Texas quickly turned the 2022 edition of the Red River Showdown into a lopsided rout on Saturday in Dallas, blanking a short-handed Oklahoma team for most of the rivalry matchup. The Longhorns led 28–0 at halftime and increased the lead to more than 40 points by the fourth quarter, making the day a rather difficult one for first-year Sooners coach Brent Venables.
The afternoon didn’t get much better for Venables once social media began chiming in on the blowout. Texas alum Kevin Durant dealt the Oklahoma coach one of the harshest digs, taking to Twitter to suggest that the Sooners may have made a mistake in bringing the former Clemson defensive coordinator to take over in Norman.
“Ayo somebody tell Brent Venables to pass the joystick….this ain’t it,” Durant wrote.
