Venables: Briles’ on-field cameo ‘being handled’

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN

• Senior Citizen WriterSep 10, 2023, 12:56 AM ET Close College football press reporter.
• Joined ESPN.com in 2008.
• Graduate of Northwestern University.Oklahoma coach Brent Venables was

unaware that previous Baylor coach Art Briles had gotten in the field following Saturday night’s win and said the situation is”being dealt with.”Briles, whom Baylor fired in 2016 in the middle of a sexual assault examination, was seen talking with Oklahoma offensive planner Jeff Lebby, who is Briles’son-in-law, after the Sooners’ 28-11 house win over SMU on Saturday night. Pictures of Briles on the field wearing an Oklahoma shirt triggered backlash from Sooners fans on social media.”I was made aware of it, right before I came in here, that he was [

on the field], “Venables informed reporters.”That’s being dealt with. “Asked about the reaction from Oklahoma fans, Venables stated,”I’ve had no time at all to think of any of that.” Editor’s Picks Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione later on provided a declaration saying:”I was simply as disappointed as lots of

of our fans when I discovered of the postgame scenario tonight. It should not have occurred and it was my expectation it never ever would, based on limits we formerly set. I have actually addressed it with the proper staff.”Briles, 67, has not returned to college football considering that his shooting. Both Grambling State and the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats tried to employ him but reversed course following public reaction. Last month, he was worked with to coach the Dallas franchise of the International Football Alliance, a new professional league set to debut in the spring of 2024. Lebby stated Briles had actually gone to the game with other relative and joined them on the field afterward.” He’s my father-in-law,”Lebby stated.”That’s the grandpa to my 2 kids, so he was down with our entire household well after the game, however he was down there. … He’s with his whole household.

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