If he can't make 4 star defensive recurits perform on the field he better figure out how to steal all the 5 star defensive recruits from Bama and hope he can do something with them.
They werent p5 level guys and it showed. that's why a majority of them ended up at G5 schools after venables showed them the door. That's a pretty significant thing that so many guys got passed over by every other p5 program despite riley thought they would be good at OU. The last staff missed a lot in talent evaluation on defense.
As far as what can venables do with good recruits, well, we've already seen it.
That's not trash talk. And yes, I know they have Gabriel as their qb. Other than daniels, he's the best returning qb in the big 12. He was significantly better than sanders.
He doesnt make a lot of mistakes which is nice. He had 25 td passes was 2nd in the league despite having the 5th most pass attempts. But he does get the ball moving, OU was averaging just a hair shy of 500 yards per game when he wasnt hurt. I think that's a great place to work from. I am wondering how much more running around he'll be doing this year now that they have a backup they think they can trust.
He doesnt make a lot of mistakes which is nice. He had 25 td passes was 2nd in the league despite having the 5th most pass attempts. But he does get the ball moving, OU was averaging just a hair shy of 500 yards per game when he wasnt hurt. I think that's a great place to work from. I am wondering how much more running around he'll be doing this year now that they have a backup they think they can trust.
That’s a strange characterization of their situation. Gabriel played because that’s the job of the starting quarterback.
They had no back up, which is why they played him differently than they would if they had a back up they can trust. They will be a lot more loose with QB runs this season than they were last season As a result though.
