NORMAN, Okla. -- Perhaps no image better encapsulates the eye-popping intensity of Brent Venables than the pictures of Clemson's get back coach struggling to tug the school's longtime defensive coordinator back to the sideline.
It's fitting that in his first season as a head coach at Oklahoma, Venables' go-to "Good to Great" analogy references pushing toward a breaking point for intensity. In the quest to keep the entire Oklahoma program at the top echelon of college football, Venables wants everyone affiliated with the program to find the extra degree between 211 and 212, the boiling point for water.