Soonerscoop Podcasts

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

It was a packed office today as everyone chimed in on the pod. We talked about the big fire near Campus Corner that Eddie had a direct role in putting out. Half the staff was asleep last night when the Sooners got a 2025 QB commitment. But the olds are awake to talk about it now. We also put an end to the basketball season as Bob gets his chance to wrap up a season that he'd like to forget and where Porter Moser goes now. We talk about the Under Armour camp Josh and Eddie attended Sunday and we dive deep into the recruiting pool. We also find out that George is road trip compatible. And of course we talk about what we're going to be looking for in spring football next week. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - It's been busy around SoonerScoop 13:00 - 2025 QB Kevin Sperry commits to OU/Under Armour Camp wrap-up 43:00 - Hoops is over 52:00 - Spring ball starts next week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trying a new format this week as Josh, Eddie, George and Carey are in studio and we bring on Bob to talk about his beat of men's hoops and softball. Even though it's mid-week, there has been plenty of news this week. And that's exactly how we like it. George and Carey were at the Board of Regents meeting this week where several coaches either got extensions or raises and OU added to the Athletic Department master plan by approving construction company involvement in the new football operational facility to be built east of the stadium. We talk about what we learned about facilities coming out of the BoR meeting. Basketball is in a win or go home and softball is heating up as they now have a nice win streak building. Josh gives us updates on how things went and continue to go from last weekend's junior day in Norman. And we recap the NFL Combine from the weekend. We also torture George by asking about his family, which puts Eddie on his worst behavior. It's a jam-packed edition of the Unofficial 40 this week.

It's a massive day at SoonerScoop.com as we welcome in George Stoia to the company. We were able to steal George away from Denver where he's been covering the Denver Broncos over the last three years. George talks about why he came back to Oklahoma and decided to join up with us in Norman. Spring football is less than a month away but the NFL Combine is taking place and several Sooners are ready to make their best impression on NFL personnel directors. We talked with George about his experiences at the combine covering the Broncos as well. Hoops is playing well after a big win on the road at Iowa State and softball regained their swagger with a beatdown of No. 1 UCLA out in California. And Josh is always here to give us the rundown on a big junior day getting ready to happen this weekend. Eddie gives an update on his continued apartment problems. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Welcome George Stoia to the SoonerScoop team 20:00 - Hoops/Softball recap 29:00 - NFL Combine talk 57:19 - Oklahoma Junior Day

The offseason is over in a month with the start of spring football. But Brent Venables gave us the opportunity last week to visit with his freshman and transfers so we could get to know them. We got a sample of some of the character of this team. What did we think? Who stood out? Any red flags? Bob is uncomfortable because Josh went to a football camp with '25 and '26 players. You also get to hear Bob and Eddie hold their own therapy session concerning OU basketball. They deserve this after covering this team all year. We also talk about SEC scheduling while plumbers come in and out of the office trying to fix stuff. There is actually a flood in the pod room right now. The rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome back to the U40!  14:00 - Recapping the OU FB Media Blitz  40:00 - Camp SZN begins 45:00 - Hoops  1:10:00 - SEC scheduling stuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Venables has scheduled a tour de force media day on Thursday where he will make every newcomer (recruits and wtransfers) available to the media along with holding his own press conference to wrap up the offseason while we move toward spring football. It's something we've never seen before. But we catch up on all the latest with OU hoops and Porter Moser who continues the rollercoaster ride of being OU's head basketball coach. The Sooners soundly defeat Kansas State, but we're not sure what that means. Josh gets us ready as recruiting is getting ready to heat up with 2024 and 2025 visitors and offers starting to take shape. Camps are getting underway as well and Josh is ready to hit the road. We also have seven Sooners heading to the NFL Combine. Who missed out that should have been invited? Also Eddie and Carey's day from hell on Tuesday. The rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome back! Campus Corner drama!  13:00 - Start listening here 28:00 - OU spring newcomer Media Day 40:00 - Visits being set up fo

Coaches are getting some well-deserved time off this week so we talk about some of the latest goings on in the NIL space and catch up with how things are going in the space. Everyone can finally stop sending Jeff Lebby to Alabama as they have hired their new offensive coordinator. Hoops is not going well since the win over Alabama. In fact, it's hit rock bottom. Is Moser on the move? We talk about the rumors of Notre Dame being a possible destination if Moser wants out of OU. Bob is covering softball this year and we talk about the Sooners media day and what has changed since last year's national championship. What is the pitching rotation going to look like? Who becomes the "star" for this team with Jocelyn Alo gone? The baseball team also gets going next week with media day coming up this weekend. And Josh updates us with the latest on recruiting even though it's about the quietest week we've had since Venables arrived at OU. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Welcome back!  18:00 - Interesting times fo

It's freaking cold, campus is shut down but OU is taking on OSU in Bedlam hoops tonight inside the Lloyd Noble Center. We finally have a Big 12 schedule release and we have plenty of thoughts on why it took so long and how the conference worked things out. It's also signing day and even though the Sooners don't have a lot of action today, Josh is here to breakdown how last weekend's big junior days event came off for Brent Venables and the boys. We do breakdown OU's lone signee today in Taylor Heim. What is his best position at the next level? This coaching staff is also rebuilding relationships with Oklahoma high school coaches and they aren't afraid to make instate offers. It's a little different from the previous staff. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome back to the U40 15:00 - Bedlam hoops is a big one 36:00 - Big 12 Schedule Release!  57:00 - Recruiting/Signing Day/Taylor Heim a Sooner 1:16:00 - Rivals hates OU but OU loves #OkPreps Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi