Brent Venables met with the media earlier today and updated his team's progress as they get ready to face No. 1 Texas Saturday inside the Cotton Bowl. Injuries? Faith in true freshman Michael Hawkins Jr. in his first OU/TX game? What about facing Steve Sarkisian once again? OU is trying to learn from the last two SEC games and their offensive struggles. They'll need lots of things to go right if they want to get back in the national conversation. But a win against Texas will do exactly that.

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