This didn't age well, thus far, though going forward it could work out ...
No, it sure didn't.
I think that Sooner fans are generally stunned at both the process and the results this year.
Pat Jones, the winningest-ever Oklahoma State football coach prior to Mike Gundy, has a mid-day radio show. He opined that Brent Venables has a year and a half to fix his mess. If things aren't looking much better by the mid-point of the 2024 season, Venables won't have a 2025 season in Norman.
In 2021, the Sooners went 6-1 in games decided by one score. This year, they went 0-4 in such games.
One of Oklahoma's premier sports writers is a guy named Berry Tramel, who writes for
The Oklahoman. He wrote a few days ago that this year's 6-6 team essentially the same as last year's 11-2 team. It's just that the close games went the other way.
I disagree with that. Being able to win close games means something. Being in better condition than the other team. Having more poise than the other team. Making better coaching decisions in crunch-time than the other team's coaches. Losing close games to teams that are not physically superior to your team means that your team found ways to lose instead of finding ways to win.
The 2022 Sooners were not going to be a great team. But they certainly had the talent to finish better than 6-6. Or, after the likely Cheez-It (the Cops) Bowl loss to FSU, 6-7.
Bad coaching.