Skip Bayless has already given up on Brent Venables at Oklahoma
By John Buhler
Skip Bayless is about to bail on Brent Venables faster than Lincoln Riley bailed on Oklahoma.
Year one of the Brent Venables era of Oklahoma football is not off to a great start, as FS1’s Skip Bayless is about to lose his Boomer Sooner mind over how bad the defense has been vs. TCU.
OU gave up 27 points in the first quarter to TCU. While the Big 12 game was being played in Fort Worth, clearly, the Sooners decided to sleepwalk against a worthy adversary. Sonny Dykes’ boys are undefeated and came to play. If OU drops this game, the Sooners will essentially be eliminated from College Football Playoff contention, and probably will not make it to Arlington this December.
There were so many reasons why OU was on upset alert heading into this conference road game.
Oklahoma's "new era" defense, led by Brent Venables, has gone from dominating to disaster. Mid 1st, TCU has already scored THREE TDs - two long ones thanks to shocking defensive busts. OU now looks ... dare I say ... POORLY COACHED ON DEFENSE. New coach even worse than old coach.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) October 1, 2022
Skip Bayless has blown a gasket on how bad Oklahoma is under Brent Venables
Although it was not going to be easy for Venables taking over for Lincoln Riley initially, are we prepared to live in a world where we get a sequel to the John Blake era in Norman? You never want to be the guy who replaces the guy, but Riley seemed to have no issues whatsoever taking over for the iconic Bob Stoops. Venables will probably get this thing right eventually, but this is rough…
So follow me on this … we have a first-time head coach going up against a head coach with 12 years worth of FBS experience, on the road in an early kickoff window. Not only that, but TCU has not lost a game and Dykes has successfully transplanted his metroplex blueprint from SMU to the nearby rival Horned Frogs. With Dillon Gabriel still a UCF Knight deep down, what could go wrong?
Ultimately, Oklahoma is probably closer to an 8-4 team than an 11-1 squad with serious College Football Playoff aspirations this year. I mean, they just lost at home to K-State. Baylor won 12 games a year ago. So did Oklahoma State. And even though they’ve lost twice already, Texas might have the Sooners’ number in Red River next week just down the road in Dallas at the Cotton Bowl.
Maybe, just maybe, Oklahoma had no business at all being ranked inside of the top 10 initially?
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