Venables' link to Ohio State worth a different reaction after K-State
Published: 10/31/2011 9:35 AM
Last Modified: 10/31/2011 9:37 AM
One week after the Oklahoma football mob wanted him burned at the stake, Brent Venables is back in good graces. His OU defense played its most inspired second half of the season at Kansas State, and now fans can't wait to see what he has in store for Texas A&M Saturday afternoon.
After the Texas Tech accident, those same fans were saying they couldn't bear to watch, figuring Ryan Tannehill might throw for 700 yards or something.
"Venables' defense has been sliding for three years now," Will Harris wrote on ESPN.com in picking K-State to beat the Sooners 31-28.
Crazy, the existence of a football coordinator.
At any rate, I wonder how OU followers will react to something from Athlon Sports. College football editor Steven Lassan handicapped the six coaches he thought would be "top targets" at Ohio State after this season. Tim Beckman was one. Urban Meyer, naturally. Dan Mullen, Bo Pelini and Lovie Smith.
Number six… Brent Venables.
"Pulling Stoops away from Oklahoma isn't likely," Lassan wrote, "so why not get his best assistant?"
Some of you might have seen this go up on Athon's site last Thursday. If so, I'm betting your reaction is a little different today than it was at the time.
-- Guerin Emig
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Guerin Emig
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