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Why Brent Venables made special teams a priority in the NCAA transfer portal

headshotby: George Stoia06/06/25GeorgeStoia
Syndication: The Oklahoman
Oklahoma coach Brent Venables walks off the field after the Armed Forces Bowl football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Navy Midshipmen at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. Navy won 21-20.

Brent Venables knows his football team is going to play a lot of close games in 2025. Through his first three seasons at OU, his teams have played 14 one-score games, going 5-9 in those situations. In those 14 games, the Sooners were an abysmal 18-of-30 on field goals.