This will be the first time that Heupel and Venables, who spent plenty of time together at Oklahoma, have faced off on opposing sidelines as head coaches

OU football coach Brent Venables said Josh Heupel's joke that the crowd would be quiet for Tennessee's offense was "wishful thinking."

The last two times these programs played was in 2015 when Baker Mayfield led a come-from-behind victory at Neyland Stadium to kick off the Sooners' first trip to the College Football Playoff. The win helped usher in a period of six straight 11-win seasons, pandemic year aside, and elevate the Sooners back to the top tier of college football.

Brent Venables is preparing the Oklahoma Sooners to face off against Josh Heupel’s Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday. Heupel is one of the best quarterbacks in Oklahoma football history, leading the Sooners’ to a national championship win in 2000, capping off an undefeated season.

Josh Heupel staying at OU as a Sooner lifer is downright believable compared to the fantasy that unfolded. Getting canned was a blessing in disguise.

Heupel isn't the only current Tennessee coach that was forced out at Oklahoma by Stoops. Vols defensive backs coach Willie Martinez, who is in his second stint as an assistant at

A look at how the Tennessee Volunteers have fared in road games under Josh Heupel ahead of the Oklahoma game. The Tennessee Volunteers are playing in arguably the biggest game of the entire weekend this week as the program will travel to Norman,