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No. 12 Oklahoma football takes on No. 3 Texas on Saturday in the 119th edition of the Red River Rivalry, hosted at the original Cotton Bowl in Dallas. These are the only two ranked teams in the Big 12, and both are undefeated. This is a revenge game for Brent Venables and the Sooners after […]

Oklahoma football head coach Brent Venables scored his first major commitment for the 2026 recruiting class. Four-star running back Jonathan Hatton, Jr. committed to the program on Tuesday, per On3’s Hayes Fawcett (via OUDaily.com’s Colton Sulley). BREAKING: Four-Star RB Jonathan Hatton Jr. (2026) tells me he has Committed to Oklahoma! The 6’1 203 RB from […]

The Oklahoma football program has yet to lose a game for the season. But, the Iowa State football squad led by Matt Campbell hopes to make a run in breaking the streak of the Big 12 conference team. Coach Brent Venables does not mind the challenge but he issued a stern warning ahead of the […]

Oklahoma football coach Brent Venables took Tuesday’s press conference as an opportunity to highlight the progress that a couple of his players have made in recent weeks. Ahead of Saturday’s game with Iowa State, Brent Venables talked about how far Key Lawrence and Marcus Stripling have come. Venables spent several minutes talking about the growth […]

Oklahoma football head coach Brent Venables can breathe a sigh of relief: his sophomore linebacker Jaren Kanak is back in harness. Venables and the Oklahoma football faithful received a scare when Kanak got hit in the chest area in the fourth quarter of their 20-6 road victory over Cincinnati this past weekend. It was No. […]

The Oklahoma football team took care of business on Saturday against the Cincinnati Bearcats, notching their second straight road win of the season by a final score of 20 to 6. Head Coach Brent Venables had a fired up reaction following the game that encapsulated the spirit of the program afterward. In a game projected […]

The Oklahoma Sooners will welcome the Cincinnati Bearcats into the Big 12 just before they themselves leave for the SEC next season in a Week 4 matchup. The welcoming party, however, will be a road trip for the Sooners, now 3-0, as they travel to Cincinnati to take on the 2-1 Bearcats. This year’s Oklahoma […]

The defense for the Oklahoma football team has been dominant during the Sooners’ 3-0 start to the 2023 season. True freshman Peyton Bowen has been a significant contributor to the defense’s fast start. Oklahoma football coach Brent Venables has been impressed with how Peyton Bowen has made the transition from high school to college football. […]

Oklahoma football is off to a 2-0 start this season thanks in large part to their defense showing up in big ways against SMU and Arkansas State. The Sooners allowed 11 total points in those two games, which included a shutout in their opening game. Despite the improved play on the field, the Sooners’ defense […]

Oklahoma football coach Brent Venables and university athletic director Joe Castiglione maintain they were initially unaware of disgraced former Baylor coach Art Briles’ presence on the field Saturday following the Sooners win over SMU and insist it won’t happen again. “I was made aware of it, just before I came in here, that he was […]

Oklahoma football has had one of the best and most consistent programs in college football in recent years, but when Lincoln Riley left to coach USC football, things changed. Last season was year one for Brent Venables with Oklahoma and things did not go very well. The Sooners finished the regular season 6-6 (3-6 Big […]

When Lincoln Riley up and left the Oklahoma Sooners’ football program at the end of the 2021 season, it came as a complete shock to those in Norman. After all, Oklahoma is part of the elite in all of college football, right? Who would dare leave such a prominent program that was already established enough […]

Oklahoma football coach Brent Venables has taken another shot at a coach and their program, this time taking aim at Deion Sanders and Colorado football. Venables, who took a subtle shot at Miami and Mario Cristobal while recapping the Sooners’ disappointing 2022 season, criticized Sanders and the Buffaloes’ massive turnover through the transfer portal, per […]

Both Oklahoma and Miami’s football programs underachieved in their respective first seasons with new head coaches. But Sooners head coach Brent Venables doesn’t view the two seasons the same. He made that much clear while explaining Oklahoma football’s subpar 2022 season, which included a clear shot at the Miami Hurricanes, per Canes Insider on Twitter. […]

As each college football season approaches, the expectations tend to grow for each and every team. So, like every season, there’s head coaches who have something to prove from the prior season. In the list below, we’ll look at not only coaches entering a potential hot seat year but those who are like Deion Sanders, […]

There’s just something about Kansas State that flummoxes Oklahoma football. For the third time in four seasons, the Sooners lost to the Wildcats, this time a 41-34 defeat in Norman on Saturday night. No. 6 Oklahoma got roasted by former Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez, who threw for 234 yards and a touchdown while rushing for […]

The Oklahoma Sooners opened up the Brent Venables era at the program in convincing fashion, as they took care of business with a 45-13 home win over UTEP. Multiple players on offense for Oklahoma made the most out of their snaps played in the contest, including both running back Eric Gray and wideout Marvin Mims […]

Oklahoma football has changed head coaches for just the second time this millennium. Lincoln Riley jumped ship to take the top job at USC and the Sooners replaced him with longtime Clemson defensive coordinator and Oklahoma grad Brent Venables. Also in the fold is new offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby, who had spent the past couple […]

The 2022 college football season is just around the corner, and a new era of Oklahoma football comes with it. Former head coach Lincoln Riley shockingly left the Sooners in the offseason, as did quarterbacks Caleb Williams and Spencer Rattler. To replace them, Oklahoma brought in former Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables and former UCF […]

Brent Venables’ tenure as Oklahoma Sooners coach is off to a tumultuous start. In shocking news Monday, Sooners wide receivers coach Cale Gundy, who has been with the program since 1999, suddenly resigned after allegedly repeating a racial slur when he was reading from a player’s iPad. That sent shockwaves through Sooners nation, but the […]

By now, the entire college football world has seen the story on former Oklahoma Sooners wide receivers coach Cale Gundy, who uttered an insensitive word during a film session. Gundy, the longest-tenured assistant coach in the Big-12, resigned Sunday night. The ex-Sooners coach spoke about how he was “mature enough to know that the word […]

Oklahoma Sooners head coach Brent Venables is set to have quite a decision to make later this year. With Caleb Williams opting to take his talents to USC, Venables will have to decide on just who he will call upon to be the Sooners’ starting quarterback for their season opener against UTEP in September. Among […]

It’s been messy for the Oklahoma Sooners after Lincoln Riley left the team for the head coaching job for the USC Trojans. Brent Venables takes over as Oklahoma’s new head coach and is already making moves that should please the fan base and students. According to 247 Sports, Venables has officially secured his first pledge, […]

The Oklahoma Sooners landed their new head football coach Sunday, hiring former Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables. ESPN senior writer Chris Low detailed how the deal was finalized Sunday evening. “A deal was finalized Sunday night after OU athletic director Joe Castiglione flew to the Clemson, South Carolina, area to meet with Venables, who had […]

The Oklahoma Sooners found themselves looking for a new coach when Lincoln Riley shocked the college football world by bolting for USC. It looks like the coaching search has come to an end, with the Sooners zeroing in on Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables, according to ESPN’s Chris Low. The deal is reportedly expected to […]

After the shocking news dropped that Lincoln Riley would be leaving the Oklahoma Sooners to become the new head coach at the University of Southern California (USC), it became quite clear that there were no givens in the NCAA. With the Sooners now looking for their next head coach, their spot in the Big 12 […]