Oklahoma Sooners Unofficial 40

Latest Episodes:

U40: Recapping first two days of Brent Venables football camp Jun 03, 2022

Show notes

Josh McCuistion was back in town for the first two football camps of the Brent Venables era. The Sooners were able to attract some big-time talent including Rivals #1 overall prospect. Josh and the guys break down what they saw, how the camp seemed to be run and the impression Venables and his staff made on the campers. We learn something new just about every day about the way Venables will conduct business as the head coach of the Sooners. It's also the first time all four of us have broadcasted together from the new offices. OU softball was taking care of business as we broke down the first week of camps but we also got into what's going on with assistants in the hoops program with Bob as well as what to look forward to from the baseball team from Eddie. And there's a huge recruiting weekend coming up for Venables and his program. All that and more on this week's edition of the Unofficial 40 podcast. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome back. We're in studio! First week of Brent Venables camp has wrapped! 9:30 - David Stone continues to impress; running down who impressed over the last two days 23:00 - on OU being able to sell SEC on the road 26:00 - on Rivals No.1 Colin Simmons back in Norman 36:00 - Massive recruiting weekend ahead; 26 official visits

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U40: Josh joins Carey to talk Oklahoma tour and being biz partners May 26, 2022

Show notes

It's been a long week already. Josh has been on the road all week checking out some of the best prospects in Oklahoma while battling the elements. SoonerScoop also suffered a technological tragedy covering a camp last night and Carey is just sitting in the office hemorrhaging money having the electrical redone for the studios. After a very long day, and technical issues that prevented Eddie and Bob from joining the pod, Josh and Carey sat down to talk about the Oklahoma tour this week and a costly accident. While sitting in their new conference room, the two also reminisce about the history of SoonerScoop and their history together. They might have been a little punchy after 11pm. This pod probably needed some whiskey. But first, we start off with Carey being presented with thousands of dollars in losses to end his night.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U40: Venables' commitment policy already tested May 19, 2022

Show notes

Heading into summer, we continue to focus on the recruiting trail as Ashton Cozart becomes Brent Venables' first committed player to take an official visit elsewhere. How is this going to play out? Do we expect Venables to stick to his guns that you can't be committed and visit other schools? How far does this go? The Sooners have a legit quarterback room after the addition of General Booty. What did the Sooners get in their JUCO QB? Josh gives the latest updates on the recruiting trail as he gets set for even more visits in the weeks ahead. We go a little behind the scenes about media and getting blowback for things said on the pod and Josh lays out one of the most embarrassing nights of his life. Have you ever been behind bars? Some of us have. We also get into the scholarship numbers as well as some hoops updates. When do players start reporting to campus? And who are the biggest recruits who weren't a part of spring? The full rundown follows below. 00:00 - Hello, welcome. 9:00 - First recruiting defection? 32:15 - Booty! Booty! Booty! 57:00 - Summer workouts about to start; Hoops update

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U40: The recruiting road trips have started May 12, 2022

Show notes

It's Josh's time to shine as spring football is going on at high schools all over the region and Josh has been out on the road just about every day this week. We talk about how things are going for Oklahoma and why this time of year might not be the most exciting time for big recruiting wins. But that doesn't mean OU isn't making moves on the recruiting trail. A full breakdown of where OU stands in recruiting. The NCAA is saying they are going to crack down on collectives. And why can't Eddie's mom ever order the right hats from SoonerScoopStore.com?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U40: NCAA trying to slow down NIL madness? May 04, 2022

Show notes

Josh is back from vacation so all non Dad Pod supporters will have to forgive his advice on trips to Disney to start the pod. Also, why does Carey keep taking shots at Josh on social media. Now it's extended to his late mother? We jump into the NIL fight that appears to have launched yesterday with NCAA administrators determined to put boosters in their place with all the high school and transfer portal NIL induced recruiting going on out there. We take a deep dive into NIL, where it is, and what we think the NCAA can do about it. We also talk about what's ahead in recruiting with spring practices and summer camps to come. And what has Brent Venables taught us about with his approach to taking over a massive college football program versus what we saw with Lincoln Riley? The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome back! Oh you're going to hate this 10:00 - McCuistion Family Recap 24:00 - NIL what the hell is happening with CFB 47:00 - No scholarship limits? 59:00 - Camp SZN Ahead! Coaches out during eval 1:20:00 - OU only loses 3 football to Portal 1:30:00 - Are we giving TBOW a free pass for Jordan Addison?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U40: Recapping spring football, looking forward to the draft Apr 27, 2022

Show notes

Bob gets to speak up on his impressions of the spring game finale and he gets plenty of time as Josh is on vacation in the hell that is Orlando. We also take some time to give the fans their due for an amazing experience this weekend in Norman. Now that Eddie and I have reflected a bit since the postgame pod, it really was incredible. We talk about moving forward into the offseason, the transfer portal and look ahead to what we're seeing and hearing about OU players in the NFL draft. Marquis Hayes is definitely someone we've slept on in this year's draft. We also talk about the upcoming caravan tours and what's happening with men's hoops as usual. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome back! 35:00 - OU fans made an incredible statement 44:00 - NFL Draft Preview 55:00 - Transfer Portal Madness

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U40: Baker's return is something we all need right now Apr 20, 2022

Show notes

It's a special weekend coming up and we can't wait to welcome back Baker Mayfield to Owen Field. And it's not the best time in his professional life, so as Jesse says in the movie Elizabethtown, "You will be met with a hurricane of love." We talk all things Baker and strangely enough, Lincoln Riley released some weird story on The Player's Tribune in the middle of our podcast and we had all kinds of feelings about it. It was truly bizarre. We get into the nuts and bolts of the spring game and our expectations heading into this thing. Who we want to see the most, what we are looking for the most, that kind of stuff. We also talk about a huge recruiting weekend as Josh is about to go to Disneyland and he cannot handle money talk right now. Go get some hats at soonerscoopstore.com to make him feel better and let Carey buy more stuff for the office! Lots more football talk inside on a rather long pod this week. The full rundown is below and is actually more detailed than Lincoln Riley's Player's Tribune article: 00:00 - Welcome in! It's Game Week. Honoring Baker and hopefully Bhad Bhabie comes to Norman as well! 43:00 - Spring standouts/Game Preview 1:15(ish) - Recruiting

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U40: Spring football, Baker's podcast and gas station tuna . Apr 14, 2022

Show notes

Eddie and Bob give a breakdown of what they learned this week during media access as we are just over a week away from the annual spring game. What is the expectation level for this defense? How much better can they be? Are we learning anything about the safety position yet? The players also always seem to have something interesting to say about the changes between last year and this year. This year some hints that the corners feel like Jay Valai is a step up in teaching over the previous staff. We also breakdown our thoughts on everyone else's thoughts on Baker Mayfield's podcast comments. Josh gives a rundown of what stood out to him at Rivals Camp Dallas which includes some interesting anecdotes on David Stone. Elijah Harkless entered the portal and Moser brings in a potential offensive difference maker. Potentially eligible. Some random updates on baseball, the office and Carey's obsession with a certain gas station food that always has a chance to go very wrong. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Carey has a disgusting admission 8:00 - Right to football football football 29:00 - What was really happeninig last year? 1:03:00 - Rivals Camp Wrap-Up 1:12:00 - Things are going great for OU/David Stone 1:22:00 - Hoops

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U40: Still stocking up on what we hear and see from spring football Apr 07, 2022

Show notes

Another week of spring football media almost in the books and we continue to breakdown the things we're hearing during interviews and reflecting more on what we've seen on the practice fields this spring. We talk about some of the expectations from veterans with this new coaching staff as well as being happy there hasn't been a lot of talk about Dillon Gabriel in practices. What we're seeing has been much more important. How much will we see during the spring game with a new coaching staff? Will the new systems on offense and defense mean more meaningful playing time for key starters? Well, maybe, as long as they survive these physical practices we've been seeing. Also, how many people do we think are going to show up a ;little more than two weeks away from the spring game? We talk about our impressions from interviews this week including Wanya Morris and Mckade Mettauer on the offensive line. The coaches caravans are back to and they'll even be a stop in Carey's hometown of Duncan, America! Also Eddie blows Carey's mind with a factoid from the HBO series Winning Time. Who knew Eddie had cinema knowledge bumping around with all that golf knowledge? Josh takes us on the recruiting trail with the Rivals Camp coming up in Dallas this weekend and we continue to put together the visit list for the spring game. Also, what does Josh make out of what is happening at Texas A&M and their latest recruiting wins? The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - We're back and the Sooner Caravan is BACK! 38:00 - Okay we're going to talk OU football. We promise. 59:00 - Recapping our Monday with the Sooners defense 1:21:00 - Recruiting 1:32:00 - A&M a problem?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U40: You can feel the buy-in two weeks into spring practice Mar 31, 2022

Show notes

After two weeks, four media sessions and three practice viewings, we're getting a feel for how the players and coaches are reacting to one another on the OU practice fields. And we can sense the buy-in from the outside looking in. In this episode we talk about how visible the transfers into the program have been and how much help they can provide. We finally speak to Dillon Gabriel about his arrival in Norman as well as how this program now has a noticeably proud side of the ball on defense. You can even see how OU now has immediate credibility on the recruiting trail when it comes to defensive prospects. We talk about Cale Gundy's take on Jeff Lebby after spending a career watching great offensive minds come in and out of Norman. Plenty of recruiting talk with Josh after the Sooners had a host of prospects on campus last weekend. And Bob updates us on who is staying and who is going in Porter Moser's first offseason as the men's basketball coach. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Hello. Hi. We have spring football and it's great. 27:00 - Brent Venables loves coaching LBs 34:00 - Everything feels so different 53:00 - Positive feedback following BIG visit weekend 1:01:00 - Elite 11 recap; Jackson Arnold earns finals invite

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Oklahoma Sooners Unofficial 40

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected