More than 75,000 fans packed into Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon to watch the Oklahoma Sooners’ public debut under new coach Brent Venables in the annual Red-White Game. Venables seized on the opportunity with a pregame WWE-style monologue paying his respects to the program and the players who have passed through it. The celebration continued through halftime with a tribute to legendary quarterback Baker Mayfield.
On the field, the action looked surprisingly crisp for a spring game. (That’s not to say that the running clock in the second half wasn’t appreciated.