Oklahoma football: Storylines to follow aspreseason training camp evolves

Oklahoma football: Storylines to follow as training camp kicks off

By Chip Rouse | Aug 10, 2023

Oklahoma Defensive Back Jayden Rowe (27) goes through drills as the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU ) hold fall football camp outside The Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022 in Norman, Okla. (Alonzo Adams/For The Oklahoman).oufoot -- print jump /

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Oklahoma football preseason training camp kicked off last week, marking the unofficial opening of the 2023 college football season for the Sooners and most of the other major college teams.

It’s the time of the season when every team starts out with high expectations and a perfect record as anticipation builds for fans and the players alike for a brand new season.

For Oklahoma, it’s an opportunity to wipe the slate clean and show that the disappointing 6-7 2022 season was an aberration and an unacceptable outcome for a program with a long history of sustained high-level success.

Coming off a highly disappointing 2022 season, there were all kinds of offseason questions as head coach Brent Venables heads into his second season at the helm.

Three weekends from this one, the Sooners will open the season at home hosting Arkansas State at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

Here are four big storylines that the media as well as OU football fans are following as 2023 training camp progresses:

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