Brent Venables was a popular choice to step as Oklahoma’s head football coach after Lincoln Riley left for Southern California last December.
But Venables has already hit some rough patches.
He approved when a popular receivers coach resigned before the season after the assistant said a racially charged word during a film session.
Now, Oklahoma has suffered back-to-back losses to Kansas State and TCU heading into the rivalry game against Texas. A loss to the Longhorns would turn up the heat even more.