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Watch: OU head coach Brent Venables on state of Sooners after 10th preseason practice

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OU head coach Brent Venables. (Bryan Terry - The Oklahoman/USA TODAY Network).

That much closer to the OU football season opener. Now 17 days away and head coach Brent Venables was back addressing the media Tuesday afternoon.

Practice No. 10, and Venables had a 17-minute post-practice update on how things are going for OU after the first scrimmage last weekend.

Opening statement:

“We just finished our 10th practice of fall camp. Been a really good, tough, challenging, demanding last several days as we’ve gotten started. All part of preparing us both mentally and physically for the grind and challenge of the season. There’s been good. There’s been bad. We had our first preseason game, if you will, late last week. It was everything you thought it would be. Big plays on both sides of the ball. Good and bad. It’s good on one side, it’s usually not good on the other. That’s the next step in our process as we get ready for the season.

“Got great film from all of our practices, and our job as a staff and our job as players is to watch the film and see how we can get better. Been working a lot of things that challenge you physically, certainly things that challenge you mentally. As we’ve said, the beauty and the magic of fall camp is about taking your players to their breaking point, taking your players to the edge. And their job is to take themselves there willingly. If you have a mature, tough-minded team, they’ll do so. They know that’s all necessary as you build your identity as a football team and find out whether you can build trust — that’s a player’s responsibility — and find out what we’re really good at. That’s all part of the process right now. 

“A lot of situational work, as well. All the things that every football team in America’s gotta get better at and be good at in order to win at the highest level. I like a lot of what I’m seeing and like a lot about where we’re at right now.”

*Biggest news item? Venables confirmed wide receiver Jayden Gibson will miss the season with a knee injury.

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