For rest of the season

A short comment. Anyone who decides to leave this site, or not renew a subscription, because of the performance of the Sooners on the field is, to me, being foolishly emotional. Brandon, Parker, and Jesse are absolutely the hardest working and, most importantly, the three best writers on any site today. They tell the truth as best they see it, and I doubt any site has anyone who's better. Things haven't worked out the way anyone envisioned, although a number of us had great doubts about how the team would perform in its first year in the SEC. Alarmingly, in his weekly question and answer section, Parker (if you want to get a good idea of what an intelligent, honest young man and excellent writer he is, read his answers) says OU's NIL money next year needs to be double what it currently is. My first (or second) question about Venables came from his statement when he was chosen as our next coach that we wouldn't play the NIL game but would instead rely on the SOUL mission and our reputation. For a 16 or 17 year old kid, reputation vs $ isn't really a contest, so I found Brent's vision naive, at best. No one should think coaching alone will be enough when we're playing in a League filled with what amounts to NFL farm teams. And when this season ends and the transfers begin, I'm afraid we're all going to see how loyalty vs $ plays out for young men, many of whom come from impoverished conditions and almost all of whom came from winning high school programs. So please don't blame Brandon, Parker, or Jesse from the short-sightedness of our administration or the pollyannish vision of a coach (who I think is one of the finest men around). The messenger isn't the message.

To protect their great QB recruiting heading into the SEC and they do nothing!

Bad business trying to play on an uneven playing field!!

You know what crosses my mind when we are in a situation where not only the coaches are to blame but the players just suck? The coaches answer for it. I hear time and time again firing any coach right now won’t do any good. Well I completely disagree…. And that’s a lazy excuse.

Firing coaches right now will not make our offense worse, that’s impossible. They are the worst. Firing coaches right now mid season whould install trust back into the fans that BV fkn cares. There has to be some accountability here. Why does every one act like these coaches are high up government officials who can’t be touched? Fk that. You can’t watch the same thing over and over and over again and not have this conversation on a serious level. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
I only speak for myself but I bet other fans and especially donors are getting reallllll tired of watching this crap week in and week out and there’s just 0 accountability being had.

Bishop Sycamore or would they give us a game ?

1) I am one of Bill B's biggest fans but today made it crystal clear that the o-line is the biggest weakness we have on offense. Based on his past and his stellar recruiting this year(If he can keep them), I might give him one more year.
2) Arnold should never have been benched. They should have pulled for a couple of series to calm him down and put him back in. He gives us our best chance to win and it's not close. Hawkins is nowhere near ready to be an SEC QB and shouldn't be as a true freshman.
3) Burks can dance it up in pre-game but can't play. Huh?
4) Things must be terrible in the TE room for us to keep trotting out #10. Can't block and can't catch. Nice combo.
5) I guess Sawchuck has packed it in. I don't blame him. He should be getting snaps. Is he hurt and I didn't hear about it?
6) Once again, where are Emmett Jones' guys? Freshman WR play all over the country yet not one of yours has flashed AT ALL!!
7) It's hard for me to believe that Brooks and EPL don't deserve snaps. We can't do much worse!!
8)Jacob Jordan was one of the very few bright spots on offense besides putting in the correct QB.
9) The o-line from Michigan State should never touch the field again.
10) I have held off believing it but I am finally in the camp of BV being in over his head.

Here's what Venables and Littrell had to say about another quarterback "controversy" along with notes on the D-line, Jacob Jordan and Danny Stutsman's message to fans.

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The one thing that we can change immediately is tempo. Why go fast when we continue to go three and out and put the D back on the field?

Slow the game down on Offense and make every possession eat the maximum amount of the clock, play to the strength of the team which is our D. I am not sure what advantage going fast is when half our plays go for zero or negative yards.

And for cripe sakes don’t turn the ball over!

After seeing the ups and down for both QB’s if one was to transfer which would you rather keep? Who had most upside?

1. Heads will roll after this loss.
2. JA looks good


That’s it…. That’s it all I got

a point has to be made.

waiting....

Where is everyone talking about how brilliant Sark is. Where are his schemes now? Texas is officially getting exposed. They have literally played no one. Unfortunately that includes us.

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1. Not ensuring Caleb Williams was paid the Brinks truck to stay. OU probably goes 11-1 with him at QB in 22, even with a trash defense.

2. Hiring Ted Roof as the DC for 2022 and 2023. He spent 2 years ****ing around with a sorry ass scab, that was sucking up a key staff position. Venables was the DC, we all know that, which took his eyes off everything else he needed to do as the HC at a place like OU.

3. Firing Cale Gundy, should have suspended him for 3 games, fined him, warned etc, not fired him on the spot.

4. Letting Dillon Gabriel leave, especially going in to the SEC, with a monster schedule. 2 Frosh QBs are just not ready, we are lousy at QB right now.

5. The obvious final blow here. The hiring of Littrell and Finley will be the death blow of his tenure as HC. Just so bad. Worst Offense in the country along with maybe Florida State. We do nothing well offensively, have zero playmakers. Injuries aside, geepers creepers we are terrible.

-Final Cut: in hindsight, Dan Lanning would have been a much better higher than Venables. Most of us wanted Venables of course, his familiarity with the program and with Bob Stoops got him hired. Lanning just gets it, young guy, no bull shit, intense and committed. Venables bull shits for an hour at press conferences and says nothing of note. Program is going backward. 5-7 or 6-6 ahead, although I do not know who can beat minus Maine with our Offense.

“could be like Brock Bowers” “Alpha of the team” “All American Potential” “All SEC” how in the hell was Baur Sharpe hyped up this damn much in the off-season???? Definitely wasn’t an upgrade over Austin Stogner. Stogner could actually catch the ball and block. Smh

We haven’t been a real contender with this mentality for nearly two decades. Time to start hiring the best and bailing on Bob Stoops coaching tree

Is there any legit rumors about changes being made tomorrow? I know it’s highly unlikely, but a man can dream

And now I'm going to bed.

Pure insanity

Now has 45 million buyout

Why did Joe C give him that extension?

Following a 10-3 season in 2023, Oklahoma locked up head coach Brent Venables after just two years in Norman. The program prioritized stability amidst a tectonic shift from the Big 12 to the SEC and handed Venables a six-year extension with a total value of $51.6 million, locking him in through the 2029 season.

Fire this fuking bum immediately. Worst oline at OU in a long, long time and it’s one of the main reasons the offense is so awful

Coming back in for a spiraling team when he didn’t have to. I was very critical of him after that TN game but not afraid to say I was wrong. Hell of a kid. I hope he stays cuz he should be remembered as a great sooner after doing that for his team and program in this era of CFB.

Let’s all have a great time with this one!