Oklahoma Sooners Unofficial 40

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U40: Fight for your rights to depth charts and tailgates Aug 31, 2017

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It's game week in Norman and the gang is breaking down everything there is to break down about the depth chart being released this week. What did it all mean to us? What were most concerned about? We also talk about Lincoln Riley's first game as head coach, and Carey goes in-depth to explain what all went down with the tailgate situation between OU and the university. Since Josh can hear audio again, we're back with select audio cuts from the week. We also talk about recruiting's official visitors this weekend and the potential for a commit. Full rundown follows below: 0:01:00 - Josh gives an update from Houston and we our hearts and prayers continue for the people in Texas. 0:07:04 -Depth chart breakdown begins and we start with CeeDee Lamb. 0:09:33 - Lincoln Riley's breakdown of who will redshirt and who will play 0:12:13 - Carey thinks it's disappointing Mykel Jones couldn't separate himself from a walk-on. 0:15:15 - Redshirts all over the offensive line. What about Creed Humphrey? 0:16:55 - Cody Ford doesn't win a starting job over Powers or Samia 0:17:40 - Kyler Murray named backup QB, Austin Kendall redshirts 0:21:14 - Breaking down Lincoln Riley's transformation from coordinator to head coach 0:23:50 - Austin Seibert will handle all kicking duties 0:27:34 - Is depth an issue at OU right now? 0:34:15 - The tailgating controversy and who was responsible? 0:49:48 -- What is Bob Stoops going to do with himself Saturday? 0:52:38 - Carey wants to learn spanish to join the Spanish language OU radio broadcast 0:53:56 - New concession stand foods for fans at games this year. We break them down. 0:58:15 - If Eddie was just a regular Joe going to OU games, would he be a drunken mess every Saturday? 1:00:18 - Josh McCuistion gives the weekend recruiting update 1:03:00 - BA's Derrick Shaw makes an impression, Broken Arrow, Union, Jenks and Owasso talk 1:08:25 - Josh's leftover recruiting nuggets 1:10:08 - Ratings and Reviews time from iTunes 1:16:07 - UTEP Predictions

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U40: Josh lectures, Carey talks practice, Eddie barely keeps his job Aug 25, 2017

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It's a confusing episode to be honest with you. The guys talk a lot of football and there's some screwing around too. Josh gets to climb up on his high horse about recruits and third-party recruiting services that can't determine if a recruit really has an offer or not following last night's fiasco. There may have been some trashing of the star system and Rivals? We also breakdown college football Saturdays and ESPN programming, including the Rickey Dixon and Baker Mayfield E:60s. Carey and Eddie give their take on the new facilities at OU. We also breakdown some in-state recruiting and high school football. Plenty of 2019 secondary offers going out and we breakdown the secondary for the Sooners this year. We move into linebacker and more impact freshman talk along with general fall camp talk. The full rundown comes below: 0:01:00 The new podcast intro is revealed and it leads into a discussion about ESPN's Saturday college football programming 0:07:35 We are trying to help Sparx1 but haven't heard from him. We talk about old people and technology. 0:10:25 Hurricane Harvey probably drives a late model Buick and Josh tells us about the time he almost went to jail 0:13:04 The Caleb Willis commitment drama and Josh's high horse 0:17:53 How scholarships happen for kids and how they don't 0:21:52 Baker Mayfield and Rickey Dixon E:60s 0:25:04 Why isn't OU using their new practice fields yet? 0:26:46 Carey and Eddie breakdown OU's new facilities 0:36:45 The system of early offers and why there doesn't need to be a change 0:41:20 Eddie's trip to Moore for Westmoore/Norman North. Brey Walker, Drake Stoops and Cole Mashburn 0:49:56 Eddie heads to Broken Arrow/Tulsa Union Saturday 0:53:32 Devon Thomas is out of prison. Let's get him to Independence C.C. and get him on Last Chance U 0:57:31 Jenks, Bixby and Owasso's teams 1:00:01 Josh breaks down Delarrin Turner-Yell 1:05:05 Parnell Motley seems to be the star of the preseason 1:07:08 The LBs and safeties for Mike Stoops 1:10:21 CeeDee Lamb and the struggles of freshman receivers over the years 1:13:52 Carey reverses course on crazy offensive formations. Lincoln Riley's short history of sticking to his guns 1:20:48 Jaxon Uhles getting a scholarship 1:21:28 Austin Seibert emerges to talk to the media 1:25:15 Hard Knocks and Gerald McCoy 1:26:30 We read your iTunes reviews and we're basically asking for people to hate on us now. We're too popular 1:30:18 Lanie hates the microphone and is ready to jump in puddles 1:32:10 Eddie brags about doing radio, Carey tries to give him advice and then Eddie can't help himself and he is horrible.

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Carey goes one-on-one with Toby Rowland, the voice of the Sooners Aug 22, 2017

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Carey Murdock catches up with Toby Rowland, the voice of the Sooners for the second straight year before the season starts. The topics wind all over the place as usual with Toby and Carey, but we hit on our shared experiences of Bob Stoops' resignation and Lincoln Riley's ascension. We also talk about how and when Toby found out about the Stoops news. We talk about impressions of Lincoln Riley and the ins and outs of calling games for the Sooner Sports Radio Network. We also talk about some of Toby's most memorable moments calling OU games. 0.04:00 Toby gushes about the Unofficial 40 Podcast 0.07:00 Toby blames the podcast for building up his expectations about the 2017 recruiting class 0.08:12 We let Toby promote OU's official podcast to promote harmony 0.10:14 Toby's biggest disappointment, the lunar eclipse 0.14:36 Toby talks about the moment he found out Bob Stoops was retiring 0.24:00 Toby's idea for a 30 for 30 on Bob Stoops' retirement 0.28:26 The difficulty of staying around at one school or a long time 0.30:43 First impressions of Lincoln Riley 0.32:40 Lincoln vs. Bob in media settings 0.38:49 How Bob Stoops made us better at our jobs 0:39:34 Toby recruiting Bob to be his future color analyst? 0:41:59 How much does Toby go to practice? 0:43:40 What is Toby doing while he's calling a game? 0:46:15 The future of Merv Johnson as the color analyst and Teddy Lehman's role 0:49:50 Can there be innovation in broadcasting games on the radio? 0:54:45 What about being able to mic up coaches for halftime speeches? 0:57:40 Toby's thoughts on being critical during a broadcast 1:03:00 Calling last year's Texas Tech game 1:08:46 Anticipation of calling a game at Ohio State this year 1:11:04 The game Toby's most proud of calling for OU football up to this point 1:14:13 National champions were all over the place this year but Toby didn't get one 1:16:10 Could Toby go back to sitting in a pressbox at OU games after calling play-by-play

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U40: Bedenbaugh is Bedenbauce Aug 16, 2017

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The gang is back together breaking down what's happening in camp. Was Baker Mayfield fakenews'd about his receivers? We talk about Josh's preseason predictions are broken down. What is the best thing to with Austin Seibert? Could he be helped by doing less? Bill Bedenbaugh is killing it all over the place. We talked to him about his thoughts on being known as Bedenbauce. That and much more on this week's podcast. The complete rundown follows. 0.00.00 We talk about Eddie's burgeoning radio career 0.07.05 Josh's Fearless 20 predictions and if he has any regrets so far 0.08.21 Robert Barnes/Will Johnson and the nickel back position 0.12.09 Was Baker Mayfield fake news'd on Pat Jones and the WRs 0.19.35 True freshman receiver to make the biggest impact 0.20.45 Should OU take away the punting duties from Austin Seibert 0.26.30 Scrimmage and practice rearranged, no two a days is weird 0.30.00 Bill Bedenbauce and Darrell Simpson 0.36.40 Bedenbaugh adapts to the modern age and remains a hard ass 0.43.40 Carey clearly gets distracted by Josh's Snatch avatar 0.45.04 Brian Asamoah talk with Josh 0.47.02 Jean Delance and his transfer from Texas 0.52.35 Drug policies in college football 0.55.23 Chris Robison and the Lane Kiffin era at FAU 1.00.36 LSU transfer Maea Teuhema and OU 1.04.51 Eddie takes shots at Ed Orgeron and we discuss media friendliness 1.10.49 Wrapping up recruiting with Josh 1.12.07 We read our iTunes reviews. I think we're just begging for bad ones 1.16.49 Eddie's thoughts on OSU putting up a national championship in stadium

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U40: Lots of love for Ruffin McNeill, full breakdown of fall camp Aug 10, 2017

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The gang is back with a full update on what's going on in preseason camps, The guys break down position battles, give their impressions of dealing with Ruffin McNeill, talk Lincoln Riley tweaks in the offense and Josh gives a full recruiting update on the Class of 2018. The full rundown follows: 0:00 We start off sharing the love for Ruffin McNeill 6:42 Eddie accuses Carey of cheating on Mike Stoops with McNeill 8:46 is Mike Stoops a real life Joe Pesci character? 12:32 Mike Stoops and Ruffin McNeill are the perfect good cop/bad cop pairing 13:50 The middle linebacker battle in camp 18:22 It's way too early to start considering guys busts 19:35 Dimitri Flowers is a senior and we look back at the fullback position 22:09 What's happening with the wide receivers? 30:14 Could Riley put in a heavy package with this offensive line/wildcat/Kyler Murray 32:44 Lincoln Riley's love of trick plays. How far will this go? How much will Riley show on offense 34:51 Ohio State's defensive line vs. OU's offensive line 37:14 Carey starts drawing up formations and lineups for Lincoln Riley 43:05 Defenses in the Big 12 makes learning a position tougher 46:00 Does Ruffin McNeill really have a great defensive coordinator pedigree? Mike Stoops backlash 50:04 Tim Kish recruiting problems 52:08 Brian Asamoah update from Josh 54:42 Twitter activity of the OU coaching staff 56:13 Josh goes in with a full recruiting update 1:01:44 McNeill indicates frosh interior line still needs time 1:02:56 Will Johnson and his concussion issues 1:04:02 Charles Walker has no football career now 1:07:35 The public statement from the bosses on Eddie going after Boomer145 1:17:42 Talking about the running backs as we wind it down 1:22:37 Eddie's targeted with fake Twitter accounts 1:25:33 Josh's weekend from hell 1:26:30 Stadium tour for media is happening and photos and video are coming

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U40: Fall camp analysis after we are finally let in to practice Aug 03, 2017

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Carey, Josh and Eddie are back right after the first media session of fall camp. We give our impressions of some of the newcomers and we basically talk about what men looked good to us. Here's your rundown: 0:00 Catching up on the news of the day from camp 2:36 Breaking down what went wrong with Chris Robison 14:35 We explore Eddie Radosevich and Sam Bradford's long relationship 17:28 Eddie's irrational hatred for parody accounts on Twitter 23:55 First impressions from the media portion of practice 27:56 Eddie's man crush on Trey Sermon. Carey's man crush on Marcelius Sutton 31:22 Why are we not impressed with the WRs? 32:44 Alex Dalton out and Creed Humphrey is in. OL talk 43:19 We bow at the altar of Bill Bedenbaugh 48:28 Wrapping up the practice observations. Lincoln Riley will answer your questions. Safety talk 51:33 How will Lincoln Riley handle recruiting visits during camp? 56:06 Carey means to talk about Baker Mayfield getting jacked up but he says Lincoln Riley's name. He needs more sleep. 57:39 Will any little kids cry because Lincoln Riley is signing their stuff instead of Bob Stoops at autograph day? 1:02 Recruiting wrap-up with Josh 1:07:30 We read our iTunes reviews

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U40: All about the BBQ. Football is coming Jul 28, 2017

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This week Josh McCuistion is finally in studio to breakdown all the last minute information about OU's big BBQ recruiting weekend in Norman. The podcast begins with Eddie and Carey questioning Riley's time management skills because he talked to Phil Steele for an hour. At 6:02 we get into the recruiting BBQ by talking about Josh Proctor's declaration he is shutting down his recruiting process. Around 15:10 we break down whether OU beating Ohio State could change things with Proctor. at 17:17 we start going over the BBQ visitors and the latest info on who is coming. At 22:20 Carey explains why Tom Herman and Matt Rhule shouldn't be able to recruit non-Catholics at Catholic high schools. at 26:28 we remember the player that was David Cornwell who may be a starting QB at Nevada. Around 29:44 we talk about who could commit this weekend. At 32:50 we start breaking down Jalen Redmond and how his importance might be a bit overlooked. at 40:00 Josh talks about who OU could really make the biggest impression on this weekend at the BBQ. T.J. Pledger talk at 43:36. Darrell Simpson talk at 45:03. At 49:47 Carey just goes off on Tennessee for some reason. 52:10 some shots fired at Texas' facilities again. At 54:27 Eddie goes full question hog again and we talk about the BBQ and making it a must attend event for recruits. After Eddie goes scorched earth on Urban Meyer at 56:45 we finish off with some fall camp talk.

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U40: Big 12 Media Days coverage, talent breakdowns, massive recruiting update Jul 20, 2017

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So the boys finally let Josh talk recruiting as much as he wants but Carey and Eddie breakdown all the happenings from Big 12 Media Days this week in Frisco. Here's a full rundown of the show. 3:00 Carey gives Eddie crap for being as picky as a 4-year old when it comes to food. 8:00 Eddie proceeds to compare the fancy, modern italian restaurant we ate at in Plano, Texas to a Fazolis 10:15 Big 12 Media Days and breaking down the Ford Center as the venue 11:15 Carey's pet peeve of the week regarding people saying coaches won Big 12 Media Days 13:00 Breaking down Lincoln Riley and Baker Mayfield's deameanors and interviews 16:00 Bouncers are meatheads, college kids drink and no one can be trusted 17:20 Josh's family has great distrust of people with too many bumper stickers on their car 18:36 Chester Bennington is dead and Eddie mourns, Josh spits on his grave, Carey found his favorite music station in Dallas 24:00 Back to Big 12 Media Days the non-Bob Stoops edition 29:10 Addressing the perception that OU is in trouble without Bob Stoops and a breakdown of OU's talent 36:27 Debating whether freshman receivers can make an impact this season 43:59 Breaking down the OU running back position 47:30 OU's successful run of fullbacks 48:19 The fall in interest for updates on Ricky DeBerry 50:17 Abdul Adams 51:44 Best freshman so far at OU 52:36 The backup quarterback competition 58:19 Trevor Knight's conquests off the field. Could he be the next Bachelor? 1:00:47 Eddie goes after J. Brent Clark all of a sudden. He was the activist 1:02:09 Carey is mulling over a robot lawn mower 1:03:25 Josh knocked up his wife again 1:09:03 Sooners pick up a big commitment this weekend. Josh gets to go nuts on recruiting information 1:22:35 Ruffin McNeill feedback on his recruiting impact so far 1:24:33 Josh Proctor update now that he's headed back to Columbus for a visit 1:26:32 BBQ and facilities update and Lincoln Riley's social media outreach 1:28:50 Eddie hates mascots except for one 1:32:57 Eddie won't let Blaine Brown come to a podcast 1:35:10 Josh wants to discuss men who wear cologne before we finish the show 1:39:24 Carey lets Eddie smell him and his deodorant and Carey talks about sharing bars of soap with Eddie on the road 1:42:39 Showerheads and Josh is remodeling his bathroom 1:44:45 Bow hunting and guns

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U40: Preparing for lift off with Big 12 Media Days Jul 12, 2017

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Carey, Josh and Eddie are back for another podcast as the summer winds to an end and Big 12 Media Days kicks off Monday. We talk about Lincoln Riley taking the stage in Frisco, Texas, and the release of the Preseason All-Big 12 team. Caleb Kelly and Steven Parker didn't make the cut but we break down why or why not. Josh gives an update on the recruiting trail as we talk possible commits and whether Lincoln Riley needs to guard against working too far ahead on the recruiting trail. Somehow Eddie takes a shot at religion and Carey breaks down churches in Oklahoma. A lot of off the wall discussions in this episode as we wait for all the news to start hitting at media days.

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U40: Where did the recruiting booms go? Football salaries revealed Jun 22, 2017

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The gang is back for a second straight week and we start off talking about the completely bizarre case of Will Sunderland. Where do the Sooners go from here in the secondary? Josh takes us through the latest in recruiting and whether fans should still be excited about the potential for multiple booms in the near future. John and Carey talk about the Board of Regents meeting this week and their chance to spend 30 minutes with Joe Castiglione talking about the new coaching salaries as well as Lincoln Riley's new contract and some insight into the facility master plans that are underway and in the planning stages.

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