Oklahoma fans are ready to send Brent Venables away as the Sooners' problems get worse

The most hated man in Oklahoma is no longer Lincoln Riley. That would be his successor Brent Venables. He may have been a great defensive coordinator at Clemson for a decade and also a somewhat decent head coach at OU in the old Big 12, but this is the SEC, baby, he's getting livelier with each passing week. After being embarrassed in Red River, South Carolina gave its team trouble.

I keep coming back to it. Why on earth did Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione give Venables a contract extension last summer without giving a reason? This may have been done to take the pressure off him when Oklahoma joined the SEC. Instead, it made Castiglione look like a complete idiot for perpetuating this Boomer-Sooner-Loser clown show that we are painfully forced to endure.

The decision to bench Jackson Arnold after he looked like a sad puppy at home against Tennessee nearly a month ago was the right decision…for now. The move to Michael Hawkins Jr. may have helped them make the game against UTK interesting and stop terrible Auburn, but it didn't help OU against Texas or South Carolina. This team is a tire fire on the side of the road on good old Route 66.

How is the internet reacting to Oklahoma's demise on social media? As you would expect.

Well, Message Board Geniuses is having a field day today, especially because Oklahoma is a disaster.

Apparently the rest of the college football world wants Venables to do literally anything other than run OU.

Assuming Castiglione also wants to keep his job, he may have to sacrifice Venables to the gods to appease a lot of sad and really angry Oklahomans. If you see a tweet from someone named Jimmy Greenbeans with Dr. With Manhattan as an avatar, we are really living in a simulation. Tulsa is no Norman, but nothing is normal in the Oklahoma City area these days with this football team. Tick, tock…

So in case you're wondering, Venables' acquisition is worth a whopping $48 million. At over $8 million per year, he is the 15th highest paid head coach in college football. His buyout is the 10th largest in the sport. The only problem is that every other head coach with a bigger buyout than him has accomplished more than him. That includes Dan Lanning, who is in his third year leading No. 2 Oregon…

Oklahoma's move from the Big 12 to the SEC had disastrous consequences from the start. I assumed that over time their elite soccer culture would integrate quite well into the new league. What's surprising is how unprepared they seem in conference play. I understand this is a step up in competition, but we're talking about a top 3 program in college football history, folks!

I don't think it will happen this year, but yes, Venables is firmly on the hot seat at Oklahoma.