Norman, Oklahoma USA

Tag archive

Venables

Dave: Trust in Venables — Sooners gain confidence with each win

by

On October 15th the Sooners beat Kansas in Norman.  After a bye week the Sooners then beat Iowa State on October 29th.  That my friends constitutes a winning streak. 

Although the streak came against a couple of teams that are ranked in the bottom half of the Big 12 standings, we will take it. 

Because unfortunately the Sooners are in the bottom half right now as well. 

But a win on the road is always a good win no matter who the team.  Even though Iowa State has a very questionable offense, their defense was stout and gave OU fits. 

Keep Reading

Dave: Crazy stuff happens in OU vs. Texas — but not optimistic this year

by

New season goal: Become bowl eligible.

And that won’t be easy considering the way the Sooners have looked that past two weeks.

There is no guaranteed win left on the schedule. We can’t even count on Kansas to be a push over anymore.

The defense is lost right now. And it may take a few years before it is found.

I saw some stats from the first few years of Venables’ tenure as Defensive Coordinator at Clemson.

His defenses ranked in the 50’s the first two years. Then in the third year they were a top 10 unit, and consistently stayed there throughout his time with the Tigers.

He is head coach now, so he has many more things that need his attention. Also, we need to realize that the Sooners lost more talent than anyone is willing to admit through graduation and the transfer portal.

Keep Reading

Sooners kick off Venables era with 45-13 win over UTEP

by

It wasn’t great. It wasn’t bad.

For a debut of a new head coach, new quarterback and many other players, it acceptably set the Sooners ship back on course after a tumultuous end of last season. 

And it marked the beginning of the head coach career of what may be the next legendary skipper.

That is my take on Oklahoma’s 45-13 win over UTEP on a humid hot day in Norman on Saturday.

“At the end of the day, it was going to be about Oklahoma re-establishing the soul and the spirit of this program,” Venables said after the game. 

Clearly, the Sooners did just that as soon as they stepped off the bus, to be greeted by several hundred screaming funs who lined the Jenkins Avenue path to the stadium.

Keep Reading

Go to Top