West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast

Lee has some sobering observations about the OU football team in the opening take. Then Grant joins to try and figure out what we saw in Manhattan Saturday.

3:45 Grant is tired of these close games

5:20 Mike Stoops said it seemed like trying to stop Kansas State was like trying to stop a Wing-T offense. Lee is alarmed that OU was not prepared to stop K-State’s 1-dimensional offense

8:20 it looked like OU’s defense was reacting to Kansas State’s offense as opposed to utilizing an aggressive approach. The Sooners looked completely different after halftime.

10:00 Grant provides his take on what he saw from the defense in the first half

12:15 talking about Wildcat adult entertainment

14:10 KSU’s ability to stay away from long yardage situations always created doubt in the minds of OU’s defenders

15:35 Grant’s solution to stopping K-State’s offense

16:45 Mother Nature was the real MVP Saturday

17:25 Watching Alex Delton throw was difficult — yet he was successful. K-State always seems to produce effective QBs who can’t really throw.

19:55 Defensive positives? Yes we have them!

21:50 Grant makes the argument that this Sooners team looks a lot like last year’s version — and that could be a good thing.

23:05 Lee was right there for Jordan Thomas’s first interception of the season

23:45 The offense played really well and Mayfield was fantastic yet again.

25:30 What was up with all the stoppages in play? That was ridiculous.

26:25 Grant never wants to the Wildcat formation again.

27:00 discussing those bizarre sequences when Mayfield was not in the game and OU ran the Wildcat. Is Mayfield healthy?

28:15 Lincoln Riley’s comments after the game in regards to Mayfield and running the Wildcat

32:45 K-State left Mayfield completely uncovered during a couple of Wildcat formations. Why not throw it to him?

33:40 Grant is fed up with your Wildcat excuses.

34:10 if something was wrong with Mayfield, why were they running him for touchdowns in the 2nd half?

35:00 Grant is disappointed that Mayfield’s interception had to be included on the stat sheet

35:40 this was a Rodney Anderson game

39:35 that was Marquise Brown’s best game as a Sooner

40:40 Austin Seibert — GREAT JOB AGAIN

42:40 discussing that weird flea flicker penalty for intentional grounding

43:20 Grant puts a bow on where the Sooners offense is right now

46:10 the schedule gets tougher for OU — and that’s a bummer

48:35 OU knows it has to win out in order to reach the Playoff, which I guess is a positive because the Sooners were successful in a similar situation last season.

In the opening take, Grant explains that Saturday's game in Manhattan could tell us once and for all if OU is a legitimate Playoff team -- or not. Then Lee joins to find out if the Sooners will stop this crap where they let teams back in games? Should we be worried about Alex Delton, and what's the most intriguing game in college football this week? Plus the guys update their Top 10!

2:45 17 years ago Tim Duncan kicked the eventual game winning FG against Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship Game

4:00 the weather is not looking great for Saturday’s game in Manhattan

5:50 Hey maybe OU can stop this whole thing where they start fast and then let teams get back into the game

9:20 does Abdul Adams play this week?

10:40 Discussing Marcelias Sutton’s role right now within the running back group

12:30 is Kansas State’s defense good?

17:20 How should OU attack the K-State defense in this game?

21:00 Who is Alex Delton and should OU’s defense be worried about him?

23:45 Look for K-State to try and mirror what Texas did against OU last week.

26:45 Delton has looked uncomfortable when blitzed and that even affects his running abilities

27:35 Grant explains his biggest fear for Saturday’s game

28:30 Don’t we all kind of think there’s a legitimate chance the Sooners defense will not be prepared?

29:30 Lee thinks the defensive game plan should be similar to the Texas game, but he’s worried that the guys will overlook KSU’s 1-dimensional offense

30:45 looking back at the 2015 game at Kansas State

32:05 Grant predicts what will happen Saturday

33:15 Lee gives his game prediction and score

35:30 Iowa State plays at Texas Tech on Saturday and this game is fascinating

39:10 Baylor hosts West Virginia and Grant doesn’t think the line looks right

40:40 the guys unveil their Top 10 rankings for Week 8

53:50 the guys make their Week 8 picks

Oklahoma State-Texas

Syracuse-Miami

UCF-Navy

Michigan-Penn State

USC-Notre Dame

In the opening take, Grant explains that Saturday's game in Manhattan could tell us once and for all if OU is a legitimate Playoff team -- or not. Then Lee joins to find out if the Sooners will stop this crap where they let teams back in games? Should we be worried about Alex Delton, and what's the most intriguing game in college football this week? Plus the guys update their Top 10!

2:45 17 years ago Tim Duncan kicked the eventual game winning FG against Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship Game

4:00 the weather is not looking great for Saturday’s game in Manhattan

5:50 Hey maybe OU can stop this whole thing where they start fast and then let teams get back into the game

9:20 does Abdul Adams play this week?

10:40 Discussing Marcelias Sutton’s role right now within the running back group

12:30 is Kansas State’s defense good?

17:20 How should OU attack the K-State defense in this game?

21:00 Who is Alex Delton and should OU’s defense be worried about him?

23:45 Look for K-State to try and mirror what Texas did against OU last week.

26:45 Delton has looked uncomfortable when blitzed and that even affects his running abilities

27:35 Grant explains his biggest fear for Saturday’s game

28:30 Don’t we all kind of think there’s a legitimate chance the Sooners defense will not be prepared?

29:30 Lee thinks the defensive game plan should be similar to the Texas game, but he’s worried that the guys will overlook KSU’s 1-dimensional offense

30:45 looking back at the 2015 game at Kansas State

32:05 Grant predicts what will happen Saturday

33:15 Lee gives his game prediction and score

35:30 Iowa State plays at Texas Tech on Saturday and this game is fascinating

39:10 Baylor hosts West Virginia and Grant doesn’t think the line looks right

40:40 the guys unveil their Top 10 rankings for Week 8

53:50 the guys make their Week 8 picks

Oklahoma State-Texas

Syracuse-Miami

UCF-Navy

Michigan-Penn State

USC-Notre Dame

In the opening take, Grant explains that Saturday's game in Manhattan could tell us once and for all if OU is a legitimate Playoff team -- or not. Then Lee joins to find out if the Sooners will stop this crap where they let teams back in games? Should we be worried about Alex Delton, and what's the most intriguing game in college football this week? Plus the guys update their Top 10!

2:45 17 years ago Tim Duncan kicked the eventual game winning FG against Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship Game

4:00 the weather is not looking great for Saturday’s game in Manhattan

5:50 Hey maybe OU can stop this whole thing where they start fast and then let teams get back into the game

9:20 does Abdul Adams play this week?

10:40 Discussing Marcelias Sutton’s role right now within the running back group

12:30 is Kansas State’s defense good?

17:20 How should OU attack the K-State defense in this game?

21:00 Who is Alex Delton and should OU’s defense be worried about him?

23:45 Look for K-State to try and mirror what Texas did against OU last week.

26:45 Delton has looked uncomfortable when blitzed and that even affects his running abilities

27:35 Grant explains his biggest fear for Saturday’s game

28:30 Don’t we all kind of think there’s a legitimate chance the Sooners defense will not be prepared?

29:30 Lee thinks the defensive game plan should be similar to the Texas game, but he’s worried that the guys will overlook KSU’s 1-dimensional offense

30:45 looking back at the 2015 game at Kansas State

32:05 Grant predicts what will happen Saturday

33:15 Lee gives his game prediction and score

35:30 Iowa State plays at Texas Tech on Saturday and this game is fascinating

39:10 Baylor hosts West Virginia and Grant doesn’t think the line looks right

40:40 the guys unveil their Top 10 rankings for Week 8

53:50 the guys make their Week 8 picks

Oklahoma State-Texas

Syracuse-Miami

UCF-Navy

Michigan-Penn State

USC-Notre Dame

In the opening take, Grant explains that Saturday's game in Manhattan could tell us once and for all if OU is a legitimate Playoff team -- or not. Then Lee joins to find out if the Sooners will stop this crap where they let teams back in games? Should we be worried about Alex Delton, and what's the most intriguing game in college football this week? Plus the guys update their Top 10!

2:45 17 years ago Tim Duncan kicked the eventual game winning FG against Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship Game

4:00 the weather is not looking great for Saturday’s game in Manhattan

5:50 Hey maybe OU can stop this whole thing where they start fast and then let teams get back into the game

9:20 does Abdul Adams play this week?

10:40 Discussing Marcelias Sutton’s role right now within the running back group

12:30 is Kansas State’s defense good?

17:20 How should OU attack the K-State defense in this game?

21:00 Who is Alex Delton and should OU’s defense be worried about him?

23:45 Look for K-State to try and mirror what Texas did against OU last week.

26:45 Delton has looked uncomfortable when blitzed and that even affects his running abilities

27:35 Grant explains his biggest fear for Saturday’s game

28:30 Don’t we all kind of think there’s a legitimate chance the Sooners defense will not be prepared?

29:30 Lee thinks the defensive game plan should be similar to the Texas game, but he’s worried that the guys will overlook KSU’s 1-dimensional offense

30:45 looking back at the 2015 game at Kansas State

32:05 Grant predicts what will happen Saturday

33:15 Lee gives his game prediction and score

35:30 Iowa State plays at Texas Tech on Saturday and this game is fascinating

39:10 Baylor hosts West Virginia and Grant doesn’t think the line looks right

40:40 the guys unveil their Top 10 rankings for Week 8

53:50 the guys make their Week 8 picks

Oklahoma State-Texas

Syracuse-Miami

UCF-Navy

Michigan-Penn State

USC-Notre Dame

Lee thanks the Sooners for their season-saving win over Texas in his opening take. Then Grant joins in to praise the OU defense. We try not to critique the officiating too much -- and then we talk about the refs for, like, 15 minutes. Plus, Sooners' fans are absolutely spoiled by Baker Mayfield.

4:30 Grant says the OU defense played fantastic against Texas

6:00 The Sooners allowed just 55 yards on the first 5 Texas possessions

7:00 OU addressed issues from Iowa State

7:45 The Sooners were in man coverage basically the entire game, but Lee highlights a play where OU caused havoc by simply rushing 3 and dropping 8 into coverage.

9:40 Why don’t we see OU’s defense attack and play this aggressively all time?

12:50 well, we get into the officiating of the game and Lee decides to start with a play the refs got correct — before pointing out more plays they got it wrong

15:20 The Du’Vonta Lampkin late hit penalty was outrageous.

16:25 That Lampkin penalty caused nightmarish flashbacks to the 2008 OU-Texas game

18:05 instead of moving on, Grant has to highlight the 3 separate penalties (that were not called) on the Ehlinger TD run in the 4th qtr

19:20 An expert on OU football says it was the worst officiating in 50 years of OU-TX

20:10 Grant points out how well the Sooners defensive line performed, specifically Obo

22:25 Why did OU’s defense start to give up yards in the final 2ish quarters of the game?

23:30 Grant sums up Texas’ offense on Saturday and it’s simple

24:00 Parnell Motley was tested more than usual in this game and Motley performed well for the most part

26:50 we discuss one of most unusual screen passes we’ve ever seen

29:15 Grant thinks Ehlinger is the perfect fit for Tom Herman

29:55 It’s worth pointing out that the much maligned Sooners defense got a stop when they needed it in a game OU absolutely needed to win

31:20 OU’s offense was awesome at first. Trey Sermon won’t go down and Rodney Anderson was mixed in well.

32:00 Austin Seibert — GOOD JOB

33:15 Grant thought the offense followed a similar script as the Iowa State game

34:00 Lincoln Riley is going through some growing pains as a head coach

36:50 Lee wants to see the Sooners try more down field shots

38:20 Marquise Brown is an explosive player

39:20 we are spoiled by Baker Mayfield and he played great again vs.Texas

41:05 give it up for the Sooners’ offensive line

42:25 Breaking down Rodney Anderson’s TD run

44:00 The offense is going to miss Abdul Adams for as long as he’s out

45:25 Mayfield threw an interception and you just have to tip your cap to the Texas DB. However, Mayfield should have thrown another INT later and he got lucky.

48:45 OU gained more yards against Texas than any other team this year

50:25 that was an incredibly physical version of OU-TX

51:20 Grant thinks Texas is close to being a National Championship contender. This rivalry is “back”.

Lee thanks the Sooners for their season-saving win over Texas in his opening take. Then Grant joins in to praise the OU defense. We try not to critique the officiating too much -- and then we talk about the refs for, like, 15 minutes. Plus, Sooners' fans are absolutely spoiled by Baker Mayfield.

4:30 Grant says the OU defense played fantastic against Texas

6:00 The Sooners allowed just 55 yards on the first 5 Texas possessions

7:00 OU addressed issues from Iowa State

7:45 The Sooners were in man coverage basically the entire game, but Lee highlights a play where OU caused havoc by simply rushing 3 and dropping 8 into coverage.

9:40 Why don’t we see OU’s defense attack and play this aggressively all time?

12:50 well, we get into the officiating of the game and Lee decides to start with a play the refs got correct — before pointing out more plays they got it wrong

15:20 The Du’Vonta Lampkin late hit penalty was outrageous.

16:25 That Lampkin penalty caused nightmarish flashbacks to the 2008 OU-Texas game

18:05 instead of moving on, Grant has to highlight the 3 separate penalties (that were not called) on the Ehlinger TD run in the 4th qtr

19:20 An expert on OU football says it was the worst officiating in 50 years of OU-TX

20:10 Grant points out how well the Sooners defensive line performed, specifically Obo

22:25 Why did OU’s defense start to give up yards in the final 2ish quarters of the game?

23:30 Grant sums up Texas’ offense on Saturday and it’s simple

24:00 Parnell Motley was tested more than usual in this game and Motley performed well for the most part

26:50 we discuss one of most unusual screen passes we’ve ever seen

29:15 Grant thinks Ehlinger is the perfect fit for Tom Herman

29:55 It’s worth pointing out that the much maligned Sooners defense got a stop when they needed it in a game OU absolutely needed to win

31:20 OU’s offense was awesome at first. Trey Sermon won’t go down and Rodney Anderson was mixed in well.

32:00 Austin Seibert — GOOD JOB

33:15 Grant thought the offense followed a similar script as the Iowa State game

34:00 Lincoln Riley is going through some growing pains as a head coach

36:50 Lee wants to see the Sooners try more down field shots

38:20 Marquise Brown is an explosive player

39:20 we are spoiled by Baker Mayfield and he played great again vs.Texas

41:05 give it up for the Sooners’ offensive line

42:25 Breaking down Rodney Anderson’s TD run

44:00 The offense is going to miss Abdul Adams for as long as he’s out

45:25 Mayfield threw an interception and you just have to tip your cap to the Texas DB. However, Mayfield should have thrown another INT later and he got lucky.

48:45 OU gained more yards against Texas than any other team this year

50:25 that was an incredibly physical version of OU-TX

51:20 Grant thinks Texas is close to being a National Championship contender. This rivalry is “back”.

Lee thanks the Sooners for their season-saving win over Texas in his opening take. Then Grant joins in to praise the OU defense. We try not to critique the officiating too much -- and then we talk about the refs for, like, 15 minutes. Plus, Sooners' fans are absolutely spoiled by Baker Mayfield.

4:30 Grant says the OU defense played fantastic against Texas

6:00 The Sooners allowed just 55 yards on the first 5 Texas possessions

7:00 OU addressed issues from Iowa State

7:45 The Sooners were in man coverage basically the entire game, but Lee highlights a play where OU caused havoc by simply rushing 3 and dropping 8 into coverage.

9:40 Why don’t we see OU’s defense attack and play this aggressively all time?

12:50 well, we get into the officiating of the game and Lee decides to start with a play the refs got correct — before pointing out more plays they got it wrong

15:20 The Du’Vonta Lampkin late hit penalty was outrageous.

16:25 That Lampkin penalty caused nightmarish flashbacks to the 2008 OU-Texas game

18:05 instead of moving on, Grant has to highlight the 3 separate penalties (that were not called) on the Ehlinger TD run in the 4th qtr

19:20 An expert on OU football says it was the worst officiating in 50 years of OU-TX

20:10 Grant points out how well the Sooners defensive line performed, specifically Obo

22:25 Why did OU’s defense start to give up yards in the final 2ish quarters of the game?

23:30 Grant sums up Texas’ offense on Saturday and it’s simple

24:00 Parnell Motley was tested more than usual in this game and Motley performed well for the most part

26:50 we discuss one of most unusual screen passes we’ve ever seen

29:15 Grant thinks Ehlinger is the perfect fit for Tom Herman

29:55 It’s worth pointing out that the much maligned Sooners defense got a stop when they needed it in a game OU absolutely needed to win

31:20 OU’s offense was awesome at first. Trey Sermon won’t go down and Rodney Anderson was mixed in well.

32:00 Austin Seibert — GOOD JOB

33:15 Grant thought the offense followed a similar script as the Iowa State game

34:00 Lincoln Riley is going through some growing pains as a head coach

36:50 Lee wants to see the Sooners try more down field shots

38:20 Marquise Brown is an explosive player

39:20 we are spoiled by Baker Mayfield and he played great again vs.Texas

41:05 give it up for the Sooners’ offensive line

42:25 Breaking down Rodney Anderson’s TD run

44:00 The offense is going to miss Abdul Adams for as long as he’s out

45:25 Mayfield threw an interception and you just have to tip your cap to the Texas DB. However, Mayfield should have thrown another INT later and he got lucky.

48:45 OU gained more yards against Texas than any other team this year

50:25 that was an incredibly physical version of OU-TX

51:20 Grant thinks Texas is close to being a National Championship contender. This rivalry is “back”.

Lee thanks the Sooners for their season-saving win over Texas in his opening take. Then Grant joins in to praise the OU defense. We try not to critique the officiating too much -- and then we talk about the refs for, like, 15 minutes. Plus, Sooners' fans are absolutely spoiled by Baker Mayfield.

4:30 Grant says the OU defense played fantastic against Texas

6:00 The Sooners allowed just 55 yards on the first 5 Texas possessions

7:00 OU addressed issues from Iowa State

7:45 The Sooners were in man coverage basically the entire game, but Lee highlights a play where OU caused havoc by simply rushing 3 and dropping 8 into coverage.

9:40 Why don’t we see OU’s defense attack and play this aggressively all time?

12:50 well, we get into the officiating of the game and Lee decides to start with a play the refs got correct — before pointing out more plays they got it wrong

15:20 The Du’Vonta Lampkin late hit penalty was outrageous.

16:25 That Lampkin penalty caused nightmarish flashbacks to the 2008 OU-Texas game

18:05 instead of moving on, Grant has to highlight the 3 separate penalties (that were not called) on the Ehlinger TD run in the 4th qtr

19:20 An expert on OU football says it was the worst officiating in 50 years of OU-TX

20:10 Grant points out how well the Sooners defensive line performed, specifically Obo

22:25 Why did OU’s defense start to give up yards in the final 2ish quarters of the game?

23:30 Grant sums up Texas’ offense on Saturday and it’s simple

24:00 Parnell Motley was tested more than usual in this game and Motley performed well for the most part

26:50 we discuss one of most unusual screen passes we’ve ever seen

29:15 Grant thinks Ehlinger is the perfect fit for Tom Herman

29:55 It’s worth pointing out that the much maligned Sooners defense got a stop when they needed it in a game OU absolutely needed to win

31:20 OU’s offense was awesome at first. Trey Sermon won’t go down and Rodney Anderson was mixed in well.

32:00 Austin Seibert — GOOD JOB

33:15 Grant thought the offense followed a similar script as the Iowa State game

34:00 Lincoln Riley is going through some growing pains as a head coach

36:50 Lee wants to see the Sooners try more down field shots

38:20 Marquise Brown is an explosive player

39:20 we are spoiled by Baker Mayfield and he played great again vs.Texas

41:05 give it up for the Sooners’ offensive line

42:25 Breaking down Rodney Anderson’s TD run

44:00 The offense is going to miss Abdul Adams for as long as he’s out

45:25 Mayfield threw an interception and you just have to tip your cap to the Texas DB. However, Mayfield should have thrown another INT later and he got lucky.

48:45 OU gained more yards against Texas than any other team this year

50:25 that was an incredibly physical version of OU-TX

51:20 Grant thinks Texas is close to being a National Championship contender. This rivalry is “back”.

Grant relives his history with the OU-Texas game, then Lee joins in to take a victory lap because he was 100 percent correct about Jordan Thomas's play against Iowa State. After that the guys say which injured player they hope plays for OU, discuss what will happen on Saturday, and finally unveil the updated Top 10 plus Week 7 picks.

6:30 Grant explains in detail why he absolutely loves the DeMarco Murray long TD run against Texas in 2007

8:40 why OU-Texas is so unique and one of a kind

10:10 Lincoln Riley says no defensive coaching changes are on the table

11:00 On Monday, Riley confirmed pretty much everything Lee said about Jordan Thomas last week. So Lee takes a victory lap.

15:00 injury updates with the help of CeeDee Lamb on Twitter

17:35 Lee looks back on how the Texas defense attacked OU’s offense in last year’s game

22:55 Grant has an incredibly offensive way at describing how he felt about the Sooners offense last year against Texas

24:30 If you could pick one injured Sooner to be 100 percent healthy and active this weekend, who would it be?

31:10 The Horns defense is susceptible to big plays

33:15 Lee’s worried that the Texas defensive pressure could lead to OU making stupid mistakes

34:05 Grant goes over what the Texas defense looked like on tape last week against Kansas State

37:20 Grant talks about how much the Texas offense has improved since the USC game in Week 3

39:35 Grant randomly goes on about Kansas State’s defense for some reason.

40:30 will Texas just try and throw the ball all around the yard and pick on JT this Saturday?

42:50 There’s reason for hope in regards to OU’s defense by looking back at the Ohio State game

44:20 What do you *want* to see happen in OU-Texas?

47:40 What *will* happen Saturday?

50:20 Lee is deeply sorry for not providing a score prediction. This game is impossible to predict given the circumstances.

50:40 Grant points out how weird it is that OU played so well against Ohio State and then so poorly against Iowa State

51:40 the guys each countdown their latest Top 10 rankings

52:20 Grant welcomes Washington State and Wisconsin into his Top 10

53:50 Lee continues to rank OU in his Top 10 and we discuss what would happen if the Sooners played Wisconsin

56:10 Grant bumps Miami up to No. 8 in his poll this week

57:20 Lee moves TCU up to No. 7 and he’s still not sold on the Frogs

58:05 Lee clarifies what he means by Penn State being a “fraud”

1:01:10 Washington is taking care of business despite playing a soft schedule

1:02:20 we both have Georgia at No. 4 and Grant is concerned about the ‘Dogs one dimensional offense

1:03:00 Grant is beginning to hedge his bet on Penn State being a fraud

1:04:25 Lee bumps Ohio State up to No. 3

1:05:25 Grant still says “Pump the brakes” on Clemson’s offense

1:07:30 Week 7 Picks

Texas Tech-West Virginia

Auburn-LSU

Georgia Tech-Miami

Utah-USC

Oregon-Stanford

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