Soonerscoop Podcasts

This is the one we've all been waiting for. Michigan is headed to town and Brent Venables gets another chance to put Oklahoma back on the national map. We're breaking it all down. Who is starting on the offensive line. What are we hearing on Jaydn Ott's health and "headspace". Why didn't Elijah Thomas play? Is it even that big of a deal that he didn't right now? Josh gives the latest on the recruiting trail after OU lands their first 2026 in-state commitment last evening. And we preview the big recruits coming in for the Michigan game this weekend. It's go time for Michigan. It's football time in Oklahoma! THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial 40! Michigan Week. Big week. Massive week. Gargantuan week. Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Holly Rowe headed to Normandy  14:00 - Massive recruiting weekend ahead; kicked off by commitment of 2026 WR Xavier Okufulueze  22:30 - Door back open for 2026 OT Daniel McMorris  24:00 - Names to know this weekend on Michigan Visitor List 

It was a big day at the University of Oklahoma as the university unveiled their new tailgating initiative at the North Oval. SoonerScoop was invited to see it for ourselves and to record a podcast for the fans in attendance. OU President Joe Harroz dropped by and discussed the new tailgating area and we got to chat about the search for a new athletic director, Brent Venables giving up $1 million for revenue sharing/NIL, the west side stadium expansion and what is the deal with this Randall Stephenson guy? We also made Gabe Ikard sit down and talk about his impressions of the new tailgating area and we talked a little bit of football as well. The Oklahoma Breakdown co-host also talked with Carey about maybe doing a crossover episode in the North Oval for the Michigan game. Anyone interested? George and Carey are back together! We edited this down and left out a lot of the Illinois State commentary but you will get our thoughts on Jackson Arnold's first game at Auburn last night. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELO

It's game week and all the media duties are over. We've talked to Brent Venables, Ben Arbuckle and all the team captains for Team 131. We don't know exactly what this is going to look like Saturday but we're interested to see how it goes down. Depth Charts? We're not too caught up in who is sitting where. There are reasons. We talk about some of that. We also talk about Ben Arbuckle's debut. Will he go through some of the same issues that guy out west went through early in his Oklahoma playcalling career? And what type of year could this be for Kendal Daniels? Could he be the one player whose NFL stock raises the highest on this team after a good season. Lots to discuss as we are officially in game week! Also find out if George ever came back to the pod. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial 40! Game week so Carey starts the pod talking about things we don’t care about but Eddie does send his best to Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift on the engagement. GEORGE HAS LEFT THE PO

It started out like just another Unofficial 40 podcast in studio. And then after 30 minutes, Al Eschbach just decided to drop by the studios unannounced. So we did what we always do when people come into the studio during a pod. We put him on the air and talked some OU football and the future of OU's offense along with the future of Brent Venables. What is going on in Auburn with their offense and Jackson Arnold? We of course get into some recruiting with Josh McCuistion, but we're still a little bit in awe of The Legend, Al Eschbach coming on the pod with us for the first time. We even hit on the state of media, Al's vacations and how much longer he's going to keep doing this radio stuff. 0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial 40! OU kicks the season off in 10 days! Rejoice. Week Zero is an appetizer  15:00 - Congrats to Auburn winning a national title! Eddie would like to personally congratulate head coach Tommy Tubberville!  29:00 - George wants to doom pod 33:50 - *SPECIAL GUEST* Al Eschbach in stud

Bill Bedenbaugh spoke this week about his offensive line and Carey, Josh, Eddie and George are here to give it all a hard look. Bedenbaugh has to find the right mix of experience versus talent on the offensive line if he wants to play two star freshman. We examine all the options and give our two cents on what we could see happening. The secondary also intrigues us with the talent and the buzz coming out of camp surrounding corners who haven't played a lot. And Peyton Bowen isn't a bust. He's just been hurt most of his career. Are we going to see Bowen step up at some point and take over with Billy Bowman type play in the secondary? We are ready for the John Mateer Venmo controversy to be over and we think that it is. And stop yelling at us for writing about it! It's our job! And the wide receiver spot might be a little concerning as far as quality depth now that we look at it closer. And of course we talk more recruiting with Josh and how big the official weekend will become for the Michigan game. THE FU

It's been a great preseason for the Scoop crew to get out and watch portions of practice thanks to Brent Venables' media friendliness this August. Carey and Josh get to weigh in on what they've been seeing and hearing from fall camp as we break down the standouts, the injured and maybe some disappointments so far. Josh updates us on the recruiting trail and whether OU fans should be worried about Jake Kreul moving up his commitment date. We also look at what's left for OU in recruiting. While we also get breaking news about a first commitment for 2027 as the pod is recording. A little bit of talk about OU hiring the Athlete Group to help with the Athletic Director search as well. 0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial 40! Week Two of the preseason. George’s family expands  8:00 - Plenty of team talk ahead but what’s up with OU recruiting … why so quiet? Jake Kreul? Elijah Golden?  20:00 - What’s the concern level for 2027 OT Cooper Hackett?  24:40 - T-Ron Richardson set to announce Aug. 26; Sooners in g

The gang is finally back together after honeymoons, flight delays and the start of fall/preseason camp. We just had a media gathering with 7 players, Brent Venables and Ben Arbuckle. What did we take from the preseason get together? First off, we're shocked by how big Jaydn Ott actually is as a running back. We pine over him for a bit during the show. We're also not going into a doom pod, but we're questioning as much as possible about the makeup of this team heading into the season. How big is this year? It's as big as it gets for the future direction of the program. We try and work our way through various positions and how we see things playing out this season. From the offensive line to the secondary we have plenty of questions. It's a full on preseason think tank going on in this episode. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial 40! Sooners are back on the practice field! 22:48 - Jaydn Ott certainly looks the part 30:00 - Happy thoughts on a dominant OU defensive line

It's a busy day as Josh is back from vacation and Carey and Eddie spent the afternoon at the OU coaches luncheon where Brent Venables, Ben Arbuckle and Todd Bates talked some OU football to raise money for Fostering Futures. Ben Arbuckle got to talk about his receivers and the offensive line while there was plenty of praise for some key defenders by Brent Venables and Todd Bates. We also had some breaking news mid-pod as Donald Trump announced an executive order for NIL. And Josh was back from vacation to catch us up on the latest in recruiting. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Football is kind of here 8:00 - Coaches Luncheon on Thursday where we heard from OU HC Brent Venables, OC Ben Arbuckle and DT coach Todd Bates 13:00 - Arbuckle talks OU offensive line  25:00 - Could OU be better than they were last year defensively? 35:00 - WR talk  41:00 - NIL talk specific with OU/House Settlement 1:00:00 - Recruiting. Con’t good news for 4-star WR Davian Groce?  Learn more ab

Brace yourselves Sooner fans. There is a member of the Scoop crew who is high on the hopium after SEC Media Days. We take a look back at what we learned from OU's trip to Atlanta for talking season. And we learned that a lot of national media is high on the Sooners heading into 2025. Granted, hearts have been broken around here and we're coming off one of the worst seasons in recent OU history. But are the national people seeing something we're just not allowing ourselves to see? John Mateer was definitely one of the biggest stars in Atlanta. We've catch up on recruiting with Josh and find out what's left the rest of the way. Is OU trying to crack open some opportunities with players already looking elsewhere? It's just a massive edition of the Unofficial 40 with plenty of talk throughout about the upcoming season. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Eddie & George are back from SEC Media Days in Atlanta where the media are buzzing about Oklahoma  29:00 - Brent Venables takeaway

Carey, Eddie and George reconvene after a long week of surprises and press conferences. And we're diving head first into what we feel is going to happen inside the OU athletics department. Football is a beast of it's own, but there were a lot of other coaches at Joe Castiglione's retirement press conference that are left wondering where they stand in the new world order without Castiglione at the helm. We talk about the power structure of OU's athletics department moving forward. What does OU need that they don't have? Do they know what they need? Or is that for the next AD to decide. And where with this new AD come from? Intercollegiate athletics, or from the outside world, like business or marketing? THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Joe Castiglione announces retirement attempting to upstage George’s wedding this weekend 34:14 - Bob Stoops doesn’t want to be your next Athletics Director 50:00 - Talking BALL  1:02:00 - Joe Jon Finley doing it!  Learn more about your ad cho

We're back for another episode as the Thunder euphoria has died down. You're welcome Mavs fans who also listen. It's July so we're hanging on and hoping for a quick return of football. Today we caught up with George on his visit with John Mateer as he's ready to run an extensive series on OU's QB after talking to Mateer, family members, former coaches, analysts, everybody. We're not giving away anything, but we have seen the nearly hour long transcript and George has previewed some of the quotes for us. And we have one big takeaway about John Mateer. We also hit the recruiting trail and give our thoughts on some of the OSU wins over OU on the recruiting trail. And we also ask Josh to look back on his biggest impression about summer camps and offers. Are the Sooners being too aggressive? Or not aggressive enough? THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Happy 4th of July! 14:00 - George spent time with John Mateer at the Manning Passing Academy  33:00 - Are people sleeping on Jaydn O

It may not have been something that was aesthetically pleasing to us, but the Jaden O' Neal/Bowe Bentley worked out as we believe Ben Arbuckle wanted. We are left to wonder, how much did John Mateer play a role in swinging Bentley to OU over LSU? A Fong Bomb that caught everyone's attention. We finally make Eddie happy and get into the Thunder parade discussion as Carey, Eddie and George all were in OKC for the big event. We're also looking at the wide receiver position in 2026 and how it could all play out. And a little more conversation about how things are going in the front office with Jim Nagy & Co. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Thunder won the World Championship. Big deal. I guess Carey doesn’t care as he doesn’t even mention it.  2:10 - Jake Kreul Fong Bomb  7:00 - Bowe Bentley joins the Sooners 2026 class 20:00 - FINALLY! Thunder talk  40:27 - Beau Jandreau & Daniel Norman also committed to Oklahoma  45:00 - Looking ahead to commitment announcement dates 

Carey is trying to jinx the Thunder right from the start this week. But we quickly get into the news of the day for recruiting. And that is the decommitment of Will Conroy who flips to North Carolina. We also talk some Elite 11 and what performing well at the Elite 11 has meant over the years. Spoiler, it sometimes means nothing, sometimes it does. Josh talks about the upcoming BBQ recruiting weekend and we're trying to let you know we're not the ones pumping out all the John Mateer hype. We've barely reached peak offseason so that means time to talk OU's schedule. Also some baseball, some hoops and some softball. 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Thunder playing for a world championship; 2026 IOL Will Conroy flips to UNC  19:00 - Bowe Bentley @ Elite 11 44:30 - 2026 RB DeZephen Walker commits 47:00 - BBQ Recruiting Weekend 59:00 - John Mateer hype continues to build 1:10:00 - Oklahoma schedule talk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crew is back as we have some offseason news to talk about. OU continues building better infrastructure to operate in the modern era of college football. Jim Nagy officially announces his staff and OU adds to their sports medicine staff. We also give you the latest we're hearing on Bowe Bentley as the Celina, Texas, QB could make his decision between OU and LSU any day now. We're also getting set for another round of Brent Venables football camps on Thursday and Friday. Josh talks about the guys who could be coming in to workout for the staff. A little offseason football talk with the SEC schedule coming out today and OU knows where and when they are headed. Also no one believes Carey's car is clean when he proclaims it so during the pod. Eddie rushes out to check the parking lot to catch him in a lie? FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! 5:00 - Bowe Bentley post-official visit  23:00 - OU FB kickoff windows announced 45:00 - BV Camp Day 3 on Thursday 57:00 - OU new hires: FB

It's almost impossible to believe. The OU softball season and baseball season have come to an end. Really within hours of each other. But that doesn't mean it wasn't a productive year for the softball team and this team took an entirely new roster back to the WCWS and was just a run away from being back in the championship series. Baseball might have had some more issues. And they didn't make it past the regional round. We discuss what's next for both. We're fired up for the Thunder being in the NBA Finals, so forgive us a little Finals matchup talk. And Josh is heading back to Oklahoma for another big summer camp tomorrow. Oh yeah, Bowe Bentley is visiting this weekend as well and then we have another huge week of summer camps after that one. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Sooners diamond sports season come to an end 10:00 - Softball wrap up 30:00 - OKC THUNDER ARE IN THE NBA FINALS 42:00 - Camp SZN has begun in Norman/OKPreps Spring Tour wrap up 57:00 - New offers go

It's the upside down world on the Unofficial 40 as Josh McCuistion is here in studio during his Oklahoma spring football tour and George Stoia is in Florida at the SEC Meetings. We catch up with George on everything that's been going down in Florida as he's had a chance to speak with Brent Venables on multiple occasions. We talk about all the news that's come out as well as what that means moving forward. Josh is here going all over the state checking out the top prospects in Oklahoma. We also hit on a larger discussion on how Brent Venables and his coaching staff are working with Jim Nagy and his staff in the front office. Recruiting, scouting, offers, decision making... It's a lot for two different departments to figure out how to work together. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Josh in studio; George in Destin at SEC Spring Meetings 8:10 - SEC Spring Meetings 22:00 - George’s takeaways after talking with Brent Venables 41:00 - Josh talking OU recruiting strategy; differen

It's May and we're struggling. Welcome to probably the most random podcast we've done in a while. George is back from wedding vacation, baseball and softball are in full swing and recruiting is getting ready to take the stage as Josh heads to Oklahoma next week for a full tour of the best talent in the Sooner state. The Sooners are actually in the running for a legitimate high school tight end and they've made a new offer to a 2026 running back. We've got some football talk regarding impact players for 2025, but we've also got the latest on how to make more money because George thinks we're leaving a lot of money on the table. A Scooper has also trolled both Carey and Josh by purchasing certain things on his wedding registry. Yes. It's a weird pod. Embrace the awkwardness. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! It feels like summer. OU baseball playing in Hoover at the SEC Tournament  13:00 - Camp SZN has arrived but first OKPreps spring ball  20:00 - Sooners making moves at TE? D

Recruiting is officially heating up after Oklahoma football picked up a commitment from Niko Jandreau, a safety from Chandler, Arizona. It's an exciting pickup because he also has another brother who is also highly regarded. Josh McCuistion is here to breakdown the latest on the recruiting trail as he and Carey are getting ready to go see Bowe Bentley this week. Big visits are also being lined up for summer camp. We also examine the OU offense and get into how we see this offensive line developing early in the 2025 season. And somehow we go down the rabbit hole of how awful last season's offense was. It's the offseason. Officially. George will also be living in Destin, Florida, the rest of this month for weddings and SEC meetings. And we won't have to listen to his panic in the office over the Thunder, who are doing just fine after a big win over Denver last night. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Thunder basketball was awesome on Tuesday Game 5 10:00 - Sooners snap commit

It's a stressful time in the office as the Thunder are down 0-1 and George's marriage may be riding on the outcome of tonight's game. We talk with Josh about what the commitment of Jared Curtis to Georgia means for OU's QB recruiting saga. Coaches are out on the road and making new offers all over the place. Are Jim Nagy and the OU personnel department looking to reshape this roster with different types of athletes? And what is up with the snails pace of recruiting commitments so far this offseason? We also welcome Eddie back from Mexico as he was stranded at a beautiful resort when he got the big On3 news last week. Carey also hates everything on George's wedding registry and wants to go off catalog to get a wedding gift. Go-carts are also potentially disastrous for a bachelor party. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Back to full strength  23:00 - Recruiting … What’s going on? Why so quiet?  37:23 - OU signs Mercer QB Whitt Newbauer  48:00 - Stickball Softball/Baseball  1:

The news hit yesterday and On3 is acquiring Rivals. What does this mean for SoonerScoop other than the Crimson Corner being one of the most entertaining places on earth? Carey and Josh break it all down. What it means for you? What to expect from SoonerScoop moving forward and everything we want to address right now. We also clean up the portal talk and take a deep dive into the receiver position. How good is this unit after the portal entries have been added? Carey is calling for Jaren Kanak to become the next Cam Skattebo but as a receiver. He also has some ideas for Bill Belichick's girlfriend in UNC recruiting. And Josh hits on some in-state recruiting. And guess who will be going to see in spring football practice soon? The whole office might descend on Celina, Texas. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW (GEORGE DID IT THIS TIME) -1:45 - On3/Rivals acquisition, history of SoonerScoop, and covering recruiting. -16:00 - What does the merger mean for SoonerScoop? -22:10 - What happens with subscriptions t