Postgame Thoughts: Oklahoma 24, Alabama 3

You want to talk about a huge win coming at the best possible moment for a coach and a program?

Blatant Homerism: The darkest days

What the Oklahoma Sooners of today do and don’t share with the state of the program in the 1990s.

LatestAllen KenneyNovember 19, 2024Oklahoma, Sooners, Brent Venables, Gary Gibbs, John BlakeComment

Postgame Thoughts: Missouri 30, Oklahoma 23

A bizarre game on Saturday against the Missouri Tigers ended in a 30-23 loss for the Oklahoma Sooners, putting OU’s hopes of even qualifying for a bowl game on life support.

LatestAllen KenneyNovember 10, 2024Oklahoma, Sooners, Brent VenablesComment

Blatant Homerism: The search for a new offensive coordinator

Let’s call Brent Venables’ track record of hiring offensive coordinators “mixed.”

LatestAllen KenneyOctober 23, 2024Oklahoma, Sooners, Brent Venables, Seth LittrellComment

Blatant Homerism: It's the offensive line, stupid

Brent Venables and Bill Bedenbaugh seem to be addressing the mistakes leading to this year’s disaster.

LatestAllen KenneyOctober 16, 2024Oklahoma, Sooners, Bill Bedenbaugh, Brent VenablesComment

Postgame Thoughts: Oklahoma 27, Auburn 21

The Oklahoma Sooners scored one of their most miraculous victories ever, knocking off the Auburn Tigers, 27-21, for their first win in the SEC.

LatestAllen KenneySeptember 29, 2024Oklahoma, Sooners, SEC, Brent Venables, Michael Hawkins, Auburn, Kip Lewis, R Mason ThomasComment

Blatant Homerism: Why are we still talking about Dillon Gabriel?

Given the problems plaguing this offense right now, what good would it do to have the Oklahoma Sooners' former QB behind center?

LatestAllen KenneySeptember 25, 2024Oklahoma, Sooners, Brent Venables, Jackson Arnold, Michael HawkinsComment

Postgame Thoughts: Tennessee 25, Oklahoma 15

The Oklahoma Sooners’ first game in the SEC was in some ways bizarre, dispiriting and encouraging.

LatestAllen KenneySeptember 22, 2024Oklahoma, Sooners, Brent Venables, Tennessee, Volunteers, SECComment

Postgame Thoughts: Oklahoma 34, Tulane 19

The Sooners showed progress in a 34-19 win over the Tulane Green Wave.

Blatant Homerism: What's the game plan?

The Sooners don’t seem to have a problem with third downs so much as a problem with first and second downs.

LatestAllen KenneySeptember 11, 2024Seth Littrell, Brent Venables, Jackson ArnoldComment

Postgame Thoughts: Oklahoma 16, Houston 12

About the only thing close to a moral victory here is that OU didn’t lose.

LatestAllen KenneySeptember 9, 2024Oklahoma, Sooners, Houston Cougars, Jackson Arnold, Branson Hickman, Brent Venables, Bill BedenbaughComment

Getting to know OU's odd defensive front

Brent Venables occasionally rolls out a “3-3-3” scheme with an odd front to combat pass-happy offenses.

LatestAllen KenneyAugust 13, 2024Oklahoma, Sooners, Defense, Brent Venables, Zac Alley Comments

Getting to know OU's even defensive front

Brent Venables has the personnel to tailor Oklahoma’s defensive scheme to suit the situation.

Estimating the impact of OU's transfers: Offense

Some thoughts on the impact Oklahoma’s 10 offensive transfers will have for the Sooners in 2024.

LatestAllen KenneyJuly 25, 2024Oklahoma, Sooners, Brent Venables, Seth Littrell, transfer portalComment

Observations from Sooners' First Trip to SEC Media Days

OU’s representatives kept things low-key at their first trip to SEC Media Days.

LatestAllen KenneyJuly 18, 2024SEC, Oklahoma, Sooners, Brent Venables, Danny Stutsman, Jackson Arnold, Billy BowmanComment

Blue-Chip Ratio numbers show Venables has Sooners on right track

The good news for the Oklahoma Sooners: At 73%, their Blue-Chip Ratio has never been higher.

LatestAllen KenneyJune 26, 2024recruiting, Brent Venables, Oklahoma, SoonersComment

Knee-jerk thoughts about Brent Venables' contract extension

Giving Venables a contract extension now confirms the OU administration believes he is repairing what was damaged in the Sooners football program.

LatestAllen KenneyJune 22, 2024Oklahoma, Sooners, Brent VenablesComment

Estimating the impact of OU's transfers: Defense

How big of an impact will OU’s transfers have on the field this fall on defense?

LatestAllen KenneyJune 20, 2024Brent Venables, Oklahoma, Sooners, Damonic Williams, Caiden Woullard, Dez Malone, transfer portalComment

Setting expectations for the Oklahoma Sooners in 2024

The only rating of Brent Venables that really matters is how he’s handling the job he was tasked with.

LatestAllen KenneyMay 28, 2024Brent Venables, Oklahoma, Sooners, SECComment

Oklahoma's personnel management and the NFL Draft: Part two

The paucity of NFL draft picks further underscores the questions about [Riley’s] capacity for identifying talented players out of high school, let alone guiding them through the process of developing into NFL-caliber players.

LatestAllen KenneyMay 17, 2024Oklahoma, Sooners, NFL, draft, Brent VenablesComment

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