If the 2025 college football season were a poker hand, Oklahoma Sooners head coach Brent Venables is going “all in.” After a devastating 2024 season, Venables and his Sooners have made a number of changes this offseason to get things back on track.
Kenny Rogers said it best when he wrote “The Gambler.”
“You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’emKnow when to walk away and know when to runYou never count your money when you’re sittin’ at the tableThere’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealing’s done.”
We don’t know yet if Venables, facing a make-or-break year, has the cards to back his bet, but if he goes down, he’s gonna go down swinging.
CBS Sports college football writer Brandon Marcello illustrated some of the changes OU made. Moves like the hire of new GM Jim Nagy, a new battery at offensive coordinator and quarterback with Ben Arbuckle and John Mateer, and a more aggressive stance in the NIL-transfer portal era.
Oklahoma’s head coach began re-evaluating his plans in October, amid a dreadful start to his third year leading the program and — perhaps more important — the blueblood’s debut season in the mighty SEC. He fired his offensive coordinator in the middle of the season, shifted staff responsibilities and then got a head start on mapping out a blueprint for 2025 — all while the Sooners were still playing games. “We had to,” Oklahoma athletics director Joe Castiglione told CBS Sports. “I mean, we would’ve been foolish not to be looking forward to what we need.” … So, Oklahoma poured more money, time and resources into a full remodel. The university hired a third-party consultant to evaluate the program from top to bottom. – Marcello, CBS Sports.
Both sides of the ball will have new play-callers again in 2025. Arbuckle takes the reins on offense, where he’ll also coach the quarterbacks….
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