Take a look at the Oklahoma Sooners’ starting lineups on both sides of the ball from their game against the Kansas Jayhawks last week. It really hasn’t changed much from the first game of the season, aside from some shuffling due to injuries.
In head coach Brent Venables’ first year, the Sooners primarily have a homegrown team. Out of the 22 players who started versus KU, only two weren’t on OU’s roster a year ago – offensive lineman McKade Mettauer and quarterback Dillon Gabriel.
Not so long ago when transfer rules in college football were more restrictive, retaining that many holdovers under a new coaching staff might have been common.