Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables has a long history with the school he now leads as head coach. He began coaching there in 1999 as a co-defensive coordiantor and linebackers coach and held those roles until 2003.

Oklahoma finished the year with a 40-6 beatdown against Clemson, whose third-year defensive coordinator Brent Venables formerly ran Stoops' defense at OU for over a decade. The offense struggled against Venables' squad, gaining only 275 yards with five ...

This will be the first time that Heupel and Venables, who spent plenty of time together at Oklahoma, have faced off on opposing sidelines as head coaches