He has passed away. Regretfully, the Sooner football head coach has revealed the passing of his all-time favorite player.

He has passed away. Regretfully, the Sooner football head coach has revealed the passing of his all-time favorite player.

He is no longer with us. Sadly, the head coach of the Sooner football team has disclosed the passing of his all-time favorite player.

(AP) — NORMAN, Oklahoma When Brent Venables was hired head coach, Oklahoma’s ardent fan base was ecstatic.

After the former Oklahoma defensive coordinator accepted the same role at Clemson and assisted the Tigers in winning two national titles, Sooners supporters had been following him for years. Venables was therefore the favorite to replace Lincoln Riley after Riley abruptly left for Southern California at the end of the 2021 regular season.

The Sooners’ miserable season ended with a 35-32 defeat to Florida State in the Cheez-It Bowl, as they finished 6-7 overall.

Oklahoma’s expectations are a little lower going into its last Big 12 season before traveling to the Conference of the Southeast. In the preseason poll of the 14-team conference, the 20th-ranked Sooners were voted third, marking only the fourth time in the previous 13 years that they were not selected to win the league.

The Sooners suffered four three-point losses and an eight-point loss to Kansas State in their previous campaign, according to Venables, but they still performed far below expectations as a team. He feels that the purpose of his first season was to lay the groundwork, and this time around he expects considerably better outcomes.

He declared, “We’re still under construction.” “I’ll be honest: as long as I’m Oklahoma’s coach, we’ll constantly be improving, and it won’t be good enough. Additionally, there are always ways to advance and get better.