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Noah Best had a big body in front of him and a pretty simple requirement: get underneath it.

The rest of his explanation offers a useful look at the play that gave Oklahoma’s offense something it desperately needed against Texas.…

Oklahoma’s win over No. 1 Texas gave the Sooners something to build on. So, with the Sooners coming off one of the bigger wins in the Brent Venables’ era, I decided to do a little statistical deep-dive into the first five games to see exactly where the work remains for Oklahoma moving forward.

And with a home game number 15 Kentucky this weekend, Oklahoma traveling to number 16 Mississippi State, hosting number nine Ole Miss and traveling to number 13 Missouri to end the season, there is a lot to fix, both, statistically and schematically moving forward if the Sooners want to stay in playoff contention. One loss changes the whole dynamic of the season. …

Nineteen seconds remained, and Oklahoma had the ball in its own territory. After everything John Mateer had gone through, the Sooners were willing to let him decide how this one ended.

Brent Venables’ instruction to offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle was brief.…

OUInsider members brought the heat on some questions to the point it left me no wiggle room but to be upfront and blatant about where things are with the state of the program and recruiting heading into the Sooners bout with number one Texas in Dallas.

Fans are squeamish right now because the aura around Norman is at a state that feels eerily similar to 2022 and 2024 when Brent Venables and his teams went 6-7. Can BV survive another six win season? That would make it three out of the first five years. A standard that Gary Gibbs, Howard Schnellenberger, John Blake and others didn’t even survive. So what gives? I try to answer as best I can… …

An ELITE group of players/targets/commits headed to DFW this weekend with the Sooners hosting the Red River Rivalry. A total of 3 five-star’s and 13 four-star’s will be in attendance at the Cotton Bowl to see Oklahoma take on number one overall Texas.

Here is the list below: …

Oklahoma has had time to look at itself. Time to work on the details. Time to give some players a break and give others more opportunity.

Now the Sooners have to make that time count.…

Oklahoma has spent four years bringing offensive linemen in, watching others leave and trying to keep enough of the remaining group healthy to build something dependable. At some point, that cycle has to stop being the explanation and start becoming the problem the Sooners actually solve.

Brent Venables did not dress it up during his Texas-week press conference.…

Oklahoma’s offensive struggles have caused concern across the program, but they have not created doubt for four-star safety commit Jaylen Scott.

Scott’s focus is Oklahoma’s defense, his fit within Brent Venables’ system and the relationships that convinced him to flip his commitment from Auburn to the Sooners.…

Oklahoma’s 2028 recruiting class is already taking shape, but the Sooners still have several priority targets they hope to add around their early commitments.

Four-star defensive end Keoni Snipes is becoming one of the most important names to watch.…

Oklahoma’s staff is out and about this week, taking advantage of the bye to get in front of commitments and priority targets.

Over the next 48 hours, expect to see and hear about Sooners coaches making stops at schools and games across the country before getting some time with their families this weekend—a rarity this time of year.…