Oklahoma Sooners HC Brent Venables doesn’t hold back in his assessment of Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss
The Oklahoma Sooners will have their hands full with Trinidad Chambliss, and Brent Venables knows it.
The Oklahoma Sooners are ready for the new week. After an impressive showing against the Florida Gators, the Ole Miss Rebels are waiting, and Brent Venables knows what that means—QB Trinidad Chambliss will create problems for the defense.
“Our guys have great respect for him, and it does help we played against him, but it wasn’t good enough, obviously. (Chambliss) rips your heart out over and over,” Venables said on Tuesday during his press conference.
This isn’t the first time the Sooners have faced Chambliss and the Rebels. Last week, they played them too, and it was one of Chambliss’ first games as Ole Miss’ starter. He killed the Sooners, especially during the most crucial parts of the game.
“We played really well on early downs, and they played better on late downs. They executed, and we didn’t. He’s (Chambliss) a fantastic player. Some people have tried a lot of things against him and haven’t had a lot of success.”
Trinidad Chambliss’ numbers don’t tell the whole story
Chambliss is one of the best players in the world. In fact, he has a great shot at being a Heisman finalist. But Ole Miss has played some bad football lately. They just lost to Georgia in blowout fashion. And Chambliss has nine interceptions, the most in the SEC.
“I think it’s a combination of everything you just said,” Ole Miss HC Pete Golding said. “A couple of them are end-of-game plays. One was a Hail Mary; the other was a situation where you’re just giving it a chance on fourth down. Those types of things. A couple of them were bad balls.
“A dropped ball, so those aren’t on him even though they are on his stat sheet. A couple of them were probably forcing throws. I think some of that is from some of the pressure that’s been created. Not setting the feet. I think it’s a combination of several of those things.”
The Sooners can absolutely win on Saturday. And they can absolutely keep Chambliss at bay. However, I think this team knows it won’t be easy.
