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Brent Venables gives passionate locker room speech after Red River victory
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Brent Venables gave a heartfelt and passionate speech to his players following No. 12 Oklahoma’s impressive 34-30 win over No. 3 Texas in the Red River rivalry game on Saturday.
“In all my years of coaching, I’ve never been a part of a game like that,” Venables said in the locker room after the game.
“In all my years of coaching, I’ve never been a part of a game like that.” @CoachVenables | #OUDNA pic.twitter.com/UXGutJMisK
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) October 7, 2023
Venables told his players that “you decided how good you want to be.”
“The ups and downs, the highs and low, the adversity. The ‘you gotta make a play’ moments, the turnovers. The heart, the guts, the toughness. It was all there,” Venables said.
Venables spewed nothing but praise for the Sooners, who are now 6-0 on the season.
“You guys have worked so hard for such a long time,” Venables said. “We’re going to dominate this moment and be in this moment. The guts and heart you guys played with, you can’t fabricate that.”
Oklahoma led 20-17 at the half. The Sooners held on to their advantage against the Longhorns for most of the contest.
The Sooners enter a bye then host UFC on Oct. 21. Texas (5-1) heads into a bye week, then faces Houston on Oct. 21.
