The Oklahoma Sooners, once a dominant force in college football, have seen a steep decline under head coach Brent Venables. After finishing with a disappointing 6-7 record for the second time in three seasons,

Absent the ability to clone himself, in a make-or-break season Venables is doubling-down on his successful defense while giving himself less time to oversee his moribund offense and tend to the CEO aspects of his struggling program.