NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma’s defense has taken on head coach Brent Venables’ no-nonsense personality, and the promising results have helped put the Sooners back on track.

With Venables calling the plays this season, the defense has been rugged and defiant, just like the man who made his name as a defensive coordinator at Oklahoma and Clemson. The Sooners held Michigan to 288 total yards in a 24-13 win last Saturday . Now, one season after going 6-7, Oklahoma (2-0) has jumped to No. 13 in the AP Top 25 .

Venables won’t let his Sooners get too excited heading into Saturday’s game against Temple (2-0).

“I think they’ve answered the challenge of the first two weeks of the season, and that’s it,” he said. “What I’ve appreciated is the volume of work that this defense has committed to

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