Oklahoma Sooners Unofficial 40

It's that time of the year between talking season and practices starting. We're here for all of it as we had plenty to talk about on today's edition of the Unofficial 40. The office is alive with the sounds of college football as George Stoia and Eddie Radosevich were playing some NCAA Football in the conference room before the show. What type of league has George got himself roped into? We've had some famous people dropping by the studios lately and Skip Johnson was the latest. Skip stopped by to talk with Eddie about the impressive donation recently given to OU athletics. Josh McCuistion is here with the latest on the recruiting trail as the Under the Stars event takes place this weekend. And as we were doing the pod we found out the news of Nijaree Canady heading to Texas Tech of all places. More recruiting as Josh jumps in on recent defensive line commit Floyd Bouchard. And we talk offensive tackles of course. Roster sizes are also changing with a lot of sports at OU and everywhere else in college. More of this with more of that in this episode of the Unofficial 40. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Football is so very near 13:00 - Skip Johnson dropped by the Scoop studios 20:00 - Sooners Under the Stars this weekend 25:00 - Nijaree Canady is headed to Texas Tech; our live reaction 33:00 - 2025 Floyd Bouchard commits to Oklahoma 36:00 - Weekly 2025 OL check-in 50:00 - Roster sizes proposed for college athletics 1:05:00 - George wrote about Curtis Lofton as Sooners GM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So much to talk about after the gang returns back from SEC Media Days. Brent Venables seemed different this year as the head coach of the Sooners. And it was in a very good way. We talk about impressions from everything that went down with the Sooners this week and more. And what about the conference-wide reception of the Sooners from everyone in attendance? Are the Sooners being treated like a bunch of poors? We also breakdown what we think might happen in the SEC. Who is the dark horse that could upset a lot of these predictions of Missouri and Ole Miss making a run at Alabama and Georgia? And how many people know what OU's record actually was last year and who they actually beat? Josh is back and in action as recruiting for 2025 is coming to a close already. He gives us the latest on OU's remaining targets for the class. We also take a look ahead at what's to come for OU with the start of preseason football. And we do discuss exactly what happened with the audio and camera and George's secret microphone. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! We’re back from SEC Media Days 15:00 - Talking on reactions from Sooners appearance at SEC Media Days 42:00 - Did OU get better at every position outside of OL? 48:00 - Josh M joins the program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We finally reach Josh who has been without power on the outskirts of Houston for days with no idea when he will be back. He finally gets a chance to address Lamont Rogers and talk about the rest of the OL recruiting class the Sooners are chasing. Also just an update on his life. Which is in shambles. As we all ask? Why do you live in Houston??? Big 12 media days have started and it has a feeling some kind of way about change. Although we couldn't be happier to be going to Dallas next week instead of Vegas in 125-degree weather. We'll be there, along with Jackson Arnold, Danny Stutsman, Billy Bowman and Brent Venables. And we're ready to get down to business talking college football. Talking season has arrived. We also talk about the return of Jeremiah Criddell to Oklahoma as a graduate assistant coach. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! The McCuistion’s have survived Hurricane Beryl but what the hell happened to Lamont Rogers? 7:00 - The pursuit for 5-star OT Michael Fasusi continues 24:00 - Big 12 Media Days currently going on 38:00 - Jeremiah Criddell returns to Oklahoma 48:00 - The end of the off-season is near Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What a wild start to the pod this week. We welcome in an uninvited visitor that we still don't know a lot about. But Calf Tat Josh was here for the rescue. The first nine minutes of this podcast are frankly, kind of insane. We also introduce you to another visitor this week that knew all about the Unofficial 40. Let's just say that Tad and Leslie from Orlando are raising their children right. They drove all the way from Orlando and came to SoonerScoopHQ to try and meet Carey. Not Eddie, not George, but Carey. Their children Freddy and Faith are big fans of the show and they have memorized the opening to the podcast. And they prove it in studio! We also take a look back at a wild week of Eddie and George being introduced to the SEC fans through the Paul Finebaum Show. Joe Castiglione had quite the mic drop moment on SEC Now as well. But also, we get knee deep into some football talk as July has started. We take a look at OU's position in the SEC and ask why some national media still don't seem to get it. Or maybe we're just the homers. There has also been some movement along offensive line recruiting and Josh is here to fill us in on the latest. BACITRACIN! The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! A wild start to this week’s pod 9:00 - Travel discussion 18:00 - Eddie & George on Paul Finebaum 23:00 - Skip Johnson staying put in Norman 30:00 - Hey we’re talking football 45:00 - Joe C. takes a shot at Lincoln Riley 48:00 - SEC Commish Greg Sankey in town 1:01:00 - Recruiting - Interesting times for 2025 OL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a big day on the Unofficial 40 as Joe Castiglione, the father of one half of The Family Business came in studio to talk with Carey and Eddie about a number of topics. We talked about OU's official move to the SEC and the events and celebration taking place July 1 on campus. We also talk about the new arena proposal in Norman after several city council meetings and a planning commission meeting. Why does Castiglione believe Norman needs this project as much as OU does? We also hit on NIL and the new 1Oklahoma Collective. How should OU fans approach giving to NIL with the new collective? And we can't wait to tour Love's Field with everyone else next Monday. Josh also comes in to put a wrap on all the recruiting action that has happened lately. And the Sooners are making a move for a 5-Star OT. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome to the U40! We have a VIP guest in attendance today, welcome to the show Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione 49:00 - Josh McCuistion joins the program … Sooners are hot on the recruiting trail 1:04:00 - Sooners make a move for 5-star OT Andrew Babaloa? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boys are back in town as Josh McCuistion has been in studio all week and we've got another all present podcast waiting for you. It's recruiting season so this is a recruiting heavy pod. Josh gives us a preview of what to expect this weekend for the ChampUBBQ and we talk about how we think big recruiting weekends have changed with the times. We're also still in the middle of Brent Venables' football camps and offers are still going out. We give you the latest from camp. The Sooners received a couple of commitments since we last talked and Curtis Lofton is officially being hired as the General Manager of OU football. We'll talk about what that means. There have also been some arrests lately. We talk about it. And what we know or what we don't know about Nijaree Canady in the portal. We know OU is being aggressive in trying to lure here to Norman. But is the price so high that Patty doesn't want to deal with the potential disruption it could cause on the team? She kind of knows what good chemistry looks like. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome to the U40! SoonerScoop is approaching a 20-year anniversary 14:00 - Last week of Brent Venables Football Camp 42:00 - ChampU BBQ coming this weekend 49:00 - 2026 TE Ryder Mix & 2025 WR Marcus Harris 55:00 - Who does OU need to make up ground with this weekend during the ChampU BBQ? 1:03:00 - Curtis Lofton named General Manager for OU football 1:10:00 - Sooners summer arrest report 1:16:00 - OU softball in hot pursuit of Stanford pitcher Nijaree Canady Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It did not go well last night at the City of Norman's meeting of the City Council. There was a lot of opposition to the city's $1 billion entertainment district that would be built around a new arena that would house the men's and women's basketball games along with gymnastics events. Carey and George were tuned in to the debate/meeting last night and have the latest on why it wasn't good for OU's plans of building a new arena in a massive new project spearheaded by the city of Norman. Josh is headed back to Oklahoma for another day of Brent Venables' Football camps and we preview some of the names coming in. The quarterback position will be one to watch. The SEC has released kickoff times for every conference team in 2024. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome to the U40! Makari Vickers was arrested early Wednesday morning 7:00 - Norman City Council meeting on new arena was … interesting 34:00 - Brent Venables Football Camp rolls into Day 3 on Thursday 44:00 - 2026 QB Jaden O’Neal camping on Thursday 1:03:00 - 2024 kickoff times revealed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh McCuistion just flew into town and came straight to the studios to join the podcast crew. We're breaking down what to expect as Brent Venables camps get underway in the morning. George Stoia and Bob Przybylo spent the afternoon at OU sitting in on a presentation about the potential entertainment district in Norman. How impressed was the crew with the new renderings released today? And how much is the school kicking in for the construction costs? The baseball season is over. Eddie Radosevich takes a look back on a good season but more importantly on the momentum growing in the OU baseball program. And plenty of stories from camps over the years, some of our favorite memories from camps. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome to the U40! Josh is back in studio (again!). We can’t keep him away 8:00 - Update on new hoops/gymnastics facility 16:00 - Brent Venables Summer Camp starts Thursday 27:00 - Josh put in a new 2026 QB prediction 42:00 - Josh’s best offer story from an OU camp 1:00:00 - Baseball ends season/facility upgrades? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crew has never been busier and there's never been a better time for a podcast. George is in Destin, Florida, at the SEC meetings getting all the lowdown on OU's move to the SEC and the current state of things in Norman. Josh is in studio because he's touring the state of Oklahoma checking out the top prospects. This week he's out at team camps looking in on some of OU's biggest commitments and targets. The WCWS is about to start and Eddie is here to talk about baseball as long as Carey doesn't ruin it for him. We've also got the big recruiting updates from Josh McCuistion on Jonah Williams and Ty Haywood. And summer workouts have begun at the Switzer Center. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome to the U40! Josh is back in studio and George is in Destin at SEC Coaches Meetings 7:30 - George reports from Destin 17:51 - Brent Venables is happy about Branson Hickman and Damonic Williams 30:00 - Josh M is in Oklahoma hitting HS team camps 42:00 - NIL Elite Series in Nashville .. where does OU stand with Jonah Williams? 50:00 - Update on 2025 5-star OT Ty Haywood 60:00 - Summer workouts began in Norman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We start this week with baseball as Eddie is at the Big 12 Baseball tournament in Arlington, Texas, after watching Oklahoma shut out TCU 4-0 in their tournament opener. Josh McCuistion is also in town to start his Oklahoma preps tour as he was in Owasso, Wagoner and Choctaw Wednesday to get a look at some of the top talent in the state. We also talk about a recent OU loss on the recruiting trail in Antoni Ogumoro. George wants to setup an EASports NCAA Football streaming room and Josh says he'd be all for it. We're also talking about changes coming to college football broadcasts next season and specifically the college football playoff. Some portal news to finish things off. The full rundown is below: 00:00 - Welcome to the U40! OU baseball opens with a win in Arlington 23:00 - Video game memories 27:50 - Josh M is in studio and on his OKPreps Tour 40:22 - What happened with 2025 OL Antoni Ogumoro 59:00 - TNT getting into the CFB broadcast game 1:03:00 - OU hosted Jacksonville State DL Chris Hardie on Wednesday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's another week inside the Scoop Studios on Campus Corner and Carey, Josh, Eddie and George are back for another edition of the Unofficial 40. This week had us looking ahead to the SEC and how difficult the road could be for the Sooners. Vegas does not have the Sooners favored in a ton of contests in 2024. We're all pretty excited about the Thunder right now as Eddie and George are trying to scheme their way into the arena tonight. Josh has been out on the recruiting trail and the portal is still a thing for Oklahoma who is looking to add more muscle on the interior defensively. Which leads to a discussion about how well the Sooners have been doing and how hungry Brent Venables is for defensive linemen in his program. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome to the U40! Thunder hoops 14:00 - You can start listening HERE. OU over/unders in 2024 36:00 - What’s happening on the recruiting front? Josh went and saw a pair of RB commits 41:41 - DeMarco Murray's recent raise brings stability in RB recruiting 50:40 - General Booty finds a new home and he'll play against Texas next year 1:01:50 - Brent Venables can't sign enough defensive linemen. 1:18:00 - OU Men's Golf gets some love Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back with Carey, Josh, Eddie and George for another edition of the Unofficial 40. We take some time to relax and look back at OU's success in the transfer portal and why we think the Sooners are starting to figure this all out. What has changed? What caused that change? And is OU is a good spot to compete in the transfer portal in the future? Josh updates us on recruiting after Trystan Haynes committed to the Sooners yesterday. He's getting set to embark on a massive recruiting tour across Texas and Oklahoma as well. And OU's summer camps should be full of prospects we can't wait to see in action. You know who isn't doing well in the portal? LSU and Brian Kelly. Yikes! Eddie chimes in with some timely baseball talk as the Sooners are in great position to take home a Big 12 Championship with two weekends to go. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome to the U40! 3:00 - Start listening now … for Thunder basketball talk 12:00 - Okay really start listening now … 2025 Trystan Haynes commits to Sooners … fifth #OkPreps in the class 37:00 - Is Brian Kelly an idiot? Maybe. Transfer Portal talk where OU is all of the sudden in a comfortable place 1:00:08 - Baseball talk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the Unofficial 40 back and fully in football mode. We're talking about Damonic Williams. George has put in the work and has all the latest on the saga that has become everything the OU football program is about in this very moment. He's currently in Baton Rouge, but there's reason to believe OU still has a chance to land the biggest defensive player currently in the portal. Here from the gang on everything they've heard leading up to this point. We also talk about the departure of Gavin Freeman and how much processing is going on right now with NIL and the portal. And who else should we be keeping an eye on in the portal? We hit a little bit on the NFL draft, explore the weirdness happening in Colorado and we hit on OU's latest with recruiting. From the commitment of Courtland Guillory to the next steps in the recruiting process for Brent Venables. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome to the U40! 5:00 - The latest on Oklahoma’s pursuit of TCU transfer DT Damonic Williams 24:00 - WR Gavin Freeman enters the portal 29:00 - New names to know from the Transfer Portal 42:00 - 2024 NFL Draft talk 52:00 - Is Colorado imploding in front of us? 57:00 - Recruiting: 2025 DB Courtland Guillory commits to OU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spring football has finished. And the entire gang is here to discuss what we learned and where this program is heading into the SEC. The transfer portal is obviously a big part of that and George is here to talk about Damonic Williams and whether the Sooners are moving on, or waiting to see what happens on these upcoming visits. Is OU willing to let this all play out? Or will they move on to other players in the portal at the defensive line position. We wrap up some of the loose ends in recruiting from the weekend as OU coaches have descended on Houston this morning. And Bob jumps on to tell us how awful things are going for Porter Moser in the portal. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Spring football is over, Portal Watch continues 10:00 - What’s happening in the Portal 33:00 - Who are the names to know moving forward in the Portal? 40:00 - Recruiting; Spring game weekend visitor wrap-up 45:00 - Need to get some hoops in; it’s a failure in the Portal right now 58:00 - Back to recruiting talk; Sooners coaches on the road Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back as we get ready for a huge weekend in Norman. The annual spring game takes place this weekend and there will be transfers and recruits all over the place. As long as the weather doesn't kill everything that is. We get started today though talking about the portal and where OU is looking to fix their issues. And even as we are doing the pod, we again have breaking news as a major defensive line target enters the portal from TCU. Outside of the offensive and defensive lines, are the Sooners even paying attention to other positions? Josh is here to breakdown the latest in recruiting. Any commitments expected out of this weekend. And exactly who is visiting from the portal? We breakdown what we learned from talking to Jackson Arnold and Danny Stutsman after practice on Tuesday. When Bob is done yelling at us from the other room, he stops in to talk about the latest with softball and the Portal Moser situation. It's not off to a great start inside the LNC. Some baseball updates and we reminisce about the awesome time that was Blake Griffin's two seasons in Norman. Congrats on a great basketball career Blake! The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Game week 5:45 - Start listening here if you hate the banter 12:00 - Sooners get(ting) busy in the Portal 32:00 - OU OL talk 42:00 - Visitor(s) for spring game 51:00 - Jackson Arnold spoke with the media on Tuesday night 59:00 - Softball/Basketball talk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The gang is back together talking spring football and this time we're really focused on the offensive line and how that might be affected some of the reports we're hearing about the quarterback position. How much concern do we have heading into the offseason? How much concern should you have if the line doesn't look great in the spring game? The Sooners are hot on the recruiting trail once again and Josh is here for all the latest, including the commitment of Maliek Hawkins just before we started the podcast. And what about the transfer portal? We all have very strong opinions about where the Sooners need to go and what they need to start doing (tampering) in the portal. The softball team is coming off their first series loss since 1907 and Bob is here to update how much of a terror Patty Gasso will be moving forward. Porter Moser also has no players on his roster but we'll talk about how aggressive the Sooners are going to be in the portal for men's hoops. Plenty of football to digest in this one. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome back to the U40! 8:00 - 2025 Frisco Emerson CB and Sooner legacy Maliek Hawkins commits to Oklahoma 12:30 - Sooners secondary filling up in 2025 27:00 - Tough questions of spring ball 42:00 - OU defense *should* be very good; depends on interior DL 51:00 - Diamond sports talk 1:02:07 - Hoops Portal Talk 1:05:00 - 4-star DT Trent Wilson announcing Wednesday night Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The whole crew is back for another thorough breakdown of spring football camp. We're just off of our third viewing of the spring and we're also full of some scrimmage intel as well. Troy Everett is lost for the spring and the early part of fall camp next season. Where do the Sooners go from here? And what do we make of the offensive line so far. There have been few glowing reviews coming out of camp and what we've seen makes it hard to tell how much of a concern this unit really is. But other positions look like they are receiving some upgrades, like on the defensive line where David Stone is getting strong reviews from Brent Venables. We also talk about the buzz surrounding true freshman QB Michael Hawkins. From what we've seen so far, we believe it. Bob joins in and we talk about OU President Joe Harroz and his "threat" to move Oklahoma basketball to another city if the city of Norman doesn't come through with a proposed entertainment district. We also breakdown what is happening with Porter Moser's roster and where he goes after losing more players this week. Josh is here for your recruiting updates and it's a huge weekend for softball at Texas and baseball in Bedlam. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome back to the U40! 11:20 - Troy Everett out for spring ball 16:00 - Michael Hawkins has impressed 21:00 - Interior DL/Defensive end talk 48:00 - President Harroz gets a little wild with the OU Daily 59:00 - Portal Moser has his work cut out 1:10:00 - HS Recruiting w/ Josh 1:20:00 - Big weekend for Stickball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I mean, there is not a more beautiful time of the year than right now. The entire crew is here. Almost all of us have been watching spring practice with our own eyes. We had 90 minutes of viewing on Monday, we have another hour and 45 minutes after the pod today. While Eddie and George did a Practice Report on YouTube, Carey and Bob weigh in today with what they saw and Josh is here as well to talk about what he's hearing. There's just so much to talk about regarding this team. We've got some insight into some of the new staff and how they fit in with the program as well as all the player analysis you can handle. Josh is here with the latest in recruiting as always and there was just so much football to talk about but we managed to fit in some hoops, softball, baseball talk in the end. Check YouTube for a brand new stickball episode that will get more in-depth to the baseball and softball. It's a great time to pod and a great time to listen to the pod. Enjoy! The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome back to the U40! 10:00 - Start listening here if you only want sports talk ... Spring ball is HERE 18:40 - Andrel Anthony set back 28:31 - Transfers making an impression 42:00 - Interior defensive tackle questions 48:00 - Specials teams improving; Excitement about Doug Deacon 1:02:00 - Recruiting Report 1:09:00 - 2025 RB Tory Blaylock announcement on Friday & 2025 DL Landon Rink decision ahead 1:15:00 - Portal Moser SZN 1:20:00 - Stickball recaps for the week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a little Porter Moser heavy with his press conference the other day. It got a lot more bizarre for those that watched Virginia play last night. But we're going football heavy as Josh has had back-to-back weekends of watching OU prospects in person at Under Armour Dallas and Houston. And we're also diving into what the latest Kevin Sperry movement could mean for his commitment to OU. We actually put Josh on the spot and ask him if Sperry winds up at OU. We were also blown away at the footage of 2026 RB Jonathan Hatton in Houston. And as we started the pod there was worry that DeMarco Murray might be stolen away by Ohio State. As we were halfway through the pod we got word that Murray had made a decision and was staying with OU. Bob is also here for some hoops talk and what Porter is going to have to do in the offseason so the end of this season doesn't send the program spiraling in a negative direction. Spring is never lacking for action. And that's without football practicing this week due to spring break. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Is DeMarco Murray going to Ohio State? 16:00 - Under Armour Houston recap 43:00 - BREAKING: DeMarco is staying at Oklahoma 55:00 - Kevin Sperry on the move for his senior season 1:03:00 - Hoops … GROSS! DISAPPOINTING! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spring sports is at it's height with Football, recruiting, basketball, softball and baseball and the Unofficial 40 has a lot to cover. We got to see Drake Stoops and others run their unofficial 40s at OU's Pro Day. What were our impressions? The board of regents met on Tuesday and there was salary news for Zac Alley. What does his salary say about his place in the defensive coaching pecking order? Also a big raise for offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh. We wrap up the Under Armour camp from over the weekend and talk about how many recruits are setting up official visits. It gives us a peak into what weekends the staff is setting up for big recruiting weekends. OU heads into the Big 12 tournament down some important bodies and the women put up a dud in the Big 12 Tourney. Little softball talk with Bob and baseball talk with Eddie. And we even had an appearance from Josh's oldest daughter and we planned her birthday party this summer. The full rundown follows below: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Special guest Lanie McCuistion 9:00 - Sooners Pro Day wrap-up 17:00 - Board of Regents recap; Coaches salaries 45:00 - The Boneman joins the program; OU softball is BACK; OU baseball we’ll see 60:00 - Hoops heads into postseason 1:15:00 - Recruiting visits being scheduled; Under Armour wrap-up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices