CLEMSON – Brent Venables, known around college football as a man who never met a blitz he didn’t like, stood on the sidelines during last Wednesday’s scrimmage and watched his former protégé do his own thing.
Venables is the former Clemson defensive coordinator who left the Tigers back in December to become the head coach at the University of Oklahoma. He is known far and wide for his exotic blitz packages, the pressure coming from every spot on the defense and coming at any time.
Taking his place at Clemson is Wes Goodwin, who is known by those who know football as an up-and-coming young coach who will take much of what he’s learned at both his college and NFL stops and apply it to the Clemson defense.