You don't say? Coming from the guy that claims Venables has a cocaine problem, I wouldn’t expect anything else. So, you'd be ok with Sark saying the same thing? Chucklz, no you wouldn't. You'd say jeez, we're just coming off a losing record season, just like USC, why doesn't Sark wait until we've won a few games this year before running his mouth off. And nice try, Riley wasn't referring to all time records and accomplishments of those teams, he's referring to the here and now in terms of recruiting and what the projections are for this year. Of course Riley will do well IN CONFERENCE, just like he did at OU, who said he wouldn't? Define "well" in your opinion. Win some conference games? Win a championship? Define it. The question is how couldn't he do better this year than USC did last year? A monkey could have a winning season at USC.
And Yeah, Riley does deserve a little karma the way he tried to leave OU high and dry on his way out the door so if he does have some players poached I think it's funny as hell and well deserved. Venables did not take 1 player from Clemson on his way out the door. I find it funny that just recently Riley was saying that in the playoff beatdowns he experienced, he had the least talent on the field. We were obviously lacking on the defensive side of the ball, I'll gladly admit that but I wonder why Brent Venables isn't appearing to have any issues getting highly ranked players on both sides of the ball to OU. Not only that he's recruiting across the whole country when the naysayers said he'd only be able to take the leftovers from the state of Texas? LOL. Don't look now but your worst fears are fixing to materialize themselves under Venables and his staff. I'm already on record as saying that OU's offense will be better statistically under Venables in his first year than it was under Riley's 5th year in what Riley himself called his best team to date. Book it. The defense will be better this year but our Dline isn't where it needs to be talent wise, next year is the year that I expect it to start looking much different.
