LOOK: Brent Venables in attendance for Oklahoma vs. Texas in Women's College World Series final

There’s plenty of hype around Oklahoma softball — and understandably so. It hasn’t taken Brent Venables long to buy back in, either.

Venables is among a jam-packed Oklahoma cheering section during Wednesday’s Women’s College World Series game between the No. 1-ranked Sooners and Texas. He knows a thing or two about Oklahoma softball from his last stint in Norman, when the Sooners won their first national championship under Patty Gasso in 2000.

Family supporting family 👊@OU_Softball | @CoachVenables pic.twitter.com/363QY14kw9

— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) June 9, 2022

Venables previously worked at Oklahoma from 1999 to 2011 and watched Oklahoma softball win the 2000 title, just a few months after he helped coach the Sooners football team to a championship under Bob Stoops. As he gets ready for his first year as head coach, he and his family are in attendance as Gasso’s group looks to win its second straight WCWS crown.

In the time Venables went to Clemson from 2012 to 2021, Oklahoma softball roared back to dominance. The Sooners have won four national championships since 2013 and won the Big 12 regular season title every year from 2012 to 2019.

Oklahoma is the No. 1 seed in this year’s WCWS and the matchup with Texas has plenty of storylines. The Longhorns were the only team to beat the Sooners in the regular season, a 4-2 victory in April. The two teams previously faced off in the WCWS and the Sooners got their revenge, coming away with a 7-2 win to send Texas to the other half of the bracket.

Oklahoma then suffered its third loss of the year to UCLA, setting up a winner-take-all game with a championship series appearance on the line. The Sooners left no room for doubt, blowing the Bruins out 15-0 to advance to another final round. They’re facing a Texas team that’s playing in its first-ever championship series berth, becoming the first unseeded team to make it to the final.