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

38:00 - Recruiting 

55:00 - Back around to the magnitude of the 2025 season

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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? 

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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:

29:00 - Brent Venables takeaways from ATL 

36:00 - Success this season WOULD lead to a better recruiting class in 2027. Duh. But thems the facts. 

54:45 - Daniel Odom shuts down recruitment 

1:00:00 - What’s left for the Sooners in 2026? 

1:12:00 - Georgie boy is a married man 

1:19:00 - CFB roundtable 

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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! 

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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 Ott? 

42:20 - In-state recruiting discussion

58:00 - Wrap-up CFB discussion

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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:

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 

52:00 - WR will be really interesting in 2026

58:00 - Is Jim Nagy college football’s Billy Beane? 

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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

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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 Trainer + Front office 

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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 going out from BV Camp Day 1

1:02:00 - Bowe Bentley official visit this weekend

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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; difference with front office running things? 

45:00 - Venables excitement about Cal transfer RB Jadyn Ott

52:00 - OKPreps Recruiting Round Up

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