The Oklahoma Sooners will need all of the help they can get this week against the Texas Longhorns on Saturday.
The Oklahoma Sooners could be getting some great news on Wednesday when the first availability report comes out ahead of their Red River rivalry game against the Texas Longhorns. Oklahoma is coming off a bye week, and teams usually use that time to get healthy. This team has been struggling with injuries all season and needs bodies back in a big way. The timing couldn’t be more important. Texas is ranked No. 1 in the country, and the Sooners are still trying to shake off an embarrassing loss to Georgia, which came right before the bye. OU could use a boost from some players returning from injury, and Venables made it sound like that boost could be on the way.
Brent Venables plays it close to the vest ahead of Texas
Oklahoma coach Brent Venables spoke with reporters Monday night after practice and left the door open for some good news on the injury front.“We might have several guys available that we didn’t have last game, but you won’t know until Wednesday,” Venables said.
Venables is playing a bit of cat-and-mouse there. He isn’t going to reveal names right away, and that’s part of the strategy when preparing for a team like Texas. There’s no reason to hand the Longhorns’ coaching staff extra information days before kickoff.Still, that statement tells us something. If several players who missed the Georgia game are available against Texas, the Sooners will look a lot different than they did two weeks ago.
Here’s where it stands with the players who missed the Georgia game
When you look at the availability report Oklahoma released before facing Georgia, the list of players who missed that game was long. That gives a pretty clear picture of who Venables could be talking about.Players ruled out against Georgia:…