Soonerscoop Podcasts

The gang is back together after Big 12 Media Days. We breakdown what went down in Arlington with OU's reps and Brent Venables. Also plenty of talk about other teams in the conference and our impressions there. The Sooners had a big recruiting week and Josh is taking some vacation from his vacation to talk the latest in recruiting with us. We also learned that George is not as good at Galaga as he thinks he is. But he is really good at getting interviews from Joe Castiglione and we talk about his one-on-one. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome back to the U40!  20:00 - Oklahoma Big 12 Media Days 1:04:00 - Oklahoma has had a big week recruiting 1:31:00 - Wrap up. George Q/A with  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conference Media Days are kicking off next week in Arlington, but the boys are also headed to Nashville for SEC Media Day the week after Big 12. We talk about OU's reception at their final Big 12 Media Days and what part of OU's program is the most SEC ready? Fans? Coaches? Players? Administration? A little bit of portal news with Aaryn Parks coming back to OU. But will he stick? We also breakdown the Thad Turnipseed departure and Josh gives us the latest on the recruiting trail. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! The calm before the storm 23:00 - What is the most SEC ready element of OU athletics?  30:23 - Aaryn Parks jump back out of Portal  37:11 - Softball Transfer Portal news 40:00 - Thad Turnipseed leaves OU  51:00 - RECRUITING Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is seriously hot outside. But inside and you can't escape Josh McCuistion's breakdown of how offensive line recruiting is going. Or not going. The news isn't all bad as running back recruiting seems to be going well. And Josh informs Carey that one of his favorite recruits is being enticed by that Miami Lifewallet money. Do we have a new biggest villain in college football? Is EA Sports College football in jeopardy? We also dig into how OU fans are feeling as we interact with people on the outside. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Hello and welcome back to the U40! 9:30 - There is an angst in the OU fanbase 15:00 - 2024 RB Xavier Robinson commits to Oklahoma 28:00 - OU OL problems; Aaryn Parks heading into Portal 40:00 - How about some good news?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot has happened since the last podcast. Camps ended, OU had it's ChampUBBQ event, Kevin Sperry left Texas for Oklahoma and the Sooners have a couple of new commitments. Josh breaks down everything that's happened and what is getting ready to happen on the recruiting trail. It seems the first serious OU vs. USC battle is developing as well. It's getting good! Also, Carey had to leave in the middle of the pod because he had a disaster at home. Just like the disaster Bob had. It's an epidemic! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Josh in town the last few days for camps, the original three, Carey, Josh and Eddie get together for a little reminiscing about the good old days and where we're headed in the future. We also breakdown the first set of camps this week and we talk SEC schedule and what we thought was going to happen at the announcement. Turns out we were right about a lot of what to expect. And we're excited for the possibilities. We also talk about the standouts from Brent Venables football camps, his philosophy on camps and how it's been different this last month watching how things have played out. We also talk about the renewed emphasis on in-state talent and Josh and Carey weigh in with their thoughts on Jordy Bahl and discuss the role of fans in the expectations of a team like the OU softball program. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40!  16:25 - N'Joy Vision Fresh Perspective  34:00 - Brent Venabales Year 2 is massive  48:00 - OU Camps being different than past years 53:00 - Carey and Jos

This week it's time for Josh to shine as he talks camp season. He's been in and out of high schools and OU camps and now he's back home to report everything he's taken in. We're also talking about scholarship numbers and transfers. How will the Sooners make this all fit? Carey has some ideas on how to rig the system. We also hit on Clemson taking two recent recruits away from the Sooners and we delve into the upcoming camp schedule. Eddie, Bob and George take a crack at the softball preview this week. The Sooners get ready to face Florida State. What did Bob and George learn from media day Tuesday that interests them heading into the championship series. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome back to the U40! It's Camp SZN 17:00 - Sooners continue to be active in the Portal  31:00 - 2025 Sooners commit Kevin Sperry continues to impress 39:00 - Clemson messing with Sooners mojo  59:00 - Sooners playing for the WCWS starting Wednesday vs. Florida State Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.

Today's episode was brought to you in two parts. First we have the owner's meeting with Carey, Josh and Eddie where we talk all about recruiting and what is and isn't allowed on company expense reports. We've all been hanging around Brent Venables' football camp on day one and we talk about our impressions of that camp. Lot of future quarterbacks were in Norman this week. We also look ahead to Saturday's bigger camp. Josh has continued his tour of the state and he gives the lowdown on his trips today. We also break off for the softball beat where Bob Przybylo and George Stoia give their thoughts on game 1 of the WCWS and we talk about the state of the team moving forward. Also, stop giving George a hard time softball hardos! It's all here in another second pod for the week. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40!  14:30 - Brent Venables Camp(s) have started 47:00 - OU picks up DT Da'Jon Terry  54:00 - Westmoore/Bixby Team Camp 59:00 - WCWS talk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

It's one of the best times of the year as Brent Venables gets his football camps started this week and the Sooners make their run for a 3rd consecutive national championship at the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. We talk about what went down this weekend with both softball and baseball. But the seventh inning comeback by the Sooners against Clemson still has us loving sports like few contests we've ever witnessed. Josh breaks down what to expect at OU's summer camps as lots of prospects will be coming into town over the next couple of weeks. We also dive into how baseball made it in the NCAA tournament and even Porter Moser had some good news on the recruiting/portal front before the show started. First of two pods this week as we break down what's to come and then come back after a lot of it has happened later in the week. Buckle up! The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - One of the strangest opens we’ve ever had on the U40 12:00 - OU Softball is simply incredible 23:00 - OU Baseball makes NCA

We brought in the heavy hitters for a second podcast this week as we're joined by Bob Przybylo, our OU softball beat writer and our featured staff writer George Stoia, who is also working the softball beat this week. We talked about the matchup between Oklahoma and Clemson, the buildup to the possibility of OU setting the all-time NCAA record for consecutive wins and our impressions of the lineups heading into the Super Regional. It's a special U40 edition focused just on softball. So enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Social media exploded this week after the commitment of Xadavien Sims to Oregon. Message boards were being blamed for hurting Oklahoma's recruiting. Josh and Carey have seen this all before and we're here to tell you how we see this whole mess. What did Josh know from behind the scenes? What did George know from being there? We talk about the C4 event and Josh's trip across the state this week. Josh is hitting high schools in Oklahoma all week long to get a good look at some of the top players in the state. He stopped by the studios to do the pod in person this time. He details what he's seen and what he will, including a Tuesday night spring scrimmage of recent OU offer and legacy, Cooper Alexander. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Josh is in town for the Scoop Spring Tour! 15:00 - Let's talk about Xadavien Sims to Oregon 24:00 - C4 Combine Saturday  36:05 - How much does NIL play into a decision?  41:05 - Reports from Spring Tour in OK 48:50 - 2024 Cooper Washington  1:02:00 - Laine Jenkins decommitm

It's Josh's time to shine as recruiting takes center stage with camps and BBQ's upcoming. The Sooners could also be looking to take more QBs than we've grown used to over the past few years. And we get ready for OU to host their own regional and Bob tells us if it will be a Sleep. Eat. Run Rule. Repeat type of regional with Hofstra, Missouri and Cal coming into town. We do talk about the big commitment coming this Saturday for Danny O'Koye as well as OU signing so many defensive lineman. Eddie and George were out at the golf regional today for a bit too. Josh's wife is ripping him to shreds over his podcast abilities while his was greeting people to his house in the middle of the pod. It's time for the Unofficial 40! The full rundown follows below: 18:00 - Josh hitting practices in Dallas 30:00 - More than Michael Hawkins in 2024 Quarterback recruiting?  33:00 - 2024 4-star DL Xadavien Sims announcement on Saturday  36:00 - Softball talk; Norman Regional  49:00 - Recruiting BBQ ahead  1:09:00 - 2024 DL Danny

We're settling back into the studio (YouTube coming sooner than ever before) and the entire crew is here for some timely updates on what's been happening with everything OU. Josh checks in from the road where he's seeing multiple kids in the Dallas area throughout the day. George has been searching out stories left and right and his most recent was an exclusive with Joe Castiglione about the future of NIL. We dive into where NIL is heading even with a recently vetoed bill by Oklahoma's Governor. And where does Joe C want it to go? Carey has gone full softball fan boy and wanted to go in-depth with Bobby Alphabet about the latest from the diamond. We start off with football recruiting and wrap it up with baseball and hoops updates from Bobby P. Is OU missing out on their final transfer portal target? Today's biggest tangent is brought to you by OU softball on Owen Field. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40; Josh M is out on the road 40:00 - Recapping OU BoR Meeting  48:47 - George in

The gang is back and we're doing the pod for the first time as members of the On3 network. Yep, we left Rivals. We'll update you on the hows and whys on this podcast. It's getting to be that time of the year where softball and recruiting takes center stage. So Josh fills us in on what to expect on the recruiting circuit with coaches making visits to high schools all across the country. The next big recruiting event for OU are summer camps which will start next month. We talk a little transfer portal and the most recent commitment as well as being derailed by the off topic stuff. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40. We're getting settled at On3.  19:00 - Coaches are out hitting the recruiting trail 30:00 - 2025 Gracen Harris commits; Emmett Jones peaking 45:00 - Concern about 2023 WR Keyon Brown?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for the entire staff to review what we saw at the spring game. And with spring over, it's time to start talking about the transfer portal. Especially after everything we've seen happening at Colorado. Will the Sooners start processing players? Carey also wants Eddie to address the Sam Bradford situation. Specifically not showing up during spring games with the rest of the Heisman winners. It ends up in a deep discussion about fan perception of former players. Josh catches us up on the big recruiting weekend and the gains he sees Oklahoma making on the recruiting trail. We also spark up some softball discussion with Bob and some baseball discussion with Eddie. We begin the pod with Carey getting pissed off at Eddie over something that happened, or didn't happen at Baker & Emily Mayfield's No Bogeys charity event. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Spring ball comes to a close 11:44 - Spring ball starts here 31:00 - Tough decisions for CFB programs this spring 55:00 - Red-

Friday afternoon Baker Mayfield held his inaugural No Bogeys with Baker & Emily Mayfield charity event at Top Golf in OKC to benefit Meals on Wheels in Norman. Carey, Eddie and George were in attendance and we had a chance to talk with Blake Bell, Orlando Brown, Grant Calcaterra and Baker Mayfield. The event was sponsored by Riverwind Casino and SoonerScoop.com served as the media sponsor. The interviews were uncut and unedited and do include some language. But it was a great afternoon for a great cause and some of the best interviews we've ever done at SoonerScoop, including a retelling of the Baker Mayfield suspension and Orlando Brown carrying out Baker's "jersey" for the coin toss against West Virginia. It was a great day to celebrate Kyler Murray as well as we got plenty of thoughts from former players about Kyler's big day tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for Kyler Murray to get his statue in Heisman Park as the annual Red & White Game is back this weekend. The entire game is here to breakdown the latest from spring practices and to preview the spring scrimmage this weekend. A couple of Sooners have hit the transfer portal. Could we see anymore? We talk offense, defense, coaching, QBs and everything else on the roster. We also hit on the latest from softball and baseball. One is definitely more fun to talk about than the other. Josh is back from vacation and breaks down a huge recruiting weekend for the Sooners as well. And Porter Moser gets a commitment from the portal in the middle of our podcast. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40 12:30 - Week of the spring game 34:00 - Sooners in the Portal 53:00 - What to expect this weekend? 1:02:00 - Big recruiting weekend Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh is on vacation this week sailing around some foreign country for his anniversary and Bob is taking care of the wife post surgery so Carey, Eddie and George steal all the air-time this week to talk about the latest from spring football camp. We breakdown what we learned on Monday previewing the defensive line and receivers. We also go over some standouts from camp and our continued impressions of the roster as we continue to receive long viewing sessions thanks to Brent Venables. Todd Bates had a lot to say about his defensive line and Andrel Anthony has become a media favorites as well. We also get George's take on NIL and we breakdown the recent article from the OU Daily on Norman City Council members traveling to SEC venues for football games. We go deep into how to make the gameday experience better in Norman. A little baseball and softball talk as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a fun and busy time as softball had a very entertaining series against the Longhorns. But it's spring football madness as we've now had three extended viewing sessions so far. This week we took a hard look at the linebackers after focusing on the running backs earlier. We had a surprise injury in Jovantae Barnes as he was rolling around on a scooter. It was interesting to see how Venables has injured players show up fully suited up to practices. We want to find out more about that quirk. Is Marcus Major deserving of being the No. 1 RB with his injury history? And what kind of coach and recruiter is Murray developing into? Justin Harrington and Dasan McCullough talk. Defensive end talk takes up a big portion of our spring practice discussions as well. Of course we've got you covered on the recruiting side of things and we had to dive into Eddie's football career after Sam Bradford's tales of his greatness. And we have a major announcement regarding the status of Eddie Radosevich's role with SoonerSco

Eddie took the captain's seat in today's Unofficial 40 as Carey was out with the Covid, although Eddie says it doesn't exist. Eddie, Bob and George dive into spring practices as we're squarely in the middle of it all. The guys give their impressions of what they've seen after two viewing sessions of practices. The tight end room is just a little sparse in practices. Josh is here also to talk about the big recruiting weekend that was last weekend. Future Freaks! Pro Day is coming up Thursday and the guys breakdown what we can expect to come out of OU's own combine for NFL decision makers. And we talk about the prospects for OU's draft entrees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a long week already with wall-to-wall spring football, but that means you have tons of fresh information from us to digest on this week's episode of the Unofficial 40. We give you our first impressions of the first spring practice where we had 45+ minutes of viewing goodness. Carey, Josh, Eddie, Bob and George all weigh in on the first day of practices as well as Brent Venables first spring press conference. We also talk about all the additions from the transfer portal and what the portal means going forward at OU. Josh gets us up to speed on a big recruiting weekend coming up and a lot of the biggest recruits in the country will be in town, especially in the 2025 class. We also catch up with the latest in the stick and ball sports. A little bit of drama for softball as former OU punter Michael Turk tweets and deletes some criticism toward Patty Gasso? The baseball team isn't very good at midweek games but we'll give them a pass after taking two of three from TCU. The full rundown follows below. 0:0