Brent Venables on Oklahoma in SEC: ‘This program stands on two legs’

Brent Venables believe Oklahoma ranks right up there with the SEC in terms of its history of football success. The Sooners are currently tied for 6th in college football history with 944 wins Alabama and Texas between teams in their new conference.

OU also brings seven national championships with it to the SEC, which it officially joined on Monday with the Longhorns. The Sooners also produced seven Heisman Trophy winners and 50 conference titles.

Those are all facts Venables pointed to as a reason they’re a good fit in the SEC, which has dominated college football for the past two decades.

“We’re one of the winningest programs in the history of college football,” Venables said Monday to the cheers of an Oklahoma crowd on the SEC Network. “This is a program, whether it’s a 47-game winning streak or the most conference championships in college football history. National championships, all Heisman winners. The countless players who are now in the Hall of Fame, both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.

“…This program is based on two legs. Now you get an elite vs. elite match. An elite program like Oklahoma has for many years matched the best brand and best league in college football – the SEC.”