Oklahoma’s Resiliency Was Forged by 2024 Heartbreak

Twelve months after enduring a disappointing season, Brent Venables has his Sooners headed to the College Football Playoff.

Ryan Chapman |

NORMAN — When the Sooners shuffled off the field in Baton Rouge a year ago, it’s almost unimaginable that the next time they played LSU, they’d be putting the finishing touches on a College Football Playoff-caliber résumé. 

But one year later, Brent Venables turned a second 6-6 regular season finish into a 10-2 team that no head coach wants to face in December. 

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