OU Football Spring Practice Preview w/ Sooners Head Coach Brent Venables

The Oklahoma Breakdown with Ikard and Lehman

Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman

Basketball, Football, Sports

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman are joined by Oklahoma Sooners head coach Brent Venables to discuss the Sooners upcoming spring practice. Venables goes into deep detail on OU football's roster as they try to build off the momentum of last season where the Sooners went to the College Football Playoff. Venables discusses how important it was to retain key players and shares updates on the Sooners transfer portal additions as well as the freshmen they added to the roster with their 2026 recruiting class. 3:28 - New Coaching Staff Additions (Lamar Morgan, Deland McCullough, Jason Witten)6:32 - Strength & Conditioning Transition (Jerry Schmidt's New Role, James Dobson's Takeover)9:45 - NFL Combine Performances & Pro Day Prep11:34 - Spring Practice Philosophy (Tackling, Fundamentals, OTA-Style Approach)15:00 - Roster Retention Success & Key Returning Players (Defense Focus)30:59 - Transfer Portal Additions & Newcomer Updates50:56 - Positional Battles & Depth Competitions (DL, LB, Secondary, OL, WR, Specialists)58:08 - Run Game Improvements & Offensive Emphasis1:04:08 - Team Mindset, Toughness, & Lessons from Last Season1:10:23 - Recruiting Environment, Staff Collaboration, & Safe Program Culture1:12:02 - Recruiting Momentum & Administrative Support1:12:52 - College Football Playoff Expansion Thoughts & External Factors Official site: https://okbreakdown.com/episodes/ou-football-spring-practice-preview-w-sooners-head-coach-brent-venables YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ihHLDTnL7U Part of “The Oklahoma Breakdown with Ikard and Lehman” podcast series. Follow The Oklahoma Breakdown on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OklahomaBreakdown/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ok_breakdown/ X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OK_Breakdown TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ok_breakdown Connect with Gabe Ikard: https://www.instagram.com/gabeikard/ https://twitter.com/GabeIkard Connect with Teddy Lehman: https://twitter.com/tedlehman11 #collegefootball #oufootball #secfootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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