The Oklahoma Sooners head into one in every of their extra consequential seasons in program historical past. After its first dropping season this century, the strain is on Brent Venables to begin profitable persistently.
Venables took over an 11-win workforce heading into his first season. Wanting on the schedule forward of 2022, Oklahoma appeared to solely have 5 losable video games on the schedule. The workforce in crimson eclipsed that mark going 6-7 and dropping to Texas, 49-0.
The 2023 Oklahoma soccer schedule seems even simpler at a look. The Sooners keep away from Kansas State, Baylor and Texas Tech, all of which handed the workforce a loss final yr.
As soon as once more, it appears cheap to see Oklahoma going 10-2 with losses solely to TCU and Texas. However, it’s fully doable we might overrating Venables’ workforce as soon as once more.
Elite gamers like Anton Harrison and Marvin Mims depart Norman with nary a comparable substitute on campus. And whereas they’ve considerably upgraded the roster via the portal and in recruiting, the workforce just isn’t with out holes.
The blue blood program is to not be underestimated, however they could have work to do earlier than some give them the advantage of the doubt.