If you wish to get the actual inside story on why Lincoln Riley left Oklahoma for USC, one very fascinating level was raised in a current YouTube present that it’s essential to watch.
Our pal Mark Rogers at The Voice of Faculty Soccer gathered some Oklahoma analysts for a panel dialogue. As a part of this dialogue, analyst Jacob Brumbaugh of Two Aircraft Sports activities made a selected remark at 7:35 within the video. It’s an eye-opener for many who don’t comply with Oklahoma soccer and its internal machinations very carefully.
“The amount of cash and the renovations that they’re beginning to do with (Brent) Venables, and the buy-in with the boosters and every part else, is completely totally different than with Lincoln Riley,” Brumbaugh mentioned.
Whoa.
Brumbaugh defined that some Oklahoma boosters didn’t totally belief Riley and weren’t prepared to totally open up the checkbook for him. Brent Venables, however, is getting that whole dedication from OU soccer donors.
The apparent level is that Riley felt he would get whole funding and buy-in at USC, whereas he didn’t sense he was getting the identical in Norman with the Sooners.
Right here’s the complete Oklahoma section at The Voice of Faculty Soccer:
