Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables got harpooned on Twitter for his Red River catastrophe.
Brent Venables’ Red River debut as the Oklahoma head coach could not have gone any worse.
Despite having identical 3-2 records entering the game, Steve Sarkisian’s Texas Longhorns ran roughshod on Venables’ Oklahoma Sooners. How bad was it? It was the worst shutout loss in the history of Oklahoma football, as the Sooners fell 49-0 in Dallas. After beating former Big Eight rival Nebraska, OU has lost to Kansas State, TCU and now Texas to begin conference play at 0-3.
As expected, the college football media clowned the head coach after this unmitigated disaster.
Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables is clowned by the media after Red River
While some regression to the mean was expected to happen after Lincoln Riley left for USC, nobody in their right mind saw OU beginning Big 12 play in an 0-3 hole with loses to K-State, TCU and Texas…
Ayo somebody tell Brent Venables to pass the joystick….this ain’t it
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) October 8, 2022
Brent Venables has entered the transfer portal
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 8, 2022
Imagine thinking, in the era of offensive football, Brent Venables was an upgrade over @LincolnRiley. Sooner fans truly believed it.
— Colin Cowherd (@ColinCowherd) October 8, 2022
Brent Venables is 1st Oklahoma coach to debut 0-3 in conference play. Also, OU has lost more than 3 conference games only 7 times in 108 years of conference play (Southwest, Missouri Valley, Big 6, Big 7, Big 8, Big 12)
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) October 8, 2022
Although this is Venables’ first stab at being a head coach at any level, the former star defensive coordinator at Clemson is not seeing anything close to excellence on his side of the ball in Norman.
Realistically, this was always going to be a tough transition year for OU.
But the fact it’s been this ugly + Riley doing well at USC + Heupel doing well at Tennessee makes this just an absolute nightmare first year so far for Brent Venables.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) October 8, 2022
Time for the weekly tweet: I was told Brent Venables would fix the OU defense.
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) October 8, 2022
During its three-game losing streak, Brent Venables’ OU defense has allowed 145 points and 1,762 yards. Woof.
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) October 8, 2022
Dear Brent Venables,
Your offense already looks like Booty. So maybe how about try letting General Booty lead it?
Sincerely,
Fans of great names
— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) October 8, 2022
Even if it does not get better for the Sooners this season, this program is too proud to make him a one-and-done candidate, although some Oklahoma fans are starting to feel like they have seen enough out of Venables already.
When does the hot seat talk start for Brent Venables? Already?
— Saturday Blitz (@SaturdayBlitz) October 8, 2022
Texas surging on the field and off, Lincoln Riley has USC in CFP contention right away and Josh Heupel has impressively turned around Tennessee. That, combined with on-field results, sure has put an end to any Honeymoon period Brent Venables thought he’d have at OU.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) October 8, 2022
Looks like Auburn will have no regrets about not hiring Brent Venables. Texas 28, OU 0 at the half.
— Kevin Scarbinsky (@KevinScarbinsky) October 8, 2022
Who knew Brent Venables would have such a great at impact on Oklahoma in year 1?!
— Ben Stanfield (@Ben_Stanfield) October 8, 2022
Ultimately, Oklahoma has not looked this bad since the late John Blake was their head coach in the 1990s. While the Sooners may not be anything close to the best program once they join the SEC in a few years alongside Texas, they should be dominating the Big 12 and not playing musical chairs with the bottom feeders to see who will have a seat to sit in. This loss is about as bad as it gets.
Oklahoma now only has six games left to win three more to achieve, dare I say it, bowl eligibility…
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