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Bowe Bentley’s Tough Start in Spring Game Shows Oklahoma’s Long-Term Vision

Oklahoma Sooners On SI·Brady Trantham·about 1 month ago
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NORMAN — Things can always be worse than the result you land on. For Bowe Bentley , his first chance to play in front of Sooner fans could hardly have gone much worse. A 5-of-13 performance for 35 yards with two interceptions is not the way Bentley wanted to announce himself. By design, the Sooners’ Spring Game gave Bentley a brutal first look. Brent Venables said as much to the postgame radio crew after the red team’s 31-3 rout of the white team, explaining that starters wearing red were pitted against backups and developmental players in white. Although the setup wasn’t solely aimed at Bentley, he led the white‑team offense behind reserve linemen facing a front line that included Taylor Wein , Danny Okoye and Nigel Smith . Not ideal. Of course, it wasn't just the Spring Game that's given Bentley fits — and this isn't to suggest that Bentley is destined to struggle forever. He's an 18-year old true freshman who enrolled early to endure integral reps. What makes those reps integral? The struggle.…

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