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Oklahoma football: Brent Venables says Bob Stoops helped him get first coaching job [AUDIO]

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Then-Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables, left, gives instructions during an NCAA college football bowl practice session on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, in Clemson, S.C. Clemson is to play Oklahoma in the Russell Athletic Bowl in Orlando, Florida, on Dec. 29. 

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables opened up about old stories on Monday morning during media availability ahead of the 2015 Orange Bowl.

Venables told the story of being hired by Bill Snyder to be Kansas State's linebackers coach in the early 1990s. His biggest allies in getting the job were Bob and Mike Stoops.

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