BOARDS. BRYAN KEATING ELGIN RUCKER. LET’S LOOK AT THIS THING FROM THE OKLAHOMA PERSPECTIVE. THEY WENT IN AS THE FAVORITE. THEY WENT IN AS THE HIGHER RANKED TEAM AND CAME OUT WITH A LOSS. ROLL THE VIDEO. THIS IS WHAT A LOT OF OU FANS ARE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. IT’S OBVIOUSLY THE PLAY THAT HAPPENED ABOUT MIDWAY THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER. OKLAHOMA’S DRIVING ON THIRD DOWN AND IT’S THE THE THROAT OF DRAKE. STOOPS OH, YOU FANS WANT PASS INTERFERENCE. BRANT VENABLES CERTAINLY DID. IT LOOKS LIKE PRETTY CLEAR PASS INTERFERENCE TO ME. IT WAS NOT CALLED THAT AND ENDED UP BEING FOURTH DOWN. OH, WHO KICKS THE FIELD GOAL? AND SO LOOK, I DON’T KNOW THAT THAT CHANGED THE GAME, BUT THAT CERTAINLY HAPPENED. BRANT VENABLES WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT NON-CALL AFTER THE GAME. I THOUGHT THAT WAS WHAT INTERFERENCE WAS. BUT LOVE THE FIGHT OF OUR PLAYERS. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL WRITE THIS TEAM OFF AND I BELIEVE IN OUR GUYS. I BELIEVE WE CAN WIN THEM ALL OUT AND BUT WE CAN LOSE THEM TOO. THERE’S THERE’S NOT A A GIMME ON THERE. AND WE DON’T HAVE MUCH OF A MARGIN FOR ERROR. I THINK THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING. RIGHT NOW. THAT’S WHAT I SAID ABOUT BRENT’S TEAM LAST WEEK. ACTUALLY. MARGIN FOR ERROR, THAT THEIR MARGIN FOR ERROR WAS LOWER THAN A LOT OF OU TEAMS. I THINK IN THE PAST. O U LOSES IN A WILD GAME. WHAT’D YOU THINK FROM AN OKLAHOMA PERSPECTIVE? WELL, I’LL STICK WITH THAT AT THE PAST. OKAY. GO GO RIGHT AHEAD. THE INTERFERENCE. GO. GO AHEAD. BEFORE I EVEN GET TO MY BOARD. SURE. I MEAN, THAT’S NOT THE REASON WHY THEY LOST. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. SO FOR ANY FAN THAT’S HUNG UP ON THAT, I MEAN, OF COURSE YOU’RE A FAN. YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR TEAM GET THE BEST CALLS AND YOU WANT TO GIVE YOURSELF AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN. THAT’S NOT THE REASON WHY YOU LOST. YOU LOST THE GAME BECAUSE YOU TURNED THE BALL OVER. YOU HAD THREE TURNOVERS. OSU SCORED TEN POINTS OFF OF TURNOVERS IN A CLOSE GAME. IT’S A THREE POINT GAME, BY THE WAY, AND YOU MISSED THE FIELD GOAL, SO YOU LEFT POINTS OUT ON THE FIELD AS WELL. SO PLENTY OF BLAME TO GO AROUND. AND DON’T JUST BLAME THE REFS, BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT OKLAHOMA CAN DO AND WHAT THEY HAVEN’T BEEN DOING, YOU GOT TO BE IN THE ZONE TO WIN CLOSE AND TOUGH GAMES. YOU GOT TO BE IN THE ZONE TO STAY LOCKED IN AFTER A GAME LIKE TEXAS AND AVOID THE TEXAS HANGOVER. AND THEY’VE BEEN ZONED OUT. THEY HAVEN’T HAD THAT ELITE ATTENTION TO DETAIL, THAT SHARPNESS OF FOCUS IS THAT IT TAKES TO BE A GREAT FOOTBALL TEAM. THEY’RE A GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM AND WE SAW SOME OF THAT MAGIC AT THE END OF TEXAS THAT SAID THIS MIGHT BE A GREAT FOOTBALL TEAM BECAUSE THE SUM OF THEIR PARTS ARE BETTER THAN THE INDIVIDUAL INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS, RIGHT? THE DIFFERENT RECEIVERS, THE DIFFERENT RUNNING BACKS TOGETHER. THEY LOOKED LIKE A GREAT TEAM. BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT FOCUS AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT ATTENTION TO DETAIL. AND THEY JUST HAVEN’T HAD IT FOR THREE STRAIGHT WEEKS NOW. UCF, THEY WON THAT GAME, BUT IT SHOULDN’T HAVE EVEN BEEN CLOSE RIGHT? YOU SHOULD HAVE BEAT KANSAS, BUT YOU SHOT YOURSELF IN THE FOOT WITH THE PENALTIES AND THE TURNOVERS. AND YOU DO THE SAME THING AGAINST OKLAHOMA STATE. A GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM. ALL THREE OF THESE TEAMS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT CAN BE CONSIDERED GOOD FOOTBALL TEAMS. CERTAINLY THE LAST TWO, KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA STATE FOR SURE. BUT THOSE ARE GAMES YOU COULD HAVE WON. YEAH, AND IT’S BECAUSE OF THAT LACK OF ATTENTION TO DETAIL FOR SURE. SO I’M GOING TO GO MY BOARD HERE. I JUST I WANT TO SHOUT OUT DRAKE STOOPS, WHO IS A FLAT OUT BALLER. YEAH. THAT DUDE IS A STUD. HE COULD PLAY FOR ANY TEAM IN ANYWHERE THAT I WOULD COACH AND WANT TO BE A PART OF. HE IS A BALLER AND HE WAS AWESOME YESTERDAY. 12 CATCHES 134 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN, BUT HERE’S THE THING. AND I JUST I TRY TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM A BIG PERSPECTIVE. I DON’T KNOW WHAT OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL IS. THEY ARE PRETTY GOOD, BUT THEY’RE NOT REALLY GOOD. YOU ASK HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THEY PLAYED WELL THIS SEASON? THEY PLAYED REALLY WELL AGAINST TEXAS, BUT SO MANY TIMES WE’VE COME AND WE’VE WANTED MORE FROM THEM AND THEY FAILED TO GIVE IT TO US. THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, BRANT, HIS TEAM AT OKLAHOMA TWO AND FIVE, ON THE ROAD IN THE CONFERENCE PLAY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THAT’S NOT VERY GOOD. YOU KNOW, FROM 98 TO 2020, THEY DIDN’T LOSE TWO GAMES IN A ROW IN THE CONFERENCE. BUT EVER THEY’VE DONE IT NOW, THIS WEEK THEY DID IT FOUR TIMES LAST YEAR. I MEAN THAT’S WHAT WHAT IS OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL RIGHT NOW. I THINK BRANT HAS A LONG WAY TO GO TO. RIGHT. HIS LEGACY. HE CERTAINLY I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT OU FOOTBALL IS RIGHT NOW AND WHEN I WATCH THEM PLAY, THAT’S NOT OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL. AND I THINK FROM BRANT HE’S LEARNING ON THE JOB THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. BUT THE CLOCK MANAGEMENT AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF, LAST YEAR, IF I’M AN OU FAN OR AT THE END OF THE OF THE FIRST HALF WHERE THEY JUST LET THE CLOCK RUN OUT, I MEAN, THEY WERE GOING TO GET THE BALL BACK. IT’S TWO WEEKS IN A ROW NOW. IN THE SECOND HALF BRANT HAS GOTTEN 15 YARDS TWO YEARS IN A ROW BECAUSE 15 YARDS AS WELL, 15 YARD PENALTIES ARE ON THE HEAD COACH. YEAH, YOU JUST CAN’T DO THAT IN CLOSE GAMES SO I’M NOT LOOK, THEY HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO, BUT I THINK YOU LOOK AT THAT I JUST DON’T KNOW WHO THEY ARE WITH BRANT VENABLES AS HEAD COACH AND THEY ARE UNDERPERFORMING TO THE LEVEL OF OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL. AND THIS IS A TWO YEAR PROBLEM. HERE’S WHAT’S COMING UP FOR OU NEXT. IT’S A HOME GAME. THANK GOODNESS IT’S AT HOME, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY CAN’T WIN A CONFERENCE GAME ON THE ROAD. THEY GOT WEST VIRGINIA AND THEY’RE A BIG FAVORITE. BUT THEY’VE LOST TWO IN A ROW. THEY HAVE SIX TURNOVERS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. BELGIAN, IT’S JUST NOT GOING TO GET IT DONE. AND THEY’RE NOT GETTING BETTER. YEAH, THEY’RE GETTING WORSE. THEY’RE REGRESSING. AND THAT’S THAT’S THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW. AND THAT’S WHAT I MEAN BY ZONED OUT. THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL. YOU CAN POINT TO SOME THINGS AND YOU CAN TRY TO SAY, OH, WELL, WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS BETTER AND OR WE DIDN’T GET THAT BREAK AND IT WAS A CLOSE GAME. COOL. FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, THERE ARE NO EXCUSES. THERE’S THERE AND THEY REALLY SHOULDN’T BE ANY AT THIS POINT BEFORE AS WELL. BUT THIS IS WHERE YOU’RE AT. YOU GOT TO WIN OUT AND YOU HAVE EVERY ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THE SCHEDULE HASN’T BEEN TOUGH. WE KNEW THAT COMING IN. SO WHEN THESE FOOTBALL GAMES LIKE YOU SHOULD AND BEAT THE TEAM THAT YOU SAY YOU ARE BUT IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE BRANT VENABLES DOESN’T REALLY KNOW IF HIS TEAM IS THAT GOOD OR NOT. AND SO WE’LL SEE, THEY SAY, HE SAYS THEY’RE CLOSE EVERY WEEK. OH, WE’RE CLOSE. YEAH, WE’RE CLOSE AND WE’RE CLOSE AND WE’RE CLOSE. THEY’RE JUST NOT GETTING BETTER. BUT HERE’S THE DEAL. THEIR GOALS ARE STILL THERE, MAN. THEY CAN STILL WIN THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY NEED HELP. THEY DON’T CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY. BUT MAYBE TEN AND TWO IS GOOD ENOUGH. MAYBE THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH. I JUST WONDER, LOOKING AT OKLAHOMA UNDER BRANT VENABLES, WHAT ARE THEY? WHERE ARE THEY GOING? THINK THEY’RE RECRUITING BETTER? BUT THERE’S LITTLE THINGS HERE ALL THE TIME THAT PREVIOUS OU COACHES AND TEAMS WOULD NOT MAKE. AND THIS ONE JUST SEEMS TO MAKE THEM ALL THE TIME. AND IT’S A REASON THAT YOU GO HISTORICALLY, IT’S THE FIRST TIME THEY’VE DONE THIS SINCE IT’S THE FIRST TIME THEY’VE DONE THIS AND THEY JUST KEEP DOING THIS AND