DALLAS, TEXAS - OCTOBER 12: Oklahoma Sooners cheerleaders hold up megaphones during the 2019 AT&T Red River Showdown at Cotton Bowl on October 12, 2019 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
In his nearly two years as head coach of Oklahoma football, Brent Venables has shown that he can recruit with the best of them when it comes to landing elite talent from the high school ranks.
Feeding the pipeline with talented, highly skilled first-year players and experienced college players via the transfer portal, is a critical element to building a championship team and, most importantly, sustaining success, but it only represents half of the battle to complete the process.