**Oklahoma Sooners** Miss On Offer To **Jim Knowles** | Whats Next For **Brent Venables**? **Read:**

Venables was hired in December 2021 following Lincoln Riley’s departure to USC, inheriting a roster that went 11-2 the year before.

Venables recently stated that a “resetting of the benchmark” was necessary in spite of the record in an interview with “The REF 1400 Podcast.” Venables stated, “We were not going to class as we needed to when I arrived here, which was eighteen months ago.” “We were not living as close to the field as we should have. Thus, you discuss a shift in culture and a resetting of expectations and standards.