Brent Venables chuckled a bit at the question. About 12 minutes into a barrage of questions about the decision to fire Seth Littrell, to retain and promote Joe Jon Finley and to elevate Kevin Johns,

Brent Venables talked about multi-tasking end of 2024 season while searching for the next offensive coordinator, who doesn't particularly need Oklahoma ties.

Returning to Oklahoma's standard is going to take plenty of program changes. If Venables is going to stick around, he's going to need an elite offensive coordinator and a solid staff around him to help him build out an offense capable of competing at the highest level.