The Oklahoma Sooners are about to see what exactly they're made of after suffering one of the the worst losses of the Brent Venables era on Saturday. The Sooners were taken to the woodshed in a 42-25 loss to South Carolina at home. The Sooners’ defense gave up a total of 521 yards of offense to the Gamecocks.
With the loss, OU fell to 4-4 on the season and 2-3 in SEC play. During his postgame news conference, Venables was asked how he'd keep the locker room from "splintering" after losing to South Carolina, who improved to 5-3 overall and 3-3 in SEC play. Venables acknowledged that was a worry after the lopsided loss to the Gamecocks.
More News: Exclusive: Breakout NFL Executives Who Could Become Future General Managers More News: 4 QBs Generating Serious Trade Buzz Weeks Before NFL Regular Season Starts "That's the million-dollar question, right," Venables said, via video posted to X by SEC Mike. "And to sit here and act like, oh yeah, they'll be fine. There ain't nothing fine.
My challenge to them... nobody's required to be here on Monday. Okay, nobody's required to be here on Monday. "But if you're gonna be here on Monday, then you better square your jaw and tighten your screws.
And that ain't different any other Monday either. That's what every Monday should look like. And that's an expectation." Venables said Oklahoma didn’t lose for a lack of effort, but the Sooners were not prepared for Saturday's game at home.
"I just said, I believe in these guys. Nobody went out there and (expletive) the bed on purpose. We just didn't coach them well.
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