Brent Venables chuckled a bit at the question. About 12 minutes into a barrage of questions about the decision to fire Seth Littrell, to retain and promote Joe Jon Finley and to elevate Kevin Johns,

The OU offense was largely wretched against South Carolina, but the Sooner defense and special teams had issues, too. Here are the grades.

OU coach Brent Venables held his first weekly press conference since firing Seth Littrell. And Venables had strong words about offensive struggles.

Oklahoma Sooners offensive lineman Michael Tarquin (70) walks off the field as South Carolina celebrates recovering a fumble during a college football game between the University

Oklahoma football has dropped to 4-3, and 1-3 in the SEC with the 35-9 blowout loss to South Carolina in Week 8. Head coach Brent Venables gave the real reason behind his team’s struggles in the 2024-25 season.