When the Oklahoma Sooners and Brent Venables hired Jason Witten as new tight ends coach, it sucked for multiple reasons. For starters, the idea of a Vols legend like Witten coaching up an SEC foe just feels wrong. Also, it may have cost Tennessee a shot at a 5-star linebacker.
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Witten’s son Cooper is the No. 1 linebacker in the country per the 247Sports Composite, with nearly 30 offers to his name. As soon as Oklahoma hired Witten, multiple predictions came in for the Sooners to land him. Not so fast, but it’s not Heupel, for now, who’s trying to work his magic. Instead, it’s Georgia and Kirby Smart:…