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I chuckled at what this PSU fan said:

I heard from an insider close to the family with insider knowledge. He believe Oklahoma offers both the best chance to win it all, and to be close to his family and friends he has made over the years. Oklahoma has exceeded the penn state offer and he is ready to accept. It will be announced shortly now.

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8 hours ago, chiu1040 said:

If you had your choice would you rather be the DC at OU, OSU, Penn State, or Notre Dame?

When he chases that tail to ou and Botoxzilla still refuses to leave Oklahoma when Venables gets canned he’ll come back home to Stillwater.

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16 hours ago, chiu1040 said:

I chuckled at what this PSU fan said:

I heard from an insider close to the family with insider knowledge. He believe Oklahoma offers both the best chance to win it all, and to be close to his family and friends he has made over the years. Oklahoma has exceeded the penn state offer and he is ready to accept. It will be announced shortly now.

think he's going to get above $3M

 

 

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57 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

The smell of desparation

 

44 minutes ago, Pdawg88 said:

Desperation 

But yeah, what we have been doing isn’t working. I’d hire the Easter bunny if he can help us win games. 

Hopefully this becomes a disparate situation for OU , Venables won't get his man and next year he he doesn't just enough to not get dispersed 

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OU on3 update on Knowles

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The Jim Knowles sweepstakes is expected to come to an end in the hours following Ohio State’s National Championship parade. Here is the latest.

Knowles, who won the national title with Ohio State on Monday, reached out to Oklahoma coach Brent Venables shortly after Zac Alley’s departure for West Virginia on Dec. 28. Knowles expressed interest in the Sooners’ opening due to his personal connections to the state. Obviously, Venables wanted to make it happen. The two agreed to further their conversations shortly after the Buckeyes’ national title run. 

But in the days following the title game, negotiations between Knowles and Oklahoma got complicated. Knowles and his agent spoke almost exclusively with Venables — not the OU administration. Penn State and Notre Dame, which also have defensive coordinator openings, quickly got involved as well, further complicating the process. 

Knowles’ agent, Pete Roussel, quickly became the point of contact instead of Knowles himself. That led to all three schools making offers to Knowles that would make him the highest-paid assistant in college football. 

By Friday evening, Knowles stopped direct communication with Venables as well as all the other schools involved. That included Ohio State, which does not want to lose Knowles and was blindsided by his flirtation with other programs. Why Knowles is looking to potentially leave is anyone’s guess. Speculation has centered around his family dynamic, coaching relationships and his want to be the highest-paid assistant in the sport. 

Many inside the Barry Switzer Center viewed Knowles coming to Norman as a long shot from the beginning. Some still do. Right now, it feels like a coin flip with many industry sources believing he will leave Ohio State. Either way, the Sooners are as much in the dark as anyone as of Sunday morning. They have not heard from Knowles or Roussel since Friday. The hope is for Knowles to decide after Ohio State’s celebration on Sunday afternoon. 

Meanwhile, OU has pursued other candidates for its defensive coordinator opening if Knowles does not choose the Sooners. One name that was floated early to SoonerScoop by sources is Arkansas State defensive coordinator Nate Dreiling.

Sources told SoonerScoop early on that Dreiling was a name floated to Venables by people in the industry who he has a great amount of trust in. And after further investigation, OU’s administration was on board with Dreiling as a potential candidate for the opening. Dreiling served as Utah State’s interim head coach in 2024 after head coach Blake Anderson was fired.

Dreiling, 34, has been a quick riser in the coaching ranks. He started his career as a GA at Kansas and spent time at Pitt State, Southeastern Missouri State, New Mexico State and Oregon. If Dreiling were hired, it would be a very similar role to Alley in 2024, with Venables having the final say in the defense.

Oklahoma has spoken with other candidates for the position, though those names are unclear to SoonerScoop at this point. As for former Clemson defensive coordinator Wes Goodwin, he will likely not be considered for the defensive coordinator position or as the linebackers coach. Instead, he’s expected to possibly join the staff as a defensive analyst. That has not been made official as of Sunday morning. 

It’s SoonerScoop’s understating that the Knowles ordeal has slowed the Sooners’ hiring process. However, they are in no rush, as they are still waiting on Knowles’ decision and have reached a point where they feel negotiations have stopped.

The ball is firmly in Jim Knowles’ court. 

 

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