Hard to figure out what Oklahoma is under Venables. I guess also hard to know what Michigan is under Moore. Not sure any result would surprise me much.
yeah, agree there is a lot of ways this game could go. and both coaches do have a lot to prove, but I'd say Venables moreso. He's been there 3 full seasons and in 2 of his 3 seasons OU was sub .500. They were 6-7 last year in Year 3- and well OU faithful isn't used to that and won't tolerate much more of that.
Sherrone just flat out did not have a QB last year on the roster that was startable. The QB situation was that bad. Davis Warren and Alex Orji were really that bad. And to pull off a road win in Columbus and beat Jalen Milroe and Bama in the bowl to close out the season was a big-time finish- and honestly still can't believe that it happened.
Sherrone went 8-5 last year in his first season and that was literally without a QB on the roster. The Texas and Oregon losses were very bad- they were really never in the games. But they were right there in the other 3 losses they had last year on the road @Washington, @Illinois, and @Indiana- if they had
any QB play at all they might've won those games and been 10-2 and in the playoff in Moore's first year- like if Michigan had offered Cam Ward $4-5 million in the porthole last off-season and he was there QB that's probably a 10-2 team that's in the playoffs.
So while I do think both have a lot to prove- Moore has little bit more runway/leash- especially with breaking in a true frosh all-everything #1 overall player QB in Underwood.
