Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Oklahoma head football coach Brent Venables knows what it is like to take over a program in the current era of college football.
Venables is preparing to enter his second season in Norman, Oklahoma, following a disappointing 6-7 record in his first year.
Oklahoma Sooners head coach Brent Venables coaches from the sidelines in the second half of play against the Iowa State Cyclones at Jack Trice Stadium on Oct.
29, 2022 in Ames, Iowa. The Oklahoma Sooners won 27-13 over the Iowa State Cyclones. (David Purdy/Getty Images) Venables was hired in December 2021 following Lincoln Riley’s departure to USC, inheriting a roster that went 11-2 the year before. NOTRE DAME QUARTERBACK TO MAKE SURGICALLY REMOVED RIB INTO NECKLACE Despite the record, Venables said a "resetting of the standard" was needed in a recent interview on "The REF 1400 Podcast." "Eighteen months ago when I got here, we weren’t going to class like we needed to," Venables said. "We weren’t living right off the field like we need to.