Fall camp ahead of the 2025 college football season is officially underway for the Oklahoma Sooners. There are a little over four weeks remaining before OU’s Week 1 game. In advance of fall camp, the Sooners held press conferences and player media availability on Wednesday, with head coach Brent Venables taking the mic to answer questions before camp gets rolling.
It didn’t take long for Venables to point out a couple of key differences between last year and this year. The fourth-year head coach told reporters, in response to the first question he was asked, that he believes Oklahoma’s roster in 2025 is better overall than it was in 2024.
“I really like this roster,” Venables said. “I think that it’s a better overall roster from where we were a year ago and the test of time will tell where this team stands … This is a group that’s very competitive. They’ve allowed us to push them and challenge them. They haven’t flinched. We’ve made tremendous improvement from where we started in January and all of the strength, speed, body composition. Really excited about the improvements that we’ve made there and I think our guys are a confident, competitive group.”
The Sooners struggled to a 6-7 overall record and a 2-6 mark in the SEC last season. There were times in 2024 that the roster just didn’t look good enough for the SEC, especially on the offensive side of the ball. Venables hopes he’s made the necessary moves this offseason to change that. There are plenty of new faces on this season’s roster, as Oklahoma will be counting on some newcomers to play big roles in their first seasons in Norman.
One of the most significant moves the Sooners have made since late November was the addition of offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle. Despite not yet being 30 years old, he’s tasked with returning the OU offense to its past glory….
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Publish date : 2025-08-01 01:00:00
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