SEC Network analyst believes Brent Venables saved his job last season

The Oklahoma Sooners are coming off a season in which they were one of the best teams in the SEC. The Sooners went 10-3 and made the College Football Playoff for the first time under head coach Brent Venables.

While the ending product turned out well, it was close to teetering toward disaster. The Sooners went 6-2 in their first eight games, with the two losses coming against their two best opponents up to that point. Oklahoma still had road trips against the Tennessee Volunteers and the Alabama Crimson Tide. On top of that, the Sooners had to face the Missouri Tigers and the LSU Tigers at home.