Clemson Fires Back On Sooners Assistant Who Believes Defense Resides in Norman

While Brent Venables is now OU's head coach, Clemson believes that players ultimately make the plays on the field.

The buzz surrounding Brent Venables has been nonstop since he was named as the Sooners new football coach after the departure of Lincoln Riley to USC. 

Even after Bob Stoops gave his stamp of approval on the future of Oklahoma's program following the Sooners’ victory in the Alamo Bowl, Venables’s resume has still been on display.

Former Clemson defensive analyst Miguel Chavis—who joined Venables in Norman to serve as the Sooners defensive ends and outside linebackers coach—tweeted a picture of the production of Venables-led defenses since 2012 with an interesting caption.

“Men lie, women lie, numbers don't! We aren't leaving the defense in South Carolina baby,” Chavis tweeted.

Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t! We aren’t leaving the defense in South Carolina baby!!! pic.twitter.com/HkfV6SJp44

— Coach Miguel Chavis (@MiguelChavis65) January 3, 2022

But, Clemson did not back down and had something to say.

"Players make plays," the tweet said.

Players make plays. pic.twitter.com/KkpfArfdyn

— Clemson Football (@ClemsonFB) January 5, 2022

While these are mere social media exchanges at the moment, it will be interesting to see if the defense indeed stayed at Clemson or moved to Norman when the 2022 college football season begins.