Oklahoma football coach Brent Venables is not known for making wild, unsupported predictions or setting unrealistic expectations for his football team.
To say that the second-year Sooner head coach is highly competitive, though, and extremely proud of the players who play for him is an overt understatement.
The Sooners experienced one of their worst seasons in nearly a quarter century a year ago, finishing with a sub-.500 6-7 overall record. The biggest reason for that highly disappointing performance was a defense that leaked like a sieve. Oklahoma finished the 2022 season ranked 121 out of 131 FBS teams in total defense.