Matt Rhule’s Rise & Oklahoma’s Ulterior Motive Combine to Aid Brent Venables Over a Decade Later It strikes as curious why Brent Venables's Oklahoma Sooners would play an away game at Temple. Turns ou

Since Oklahoma’s Jovantae Banes ran the 3-yard touchdown in the first quarter on Saturday, college football is mulling over why the Sooners hit the road to Philadelphia to play at Temple’s home turf. It strikes as uncanny for a seven-time national champion to play at Temple’s Lincoln Field Stadium. But in a strange college football fashion, it’s all rooted in the former Temple head coach Matt Rhule ‘s decade-old genius, for which Brent Venables is reaping the fruit.

In college football, schedules are drawn up in advance, stretching by a decade as well. It’s no surprise that less prominent programs are paid to play ‘away’ games at the blue-blood schools. Those come up with guaranteed payouts, cushioning their record box. For the less prominent teams, the paycheck becomes a lifeline t