Oklahoma Sooners news: Venables on massive college sports change, Kiffin's remarks and more

Brent Venables on massive college sports change

Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables said during Tuesday's weekly press conference that he expects a massive change in college sports to not only actually happen, but soon.

The NCAA has recently pondered a new "5 in 5" rule, which would allow athletes in every sport five years of eligibility instead of just four years with the ability to redshirt and play in limited games.

"I've been told it's inevitable," Venables said about the rule change. "It's supposed to happen very soon. It's not going to be a grandfather where after this year you get five total years. This will be a year that counts towards that. But I've been told it's supposed to happen sooner rather than later."

Brent Venables responds to Lane Kiffin's signal-stealing comments

Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin during his weekly press conference on Monday praised the Sooners' defense, but he also gave somewhat of a backhanded compliment to Venables' unit by insinuating that OU's defense has had such great success mainly because of its ability to steal signals from opponents.

Later that day, Venables responded to the comment on his coaches show.

"Well, I think that's two-part," Kiffin said. "One, it's phenomenal prep -- film study of signals. I mean, you know how it is, I just tell you how it is. I think they do a great job of that. So if you study people really well, you know tendencies, and then you have enough confidence as a coach to go after those, that's what (Venables) does. It seems like they've got a really good beat on the plays that are coming when they're called. And they do a great job of going and taking those away.

“Honestly, I don’t know of a team that hasn’t huddled. I think every single team we’ve played the last two years has huddled. And so between that and the helmet communication, I don’t know how that works, but we got enough to worry about just getting our guys lined up with the right call and things of that nature. But I guess I’ll take that as kind of a weird kind of compliment. Our guys must’ve looked pretty good on film.”

John Mateer on Dr. Steven Shin

Dr. Steven Shin became a viral sensation throughout Sooner Nation when he performed surgery on the right hand of OU quarterback John Mateer, who was back on the field just 17 days later.

Entering his third game since having surgery on his throwing hand, Mateer finally spoke about Dr. Shin and his surgeon's absurd fame in Oklahoma.

"It's different. If he comes to Norman he'll really feel it," Mateer said of Dr. Shin's local fame. "He's probably aware, but it's hard to really understand until you come here."

Many fans have requested the Sooners to host Dr. Shin for a game at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, and it sounds like that could be in the works.

"We're trying," Mateer said. "He's busy, obviously. He's pretty important, but we'll try. I think it'd be awesome."