Brent Venables' coaching seat on fire after inexplicable loss to Missouri Tigers
What an embarrassing loss for the Oklahoma Sooners against Missouri. Facing a backup quarterback in Drew Pyne, the Sooners gave up 30 points, thanks to some embarrassingly poor situational play. The offense sputtered frequently throughout the game and turned the ball over, again, four times. The team committed multiple poor penalties, yet again, including a […]
What an embarrassing loss for the Oklahoma Sooners against Missouri. Facing a backup quarterback in Drew Pyne, the Sooners gave up 30 points, thanks to some embarrassingly poor situational play.
The offense sputtered frequently throughout the game and turned the ball over, again, four times. The team committed multiple poor penalties, yet again, including a holding call on Missouri's final drive that allowed them to tie the game with a minute left in regulation.
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory has been a common theme for the Brent Venables era of Oklahoma. They've had multiple games every season that they, quite frankly, just should not be losing.
Yes, the defense has gotten much better. No doubt about it. The defense has turned into one of the top units in college football after being an embarrassment for a decade prior.
Recruiting is up, no question. They've finished with three straight top-ten classes and are on the cusp of a fourth with this 2025 class.
That's the problem, though. They have accumulated the talent, they have turned the biggest weakness of the team around, and they are still losing football games.
All of his decisions have come home to roost this season. From the portal misses to the offensive coordinator hire to his game management issues, everything has struck out this season, and it's dragging the team down. For a team that wants to compete in the SEC, they are a pick-six away from being completely winless this season in conference play.
It's year three of the Brent Venables experience. He was dealt a bad hand with what Lincoln Riley left the program with, and he's turned that around. Despite that, this 2024 team is the worst they've put out in decades, with stats that would make the John Blake era blush.
His buyout might save him this offseason, but that seat is uncomfortably warm. The pressure is on for Venables to turn this ship around, or else he'll go down with it.
