Brent Venables maintains pressure as Sooners start fall camp
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Aug 5, 2026, 10:07 AM
Last updated Aug 5, 2026
Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables prepares for the upcoming season with his team starting fall camp this week. After a successful previous season that included a double-digit win total and a College Football Playoff appearance, Venables acknowledges the shift in narrative regarding his job security. Still, he stresses the importance of maintaining intense pressure and focus, believing that complacency could hinder the team's progress. As practice begins, Venables emphasizes that past success does not guarantee future results and asserts that every detail counts in achieving success.
- •Oklahoma begins fall camp under Coach Brent Venables this week.
- •Venables faces less scrutiny after a successful previous season.
- •He emphasizes the need for sustained pressure and focus.
- •The Sooners aim to build on last season's momentum.
- •Past successes do not ensure future results, according to Venables.
- 10:07 AMYahoo Sports — OU football coach Brent Venables' seat has cooled, but not his intensity to succeed
"Brent Venables and his Sooners changed the narrative last season, but even though the OU coach's seat has cooled, he continues to crank the pressure on his team.
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