During his opening press conference last week for spring football, Brent Venables mentioned that the players on the team received “12 months of grace” when he took over as head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners in December of 2021. The idea was that rather than slashing and burning the roster right away, players would get a year to prove themselves to the new coaching staff. “(We) certainly gave the guys an opportunity to live up to the standards and the expectations of our program,” Venables said when discussing the roster he and his coaching staff inherited.
Oklahoma Football: It’s okay to believe in the defense
