Oklahoma football filled its big coaching vacancy over the weekend, after losing Lincoln Riley to USC. Brent Venables, the program's former defensive coordinator under Bob Stoops, is heading back to Norman for his first head coaching job.
Venables, who had been at Clemson under Dabo Swinney since 2012, had been the subject of numerous rumors in the days after Riley's abrupt departure. In a YouTube video posted by OU punter Michael Turk on Wednesday, a number of players predicted Venables as the next coach.
Now, it's official. On Sunday night, athletic director Joe Castiglione celebrated the hire online in a very simple manner: one lock emoji.