enthusiasm end credits. Enjoy! https://twitter.com/SoonerApp/status/1468236437527187469 No idea what is going on here, though we’re only given a couple of minutes of video in the original. USC Media Team appears to have taken less time to plan this thing than Mr…
As Sooner fans know all too well over the past week, when a coach arrives to take over a new team, he is also leaving another team. Brent Venables returns to Norman after serving as Defensive Coordinator for the Clemson Tigers since 2012, a timespan covering two National Championships. A very popular coach, the Clemson players and staff have high praise for BV. From the official Clemson Athletics site: STATEMENT FROM HEAD COACH DABO SWINNEY: “I am super excited for Brent and Julie and the entire Venables family. Man, he’s not only been a great co-worker and defensive coordinator, but…
New OU Football Head Coach Brent Venables was officially welcomed back to the Sooner Family as the team’s 23rd Head Football Coach Monday at a celebration held inside the Everest Indoor Training Center. President Joe Harroz, AD Joe Castiglione, Super Senior Caleb Kelly all spoke during the intro, each welcoming Venables and his family back to Norman. https://twitter.com/OU_Football/status/1467927271914754067 https://twitter.com/BPrzybylo/status/1467902987037470720 https://twitter.com/BPrzybylo/status/1467904689232662528 https://twitter.com/DylanBuckingham/status/1467917066137219072 https://twitter.com/soonergridiron/status/1467902441790541825 Caleb Williams Sighting Current starting QB Caleb Williams was on hand, sporting a “We are OU Football” t-shirt, worn by many of the current players in attendance. https://twitter.com/AllmericanMayes/status/1467897898713198594 Williams will be Venables top recruiting target to keep on…
The Intro Press Conference for new OU Heach Coach Brent Venables starts at 10:30AM Central. Watch The Replay Here
With one simple tweet on Sunday Night, OU AD Joe Castiglione answered the question Sooner Nation had been asking for days: Will we get Brent Venables? https://twitter.com/soonerad/status/1467670145971724289?s=21 Joe C, OU President Harroz, and Venables were en route to a South Carolina airport when the news broke. https://twitter.com/sportscenter/status/1467671007875977219?s=21 Thousands of fans arrived at at the airport in Norman to await Coach V’s arrival, along with the band and The Schooner https://twitter.com/ou_football/status/1467725664673357825?s=21 President Harroz seems pretty pumped as well https://twitter.com/ou_president/status/1467730339447595014?s=21 It’s a new day for Oklahoma Football.
Ok, try not to get too pumped this Sunday morning, but the most credible chatter to date is calling Venables to OU. ESPN’s Chris Low broke it here and mentions a possible choice of Jeff Lebby of Ole Miss as the top choice for Offensive Coordinator: https://twitter.com/ClowESPN/status/1467479668920139779 https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1467489178019581959?s=20 Jeff Lebby, an OU alum and former student assistant, has been a Broyles award semifinalist the past two years. Venables won the Broyles in 2016. Stay tuned, more news coming!
For the first time in 7 years, we’ve found ourselves without an OU game on the first Saturday in December. On top of that, Sooner fans have a lot of stuff on our mind. What are you doing with your free Saturday? Give us your answer in the poll. Is your activity not listed? Drop it in the comments below. 21 Days Until Christmas!
Still no announcement from the Sistine Chapel of Norman — OU Memorial Stadium. A nation waits. Ok, we may be stretching things a bit with the Papal analogies, but if there were a smokestack at the stadium for signaling the election of a new Pope, that thing would be billowing like a bbq smoker. Speaking of, 5 days is probably about the same time Mr Muleshoe cooked this dry-a** brisket. Lincoln Riley apparently smoked this brisket longer than it took to jump to USC. Smokergate And still on the topic of smokers, Travis Davidson had apparently lent some smokers to…
Wow, great turnout for the poll! Thanks for everyone who participated, plus those who added their write-in candidates in the comments. With 732(!) votes tallied over the past day, over 60% of the submissions went to a pretty familiar name. See below for the full breakdown. BV The Clear Favorite Former OU, Current Clemson DC Brent Venables is the clear favorite here. What’s the latest on him? Still out recruiting with Dabo, apparently. As of mid-day today, he is still firmly a Tiger. Unless, that is, he’s gone Rogue Manning. https://twitter.com/alexdoddshow/status/1466478136670011396?s=20 Rhuled Out? In second place is the Matt Rhule…