It is no secret the [autotag]Oklahoma Sooners[/autotag] have been one of the top programs in [autotag]college football[/autotag] since the turn of the century.
Under then-second-year head coach [autotag]Bob Stoops[/autotag], the Sooners shocked the college football world by winning the national championship. That came after their worst decade ever.
But the train didn’t stop. It kept moving down the tracks, and the Sooners kept winning. They have won 14 conference championships, played for three more national championships and played in four [autotag]College Football Playoffs[/autotag] since. In fact, no other team has won more Power Five games since 2000 than the Oklahoma Sooners.
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It hasn’t been perfect, though. The Sooners had a few down seasons, such as 2005, 2009, 2014 and 2022. But, overall, no one has had more success on the field.
Now, the only thing missing is national titles.
Their success has resulted in only one national championship, which doesn’t seem real. Sooner fans are craving Oklahoma’s return to the top. They believe they have the right guy for the job, [autotag]Brent Venables[/autotag], to get them there. Venables was on the 2000 staff but also won two national championships while coaching the defense with the Clemson Tigers.
It’s up to him to show he is a head coach and not just an all-time great defensive coordinator. If he’s able to do that, when the end of the decade comes, the Sooners will likely have broken the ice and won that eighth national title.
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