Sooners have one position group separating themselves from the rest when it comes to pressure heading into fall camp

Fall camp kicks off in a few days for the Oklahoma Sooners, where they will get straight to work on seeing how their team will look in 2025. Their first season in the SEC was a bit embarrassing; this one can't be, or it will look like they don't belong.

So, this is by far the most pressure that head coach Brent Venables has ever had on him entering a fall camp, and you can easily say this is the most important fall camp Venables has ever been a part of, as he enters his fourth season as head coach of the Sooners.

He's relying on the offense, the same side of the ball that was terrible last season, to be the unit in 2025 that gets this team to contend for the SEC Championship. And that may be a surprise to some people -- competing for the SEC Championship, but he said it himself, that's the plan. To get there, the offense needs to be on point.

They made additions in every aspect of the offense. The quarterback position got better, obviously. The running back room is now much better, with a different type of guy in the room, too, in Jaydn Ott, who is a shifty guy that can really be a home run hitter.

The wide receiver room is much deeper, and honestly, it's better overall. The tight end room is probably worse, at least it is on paper. But, it's safe to say we don't really know what it will be. All of those position groups have some pressure on them for this season, but none has more pressure than the offensive line.

It all started with one of their biggest leaders, Troy Everette, getting hurt at the start of the season, along with a few others. It was bad, and there was no continuity throughout the season. If it's the same way in 2025, almost none of the other additions will matter.