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Published: August 21, 2008
OU football notebook
Venables confident linebackers will produce Oklahoma defensive coordinator Brent Venables admits to being a harsh critic.

And when the standard is the Sooner standard of the past nine years, measuring up for new players isn't always easy.

Case in point: OU's linebackers.

Only Ryan Reynolds has played, and he's shifted to a new position. As far as the other two spots, inexperience rules.

"One guy'...

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