The Oklahoma Sooners open spring football this week with new faces across the roster and the sidelines.
Naturally, first-year head coach Brent Venables headlines the changes. After five seasons under former coach Lincoln Riley, the players left on the roster from previous seasons will have to adjust to different ways of doing things for the new coaching regime. Meanwhile, new players will try to establish themselves in the eyes of teammates and the coaches – they include a handful of instant-impact transfers at key positions.
All those changes leave plenty of room for uncertainty, especially as the coaches implement new schemes on both sides of the ball.