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Brent Venables feels the love as fans, media react to impressive turnaround
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Brent Venables made his mark on the Red River Showdown on Saturday.
Oklahoma left the Cotton Bowl with a huge 34-30 win over No. 3 Texas thanks to a go-ahead touchdown pass from Dillon Gabriel to Nic Anderson with 15 seconds to go.
This Oklahoma win felt good after the 49-0 blowout loss to Texas last season.
The game didn’t end there as Texas had one more shot to win the game with a hail mary. Quin Ewers was hit from behind while trying to heave the ball to the endzone and pass was knocked down by the Sooner secondary.
Venables had a rough start to his Oklahoma tenure after a 6-7 record in year one. Some people compared what Venables has done this season in Norman to that of Deion Sanders at Colorado.
Oklahoma fans are going to enjoy this win for a while, but Venables will probably like it more. There were some doubts about the former Clemson assistant heading into the year and things are looking good heading into Week 7.
Here are the reactions from Oklahoma fans to the win:
Brent Venables Sooners just did a Deion – they went from losing 49-0 to Texas last year … to winning 34-30 this year. #BoomerSooner
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) October 7, 2023
It was a rocky ride for Brent Venables in Year 1 at Oklahoma, but unless a coach inherits an unquestioned Cadillac roster in his first season, waiting for Year 2 is the appropriate thing to do.
Venables figured things out. Everyone in Norman can now fully believe.
— Matt Zemek (@MattZemek) October 7, 2023
One of the biggest winners in College Football this year is Brent Venables. Left for dead after last season, now Oklahoma is playoff contender and Clemson is a mess. Huge day for him.
— Bob Stew (@TheBobStew) October 7, 2023
Live look at every @OU_Football fan rn pic.twitter.com/zk7gS7COLg
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 7, 2023
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) October 7, 2023
Hell of a win! pic.twitter.com/jtr0adnhe9
— WG (@NvictusManeo) October 7, 2023
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— Bleacher Report CFB (@BR_CFB) October 7, 2023
Horns downhttps://t.co/fU2HrkOER2 pic.twitter.com/J09XIu6yyC
— Athlete Logos (@athletelogos) October 7, 2023
Hell of a win! pic.twitter.com/jtr0adnhe9
— WG (@NvictusManeo) October 7, 2023
Huge win and a DEFINING MOMENT in Brent Venables career and his program elevation!
BOOMER
— mgcsooner (@mgcsooner) October 7, 2023
What a difference a year makes!
How you like Brent Venables now? pic.twitter.com/e6bOMBwlpk
— Zach Gelb (@ZachGelb) October 7, 2023
THE BRENT VENABLES APOLOGIES BETTER BE AS LOUD AS THE DISRESPECT
— Jonah (@BoomerSooner_69) October 7, 2023
Grant Bricker was a former freelancer for The News TN in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. He now freelances for Saturday Football. Follow on Twitter @GrantBricker.
