Pleasant secure at linebacker

 
By John Helsley
Published: August 24, 2006

NORMAN - Maybe all Demarrio Pleasant needed was time. Or opportunity.

Or a nudge. “Coach Venables, we had a pretty good talk,“ Pleasant said of an off-season chat with Oklahoma defensive coordinator Brent Venables .

And that talk, mostly one-sided for sure, may be responsible for the linebacker’s awakening and transformation into a player the Sooners now feel can be counted on.

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