OU coach Brent Venables relayed the story of seeing Josh Heupel for the first time during his weekly news conference. "He was skinny and just frail."

Josh Heupel led Oklahoma to the 2000 national title as a star quarterback while concealing a serious injury to his throwing arm, Brent Venables says.

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