The Oklahoma Sooners have seen the general college football public dunk on them multiple times in the last month, and it certainly isn’t a good feeling.
First, it was a sloppy loss against Tennessee in front of a national television audience where head coach Brent Venables was forced to make a change at quarterback.
Then, it was last Saturday, again in a loss, again in front of the entire nation on ABC. With ESPN’s top play-by-play duo once again calling the Sooners, OU suffered an ugly loss in the Red River Rivalry against Texas.
The college football world seems to think that Oklahoma isn’t “SEC-ready,” at this point in time, they’re probably right. OU looks way behind the elite teams in the Southeastern Conference because of their offense. They look plenty of steps behind Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns and the schedule isn’t getting any easier in the new league.
The latest voice to pile on was ESPN SEC analyst Paul Finebaum, who had been very complimentary of Venables and the Sooners coming into the season. He seems to have changed his tune after seeing Oklahoma stumble to a 4-2 start and a 1-2 mark in the conference.
On “The Paul Finebaum Show” earlier this week, the SEC Network analyst discussed where the Sooners are at right now. He expressed his concern for where things could be headed and said a decision made all the way back in the winter of 2021 could be partially the reason for the struggles that are occurring right now.
“Here’s the problem with Oklahoma: they chose an unusual route when they hired Brent Venables,” Finebaum said. “Some of it had to do with him being a beloved figure out there for having coached under Bob Stoops. So, he came in terrible first year, he bounced back, and this year is trending toward a mess.”
Finebaum went on to say that if Venables isn’t careful and Oklahoma suffers a few more losses, the fans of Sooner Nation will begin “chirping again.” He also said that’s just the nature of…
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