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Oklahoma Extends Brent Venables' Contract Through 2031our readOU general manager Jim Nagy gets contract extensionour readThe Texas rivalry

SEC · Brent Venables, year 5 (33-21) · Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK) · 86,112

The nationAP #24 · Coaches #21down 13 from last week
The model#16 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #10 (+21.7) · FPI #12
The marketOklahoma by 23.5vs New Mexico · our model 82% Oklahoma · a number, not a pick

LastL 10–17 at Michigan · Sat Sep 12 · Owen Heinecke 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 10 tackles

Nextvs New Mexico · Sat Sep 19 · 7:30 pm ET · Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK) · Oklahoma by 23.5 · series 2-0, won the last 2 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

The read on Oklahoma depends entirely on who you ask.

Brent Venables's year 5 (2026): 1-1, behind Bob Stoops's 10-3 in the same spot.

Oklahoma fans can't agree.

boy do they stink without him! The numbers don’t li, and our ascent (when we have competent QB play) is no coincidence.

▲ 109r/sooners

When we beat Nebraska in 2000, it was justified. It remains the only time in my life where that was true.

▲ 94r/sooners
✓ verbatim
belief cooled ↓ 2.1vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Mixed
46/100 · 920 mentions
~ our read
Grounding
about average
6% cite a stat · 6% typical ✓ counted
~ our read
Volatility
Chaotic
σ 28 pts
~ our read
The model
#16
CFB Zeitgeist · +7.8
✓ measured
Explore all 5 corners of the fanbase ↓

The Pulse on Oklahoma

Archive · Wk 2 · 920 mentions · medium confidence
46
Δ -2.1 vs last wk
920 mentions this week · conversation velocity

What moved it — last 14 days

— Awaiting next signal window
"Oklahoma's floor is what other programs call a ceiling." — Oklahoma fanbase · recurring line

Fanbase Signals

Cohort Divergence
0 pctSpread between sub-fanbase cohorts in the Pulse window.
The Fever Year

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
FFootball Brainiacs
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
7 outlets & communities talking

What little we hear

Only 5 cohort(s) cleared the signal floor this week, so we won’t stage a split we can’t back. Here’s the honest read:

Local+0.24
Media+0.24
Boomers & Gen X+0.24
Die-hards+0.24
Millennials+0.23

How Oklahoma fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Rr/CFBthe room

Courtroom Football is so back

▲ 9.4k ▼open ↗

The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model

fan energy
34%
where the program is headed
16%
recent results
16%
the coaching staff
7%
the schedule
7%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

115 mentions · 7 sources · week 2026-03. Counts, sources and the divergence rank are measured (fact). Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model read (our read) — never a quote attributed to a person.
Belief checkmiddle of the pack

~ our readOklahoma fans are down on the program, and they're backing it with about as much hard evidence as anyone.

backed by facts
6% cited a stat or resultleague 6%
the mood
17% optimistic42% down

✓ counted We read 920 posts from Oklahoma fans this week.

Press Pulse

28 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

I feel like we just got to come out and dominate and be aggressive like we were in the first drive on every single play
Underwood · FOX Sports2 days after Oklahoma's 2026 opener
Being a double legacy, I’m super excited about getting to Stillwater. I grew up going to games at Boone Pickens and can’t wait to get back. I’m excited to see the turnaround that Coach Morris and staff will have this year
Akin · On39 days before the opener
I’m looking for a home. A place to grow my game and get better. Somewhere I can grow as a man, a person and a football player. I look for a place that allows me to use my versatility
Akin · On39 days before the opener

Five Lenses

What people are saying right now

The broader fanbase3 posts
r/sooners
“Schooners wheels are wobbling”
1d ago
News & campus coverage2 posts
News
“Oklahoma Gaining Momentum With Elite Class of 2028 Safety Prospect Sports Illustrated”
1d ago
CFB analyst takes7 posts
Bluesky · @rodger.bsky.social
“I was at the game where they beat Oklahoma for the last time and they played "We are never getting back together"”
2d ago

Fanbase health · Oklahoma

Oklahoma's fanbase is growing — 65 of 100.

Loud (398 weighted voices in the latest week), winning on the field (10-3 last season, 1-1 so far), and not arguing about much.

On the field — 10-3 last season, 1-1 so far78
How loud — 398 weighted voices in the latest week82
How much they argue — not arguing about much35

3 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76

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Rivalry moodBoth fanbases' moods, side by side, week by week.

Red River Rivalry

Fan mood across the 2025 season, both sides — our read

★◆◆★12346789101213141719head-to-headOklahomaTexas
Hover a week for both sides’ game

Shaded weeks show whose fanbase read warmer, our measure of what fans actually said, not a poll.

ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.

What fans are saying

Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim

job securityLimited signal that season

fans believe Brent Venables is underperforming and should be replaced

Hi Joel! Could you please let us know your opinion of the pressure on Brett Venables at Oklahoma University? I don't live in OK anymore, but I've got to think that the fans there are putting him in the "it's time" category. What do you think?

Venables at # 8 is an absolute disgrace!!!! Oklahoma had arguably the hardest schedule in college football last year and they made the playoffs!!!! What an absolute joke. He's definitely not at the top, but 8 is just stupid!!!

Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Jul 16, 2026–Jul 27, 2026 · via Josh Pate's College Football Show, The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

recruiting effortLimited signal that season

fans believe JJF is a terrible assistant coach

JJF is a football terrorist, every time we would put a TE out there to block it was either penalty or a loss of yards because they can't block for shit.

JJF is the worst assistant in Oklahoma history. Our starting TE is a converted LB because he can't recruit for shit and he's an AWFUL developmental coach.

Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Aug 30, 2025–Nov 16, 2025 · via CFB

player performanceLimited signal that season

fans believe the QB-WR connection is more reliable

The QB/WR connection looks much better, we will probably win more because those look good.

Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Aug 31, 2025 · via CFB

program directionOne fan's take

One fan thinks opponents will struggle to score against the defense

Oklahoma’s defense is gonna eat you up.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 7, 2026 · via CFB ON FOX

injury availabilityOne fan's take that season

One fan believes mateer's injury reduced the team's ability to score points

I think for OU it will really depend on if we have a run game or not. Without one we were too easy to defend against and it was made worse once mateer got hurt.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 28, 2026 · via CFB

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schedule expectationOne fan's take

One fan expects victory in the upcoming game

hope you guys win by 50+

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 8, 2026 · via sooners

scheme identityOne fan's take that season

One fan believes Oklahoma's offense is consistently strong but the defense is often unreliable

The offense had carried OU all year, and while the defense was holding their own in the 4th quarter and OT, that wasn’t the time to start trusting the defense.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 30, 2026 · via CFB

scheme identityOne fan's take that season

One fan believes Brent has transformed OU's defense and improved the team's overall performance

We somehow stumbled into a baseball natty out of the (very needed) investment into the baseball program and Brent has OU playing smash mouth defense and winning games after fixing the roster.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 22, 2026 · via CFB

fan moraleOne fan's take that season

One fan believes Oklahoma's defense in 2018 was among the worst in the country

2017-2018. Absolutely elite offenses with bottom 5 in the country defenses. Although 2017 I think was a better team overall with Baker at the helm (the Rose Bowl is one of the only OU games I can't rewatch) the 2018 offense with Kyler actually put up some better numbers. The defense was just even worse.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 20, 2026 · via CFB

coaching decisionOne fan's take that season

One fan argues Brent Venables has underperformed expectations

I really don't understand how to look at Brent Venables coaching tenure here so far. Half of me wants him fired for some of the horse shit presented in this game and the season, but then you see the moments of excellence that shines through the shit.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Nov 2, 2025 · via CFB

coaching decisionOne fan's take that season

One fan thinks better defensive coaching would have helped him win more

If we had this defense and the Riley era offense, we could have realistically won four in a row from 2015-2018 with Baker and Kyler.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 5, 2025 · via CFB

player performanceOne fan's take that season

One fan thinks Jackson Arnold struggles under pressure

Your giants at OL against our DL will tell the tale of how the game will go. If we can shut down your running game and make Arnold throw, it will be a long day.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 13, 2025 · via CFB

PodcastsThe shows this fanbase actually listens to.

From the booth

a recent episode about this team
The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent free · r/cfb fan posts, last season
Oklahoma fans this offseason 77% of posts bring up another team▼2pp quieter#8 of 70 saltiest · mostly about Michigan
Who Oklahoma fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Michigan19%
  2. Texas14%
  3. Alabama14%
  4. Nebraska11%
  5. UTEP6%
share of Oklahoma’s football posts that mention each team
Oklahoma lives rent-free in
  1. Oklahoma State28%
  2. Michigan11%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Oklahoma
Who they talk aboutThe people this fanbase names more than anyone else does.
Who they talk about 988 posts and articles vs the field · 2026 season

The names this fanbase says more than anyone else does — players, coaches, the places they keep coming back to. Not slang: these are the people carrying the conversation.

Brent Venables
×98.2 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Brent Venables×98.2n=66
Ben Arbuckle×112.9n=18
Rocky Beers×141.7n=12
Daniel Norman×37.9n=10

“Bad choice, but he came with a QB and Venables' ass was on the line last season.”

reddit/CFB · fan post, verbatim
Fans on Brent Venables (8 examples)
  1. My biggest issue with OU and Venables is you can tell they have no idea what to do on the offensive side of the ball and
  2. Brent Venables is defensive Lincoln Riley
  3. venables is the best defensive mind in the country, but if we lose this game then he is simply
  4. IMO Venables is fine, it is Arbuckle i am not sold on at all. While i do expect better play from
  5. I don't think venables is our coach. Great defensive mind, but cannot get it together offensively.
  6. Brent Venables is about to be a victim of his hiring decisions…
  7. Brent Venables just stated that John Mateer missed a couple of throws but he managed a good game!
  8. Venables giving off some Muschamp vibes. www.nytimes.com/athletic/758...
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Fanbase Voice 5,787 fan mentions
Measured
Optimism
32nd
Joy
40th
Anger
77th
Doom
52nd
Sarcasm
68th
vs the 94 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season Vocabulary

2026PER
peruteplsusosnflcurrent
Hope we get to see the backup long snapper at some point
2025DEFENSE
defenseoffenseauburntennesseerankedline
Hawai'i defense: "fine, I'll do it myself"
2024OFFENSE
offenseoffensivetransfer portalportalsoonerstransfer
Our entire offense is ass so theres that
Defining termsThe handful of terms that carried this season.
Words of the season how the conversation changed, year to year
2026
per×24.2utep×12.7lsu×2.6sos×17.1nfl×3.2
2025
defense×1.8offense×1.7auburn×4.1tennessee×3.6ranked×2.1
2024
offense×2.2offensive×4.4transfer portal×13.4portal×2.4sooners×12.5
Fanbase clusterWhich other fanbases talk the way yours does.
Your Vocabulary Clustercluster 0
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