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OU coach Brent Venables talks with a fan during Meet the Sooners Day for the University of Oklahoma football team at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial stadium in Norman, Okla. Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK
Oklahoma Sooners head football coach [autotag]Brent Venables[/autotag] is entering his third season leading the program. After a disappointing 6-7 finish in 2022, OU bounced back in 2023 with a 10-3 mark. With the Sooners moving from the [autotag]Big 12[/autotag] to the [autotag]SEC[/autotag], Venables’ already daunting challenge of rebuilding the program gets even tougher.
Venables has been preparing for the SEC move since arriving two and a half years ago. His primary focus has been getting Oklahoma ready to compete in college football’s most difficult conference.
While OU’s roster looks to have improved again this offseason and could be ready to take another step forward, the SEC schedule will be extremely difficult to navigate.
Part of the reason for this is the number of excellent coaches, teams, and players in the conference, as USA TODAY Sports noted when they ranked all 16 SEC head coaches heading into the 2024 season.
With Alabama’s Nick Saban retiring this winter, the choice at the top was obvious. Georgia head coach Kirby Smart is the best in the business and is one of three active head coaches to have won a national championship. Only Smart, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, and North Carolina’s Mack Brown can say that. The Bulldogs have won two out of the last three national titles, losing just two total games in three seasons, both to Saban and the Crimson Tide.
Behind Smart in the SEC, there are a number of excellent coaches who still have things to prove, but where does Brent Venables rank among them?
Out of the 16 head coaches in the conference, USA Today Sports’ Blake…
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Author : Sooners Wire
Publish date : 2024-08-11 12:00:16
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