Oklahoma Sooners Unofficial 40

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U40: We watched practice! Spring football observations Mar 23, 2022

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We were able to see a bunch of practice yesterday in Norman and it was glorious. The entire gang is here to talk about our first impressions of Dillon Gabriel, Jeff Lebby, Brent Venables and more. We also got to talk to some of the defensive standouts after practice and we'll relay what stood out about some of those conversations as well. We try and dive into the differences we're seeing so far in this staff and the last staff. We also talk with Josh about the differences in recruiting philosophies between this staff and the former staff. Also, Grimlock gets his public shaming for his drunk texting and dialing at 2:30 am over the weekend. And we decide on ultimate punishment. Why is Josh concerned there will be no commitments from a big recruiting weekend coming up? And we allow Bob to put a wrap on the hoops season after he gets his computer issues worked out. Which made Carey almost lose it today. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Spring football is here! 50:33 - Offensive line talk 54:00 - Grimlock Drunk Calling Carey 1:05:00 - Big recruiting weekend/philosophy

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U40: Our Baker Mayfield thoughts, hoops, spring football and recruiting Mar 17, 2022

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The gang is back! It's the second podcast this week and we had plenty to talk about considering the Cleveland Browns are burning to the ground. How dare you Browns! How dare you! We give out some advice to Baker without trying to get on his list. We also have Bob to talk us through OU's first round NIT win as well as what the future of OU basketball looks like. Then we head into some spring football and recruiting talk. What players will benefit most from the new coaching staff? And who might not? Josh gets us a little preview of the Scoop tomorrow and we hit up the latest in recruiting as well. Two shows in one week and we feel like the second might be better than the first. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Oklahoma is the best basketball team in the country* 22:00 - Baker Mayfield/Browns Drama 52:00 - Spring football starts next week! 1:10:00 - Sooners recruiting Pacific NW

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U40: Sooners out of NCAAs, Camp season and Isaiah's charity event Mar 15, 2022

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The gang is back again after missing last week and we have a lot to catch up on. OU misses the NCAA Tournament in hoops and is headed to the NIT. Why? How? What!? We breakdown Isaiah Thomas' SoonerScoop NIL visit to the Tulsa Boys Home on Sunday and the Under Armour camp on Sunday in Dallas with Josh and Eddie. We talk about the latest in recruiting and what Josh and Eddie learned about where OU stands with several key recruits heading into the spring. Brent Venables keeping the ChampUBBQ? We like it! We also talk coaching salaries as Bob was at the Boards of Regents meeting and we had a Pro Day since we last had a podcast. The former players are certainly impressed with Brent Venables. Congrats to Jocelyn Alo for setting the NCAA Softball homerun record while we were gone too. So much to go over in this edition of the Unofficial 40 podcast. No rundown needed. That's your rundown. Enjoy all the construction sounds in the background later in the pod. We were podcasting from the new offices for the first time today.

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U40: Jason Kersey joins the pod as an OU beat writer for the last time Mar 03, 2022

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One of our favorite recurring guests on the podcast and a good friend to all of us, Jason Kersey, joins the U40 to talk about leaving journalism and starting a new journey. Jason has been a close friend to all of us at SoonerScoop over the years from his time at the Oklahoman and the Athletic and a point or two in-between. We talk about his next chapter and reminisce about his years on the OU beat. We try and get Kersey to dish out some dirt on his true feelings about covering OU football, Lincoln Riley and other beat writers. It's also a massive junior day coming up this weekend and Josh is here to give us the full rundown. We also talk some combine and spring practices are underway as we are set for a full slate of assistant coaching interviews later today. Also combine and pro days are right on top of us. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome back Jason Kersey to the program 1:00:00 - Big hoops win; season winding down 1:11:00 - Sooners hosting massive Junior Day 1:30:00 - NFL Combine this week

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U40: OU program rallying around players, playoffs, spring and SEC talk Feb 24, 2022

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The crew is back together as Josh returns from vacation and we have a smorgasbord of OU news running the gamut of the culture being set by the new staff, recruiting, crazy politicians, new basketball arena talk, OU spring football expectations and even some hoops stuff including replacing the LNC. We are all over the map and sometimes that's not a bad thing. So we'll just call this the A.D.D. edition of the offseason Unofficial 40 podcast. The full rundown follows below: OPEN - Political candidate makes life awesome in Oklahoma and Josh updates from his week off. 0:25.00 - It's all about supporting the current players and is the new Schmitty upsetting former players? 0:35.00 - Can we learn what we need to know in spring football? The physical side of this team? 0:44.00 - Is it time to have intrasquad scrimmages in college football? 0.56:45 - Dead period still ongoing but a huge recruiting weekend starting to develop 1.06.00 - OU to the SEC and the timeline that makes sense right now 1:19.00 - The non-expanded playoff actually makes it fine for OU to stay in the Big 12 for now 1:26.00 - Kids and the Unofficial 40 podcast 1:28.00 - What type of restrictions do we have to place on Eddie for the new office? 1:33.00 - Wrapping up with some softball, baseball, hoops talk. Hoops. Dammit! 1:38.30 - New hoops arena location wishlist

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U40: Hoops gets loose on the pod as we wait for Pro Day and spring football Feb 17, 2022

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Welp, Josh opened the door for the U40 basketball pod and we start the pod with wall-to-wall hoops talk as the Sooners are fighting to stay in the NCAA Tournament field with five games remaining in the regular season. Tanner Groves? Who are you? We're seeing some life where we haven't seen it, but the expected standouts aren't always giving Porter Moser what he needs. We transition into some football talk as it seems the national media isn't buying in to the Brent Venables era at OU. We try and figure out why that is. We're still awaiting official word on Pro Day and spring football, but there is not doubt NFL teams are interested in players coming out of Norman. Can Perrion Winfrey continue to climb up draft boards? And we hit a little bit of recruiting news even without Josh. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Fixing OU basketball 30:00 - National reporters taking aim at OU football 54:00 - NFL Sooners making waves 1:02:00 - Recruiting notes

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U40: At some point we move on to the Brent Venables era Feb 09, 2022

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We don't want to do it. We try not to care. We try to move on. But we keep getting drawn back in to TBOW and the latest with Caleb Williams as he shows up on Good Morning America today. Like any of us watch it anyway!!! Good lord we're ready for spring football to get here. We're ready for position battles to matter again. We're ready to find out what players get moved to what positions in the secondary. We're ready to see the fruits of Jerry Schmidt's labor. We are ready to get behind Brent Venables and watch OU compete for a national championship again. But we keep falling for the audio click bait of Colin Cowturd and the spin from TBOW. Oh well, if somebody's gonna sit around bitching about stuff, hopefully we make you laugh with us. OU hoops continues to ride the struggle bus and we do look ahead to spring football and preview our positions of concern and interest heading in. The entire crew is here for another edition of the Unofficial 40 podcast. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Hello and welcome back! Are Oklahoma fans still be cucked? 28:00 - Dillon Gabriel speaks! 35:00 - Biggest questions heading into spring 1:00:31 - Post-Signing Day ... moving on to 2023 1:23:00 - Hoops

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U40: Signing Day wrap-up and angry weirdo coaches everywhere Feb 04, 2022

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It's the post National Signing Day of the Unofficial 40 podcast where Josh helps us break it all down and we take a look back at everything that's happened since Brent Venables took over in Norman to help the Sooners secure a No. 10 recruiting class for 2022. The Sooners pulled in 4 signees on signing day which is something that has rarely happened at OU over the years. As Caleb Williams finally lands at USC and Jaxson Dart also lands elsewhere we take a look at the start ol the Dillon Gabriel era. We had a chance to talk with Jeff Lebby and Ted Roof Wednesday. What did we take from those meetings? Where could OU look in the portal? How many scumbags are in college coaching? What does Jimbo Fisher have against sliced bread? Are Josh and Billy Liucci getting an apartment together? Lawyer update and Eddie is blocked by Lincoln Riley. We were a bunch of chatty Kathy's this week. It was one of our longest shows ever. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Hello and welcome. Putting a wrap on #ChampU22. Sooners not done in 2022? 24:00 - Lincoln Riley. Scumbag. 46:00 - Will OU bring in another QB? OU offense looking to the portal? 59:00 - Jim Harbaugh is tone deaf 1:16:00 - Junior Day recap ... So ... 1:40:00 - OU closes out with a Top 10 class; Amazing

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U40: OU's recruiting weekend was about as good as it gets Jan 26, 2022

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Today's show was... something. Carey gets dunked on by Sooner legends on social media. Eddie is now director of content and the Sooners pull in Gentry Williams and are building some massive momentum on the recruiting trail after a big weekend of big impressions. We also give our sales pitch for Caleb Williams to go to Wisconsin and are we giving up on Jaxson Dart? Spoiler, we're giving up on Jaxson Dart. It's DG time baby! Dimetime! We also bust out plenty of Jerry Schmidt, offensive line development talk and the future of the OL at Oklahoma. Some quality football talk in this podcast that we didn't plan going in. Also, apologies to Mr. Kanak. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Hello and welcome back! 23:00 - Junior Day this weekend 32:00 - Recapping Sooners big visit weekend 45:00 - 4-star DB Gentry Williams reaffirms commitment to Oklahoma 59:00 - Hoops is looking for good news on the court 1:15:00 - Good OL conversation; Don't blame Bill!

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U40: The musical chairs at QB still haven't ended Jan 22, 2022

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We were expecting some quarterback news, but it never came, so the pod is late in the week. We make up for it with all the latest on OU's final recruiting weekend of official visits and by trying to make sense of what really is going on with the quarterback situation. Why hasn't Caleb Williams announced for USC? Is Jaxon Dart all about BYU all of a sudden? And what happens if Dart doesn't come to Norman? We also find out some fascinating information about USC's Twitter following and discuss TBOW being bullied off social media. Josh gets really excited when he finds out Carey is considering getting a dog. Bob finally gets to talk hoops and Porter Moser this week after we didn't give him any basketball airtime last week. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Hello and we're back 9:00 - What's happening at QB 41:00 - Big recruiting weekend in Norman 51:00 - HOOPS

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