Brent Venables talking more #Sooners offense: "There's times when they make a good play on defense... there's times where our pass pro isn't what it needs to be... issues with route detail... some of the footwork on some of the runs."

Brent Venables: "At the end of the day, we gotta score touchdowns. We gotta find a way to get the ball in the end zone, and we aren't doing that right now." #Sooners

#Sooners Brent Venables on Dan Lanning's trickery in Ohio State-Oregon: "It was good."

Brent Venables on his "general philosophy on midseason staff changes" as asked by Berry Tramel: Notes he has never been a part of a staff that had that at K-State, OU or Clemson.

Venables on #Sooners Mike Hawkins trusting tight window throws: "There's some times that you don't trust it and that's part of the maturation. ... You show him the ones that were good and then you say 'Hey, those are the ones that are there.'"

Brent Venables on #Sooners QB room: "I love what we have in the quarterback room. Incredibly talented group... we need to be able to play winning football and put them in position... completely and totally believe in them and I trust them."

Brent Venables says he's "certainly not immune to anything" when asked about potentially playing two QBs. Says he'd prefer to have one QB to get behind but "Would certainly not put it out of the realm of possibility." #Sooners

#Sooners Brent Venables on Taylor Tatum: "As soon as he fumbled, I said, 'Hey man, don't bury this guy' and Coach Murray was on the same page."

Any discussion about #Sooners Jackson Arnold redshirting? Brent Venables: "It's been discussed between us. What was told to Jackson is 'When we put you in it's because we need you to help us go win.' ... He's a great teammate. ... I feel like it's only right to give Mike the

Brent Venables says Deion Burks is hoping to play this week, was "up to 80% of his max volume" in practice yesterday. #Sooners

Brent Venables on Zion Kearney: "He's been showing the progress at practice. ... You see real growth and improvement." Also was happy to see Ivan Carreon get in against Texas and said Zion Ragins is gonna make improvement. #Sooners

Brent Venables says this is the best defense he's seen South Carolina have in the last decade. #Sooners

More from Brent Venables on SC: "Rocket Sanders is a really good player... the quarterback, he can take it to the house at any point in time." #Sooners

In great contrast to Oklahoma, South Carolina has started the same five offensive linemen the entire season. #Sooners

Sneaky matchup Saturday: Kai Kroeger vs. Luke Elzinga. #Sooners

Mason Young Nothing sneaky about the two best players on the field

Bedlam baseball is back April 15 in Stillwater. #Sooners

I'm out here in Utah watching Oklahoma State QB commit Jett Niu. He's already 3-of-5 for 27 yards passing and 5 yards rushing. One of his incompletions was a beautiful 38-yard heave that resulted in a drop.

Oklahomans for Responsible Economic Development, which filed the petition to repeal Norman city council’s vote on the Rock Creek Entertainment District/OU arena, just announced that they exceeded the 6,098 signatures to force a vote of the people. By a lot. 11,602 signatures.

This is definitely something #Sooners fans should monitor. The vote for the Rock Creek Entertainment District would be on Feb. 11.