West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast

In the opening take, Lee highlights 5 separate plays that soured what turned out to be a pretty good OU defensive performance. Then Grant joins to react to that ugly Sooners loss at Baylor. Does OU have a problem playing well when they have more than one week to prepare? Does Lincoln Riley have a problem making in game adjustments (3:45)? Do we all need to pump the brakes on Caleb Williams (13:30)? More talk about the OU defense. Lee keeps trying to figure out if OU ever is supposed to have a guy set the edge (16:30)? Grant says Gerry Bohanon was awful on Saturday and Lee points out a play that OU could have had an easy INT, but instead Baylor picked up a first down (21:40). Grant makes sure to point out again that OU's defense played well enough to win and the offense did not hold up its end of the bargain. Brian Asamoah had maybe the best game of his career (29:30). Grant is fired up about the decision to take Caleb Williams out of the game and insert Spencer Rattler. Lee tries to get into Riley's head. That's got to be it for Rattler at OU, right (34:00)? Grant wanted OU's offense to space it out more against that Baylor defense (44:30). Over to "3 Word Reviews" where we talk about the end of the game. Grant is not happy with Lincoln Riley's postgame comments. This is a fired up Grant podcast (48:15). More "3 Word Reviews" lead to discussions about OU losing a game super late in the season for the first time in a long time. What's going on inside that locker room? Lee says this team looks to have an entitlement problem (52:15). Iowa State's been giving up a lot of points lately, but you know the Cyclones are going to be prepared to play OU(58:50). Why is tackling such a problem? Even if OU figured it out, they're not winning the National Championship this year anyway right (1:01:45)? More grab bag thoughts on OU-Baylor (1:08:15). We look big picture and Grant asks if Riley makes any kind of coaching move/change in the offseason (1:11:30)? Finally we talk about Texas losing to Kansas. This leads to a stupid debate about Texas and whether you should invest much time in caring about what they do (1:18:00). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant very much hates the weekly reveal of the College Football Playoff rankings. Then Lee joins to provide his thoughts on the latest CFP rankings and what a surprise the guys find themselves at a disagreement about something (4:30). Lee has been told that Woodi Washington is expected to be available to play Saturday against Baylor. Lee is very happy to have been wrong about the timetable for Washington's return (19:30). Will Washington be a full go? What does OU do with Key Lawrence with Washington coming back? Lee has a "dream scenario" and Grant has a more realistic scenario (23:35). What do we make of Billy Bowman playing safety at practice (34:00)? OU is at Baylor Saturday. We begin by breaking down the Sooners' offense against the Bears' defense (36:05). Can Chandler Morris' performance last week against Baylor tell us anything about what to expect from OU's offense (45:25)? Flipping the script over to OU's defense against Baylor's offense (51:05). Both the guys are feeling pretty good about OU's chances Saturday. Lee says history favors the Sooners (58:25). We do rapid fire picks on Michigan-Penn State/Purdue-Ohio State/Iowa-Minnesota/Texas A&M-Ole Miss/NC State-Wake Forest (1:02:45). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant very much hates the weekly reveal of the College Football Playoff rankings. Then Lee joins to provide his thoughts on the latest CFP rankings and what a surprise the guys find themselves at a disagreement about something (4:30). Lee has been told that Woodi Washington is expected to be available to play Saturday against Baylor. Lee is very happy to have been wrong about the timetable for Washington's return (19:30). Will Washington be a full go? What does OU do with Key Lawrence with Washington coming back? Lee has a "dream scenario" and Grant has a more realistic scenario (23:35). What do we make of Billy Bowman playing safety at practice (34:00)? OU is at Baylor Saturday. We begin by breaking down the Sooners' offense against the Bears' defense (36:05). Can Chandler Morris' performance last week against Baylor tell us anything about what to expect from OU's offense (45:25)? Flipping the script over to OU's defense against Baylor's offense (51:05). Both the guys are feeling pretty good about OU's chances Saturday. Lee says history favors the Sooners (58:25). We do rapid fire picks on Michigan-Penn State/Purdue-Ohio State/Iowa-Minnesota/Texas A&M-Ole Miss/NC State-Wake Forest (1:02:45). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant very much hates the weekly reveal of the College Football Playoff rankings. Then Lee joins to provide his thoughts on the latest CFP rankings and what a surprise the guys find themselves at a disagreement about something (4:30). Lee has been told that Woodi Washington is expected to be available to play Saturday against Baylor. Lee is very happy to have been wrong about the timetable for Washington's return (19:30). Will Washington be a full go? What does OU do with Key Lawrence with Washington coming back? Lee has a "dream scenario" and Grant has a more realistic scenario (23:35). What do we make of Billy Bowman playing safety at practice (34:00)? OU is at Baylor Saturday. We begin by breaking down the Sooners' offense against the Bears' defense (36:05). Can Chandler Morris' performance last week against Baylor tell us anything about what to expect from OU's offense (45:25)? Flipping the script over to OU's defense against Baylor's offense (51:05). Both the guys are feeling pretty good about OU's chances Saturday. Lee says history favors the Sooners (58:25). We do rapid fire picks on Michigan-Penn State/Purdue-Ohio State/Iowa-Minnesota/Texas A&M-Ole Miss/NC State-Wake Forest (1:02:45). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee is trying desperately to figure out what is going on with Billy Bowman. Then Grant joins the show and is immediately offended by something Lee said. OU is No. 8 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, the guys provide their reactions to seeing the Sooners so low. Alabama being at No. 2 drives Grant crazy (6:55). With OU being at No. 8, does that mean the Sooners will have to go undefeated to make the Playoff? Yes OU still controls its own destiny, but Lee got a Tweet from a listener that presented an interesting end of season scenario that may exclude the Sooners from the Playoff (17:30). Grant says a fun hypothetical is the idea of Georgia, Michigan State, OU, Wake Forest, and Cincinnati all winning out. Lee runs down all 7 teams ahead of OU and says whether they control their own destiny, or not (25:55). Final thoughts on the CFP rankings as Grant complains about the committee ranking certain teams in order to prop up other teams moving forward (34:05). We transition to get Grant's thoughts on Lee's opening take about Billy Bowman and figuring out OU's best 5 players in the secondary (36:30). A listener question leads the guys to discuss Key Lawrence's role if/when Woodi Washington comes back (44:30). Lee reached out to a person who knows more about football than anybody on this podcast to find out how difficult it really is to move from safety to corner. There's also some insight into what OU's defense is trying to accomplish under Alex Grinch (49:50). Lee took a lot of notes on Caleb Williams' play against Texas Tech. We look back at a few of his best plays/throws and explain why they were so impressive for a freshman. His style of play is a mixture of Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray's best attributes (58:45). Yes the defense played much better vs. Texas Tech, but Lee saw a healthy amount of things during the rewatch that should concern us moving forward (1:11:15). Will the OU-Baylor game kickoff at night, or will it be a 11:00 am kick (1:17:00)? Over to some Facebook comments. Will be ranked No. 8 light a fire under OU? And this is not the podcast for hilarious Texas stripper girlfriend monkey takes (1:19:00). We're actually not mad that OU has a bye week. Unfortunately we forgot to make formal picks for the week, but Grant goes down the list of some of the interesting games coming up in Week 10 (1:27:20). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee is trying desperately to figure out what is going on with Billy Bowman. Then Grant joins the show and is immediately offended by something Lee said. OU is No. 8 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, the guys provide their reactions to seeing the Sooners so low. Alabama being at No. 2 drives Grant crazy (6:55). With OU being at No. 8, does that mean the Sooners will have to go undefeated to make the Playoff? Yes OU still controls its own destiny, but Lee got a Tweet from a listener that presented an interesting end of season scenario that may exclude the Sooners from the Playoff (17:30). Grant says a fun hypothetical is the idea of Georgia, Michigan State, OU, Wake Forest, and Cincinnati all winning out. Lee runs down all 7 teams ahead of OU and says whether they control their own destiny, or not (25:55). Final thoughts on the CFP rankings as Grant complains about the committee ranking certain teams in order to prop up other teams moving forward (34:05). We transition to get Grant's thoughts on Lee's opening take about Billy Bowman and figuring out OU's best 5 players in the secondary (36:30). A listener question leads the guys to discuss Key Lawrence's role if/when Woodi Washington comes back (44:30). Lee reached out to a person who knows more about football than anybody on this podcast to find out how difficult it really is to move from safety to corner. There's also some insight into what OU's defense is trying to accomplish under Alex Grinch (49:50). Lee took a lot of notes on Caleb Williams' play against Texas Tech. We look back at a few of his best plays/throws and explain why they were so impressive for a freshman. His style of play is a mixture of Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray's best attributes (58:45). Yes the defense played much better vs. Texas Tech, but Lee saw a healthy amount of things during the rewatch that should concern us moving forward (1:11:15). Will the OU-Baylor game kickoff at night, or will it be a 11:00 am kick (1:17:00)? Over to some Facebook comments. Will be ranked No. 8 light a fire under OU? And this is not the podcast for hilarious Texas stripper girlfriend monkey takes (1:19:00). We're actually not mad that OU has a bye week. Unfortunately we forgot to make formal picks for the week, but Grant goes down the list of some of the interesting games coming up in Week 10 (1:27:20). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee is trying desperately to figure out what is going on with Billy Bowman. Then Grant joins the show and is immediately offended by something Lee said. OU is No. 8 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, the guys provide their reactions to seeing the Sooners so low. Alabama being at No. 2 drives Grant crazy (6:55). With OU being at No. 8, does that mean the Sooners will have to go undefeated to make the Playoff? Yes OU still controls its own destiny, but Lee got a Tweet from a listener that presented an interesting end of season scenario that may exclude the Sooners from the Playoff (17:30). Grant says a fun hypothetical is the idea of Georgia, Michigan State, OU, Wake Forest, and Cincinnati all winning out. Lee runs down all 7 teams ahead of OU and says whether they control their own destiny, or not (25:55). Final thoughts on the CFP rankings as Grant complains about the committee ranking certain teams in order to prop up other teams moving forward (34:05). We transition to get Grant's thoughts on Lee's opening take about Billy Bowman and figuring out OU's best 5 players in the secondary (36:30). A listener question leads the guys to discuss Key Lawrence's role if/when Woodi Washington comes back (44:30). Lee reached out to a person who knows more about football than anybody on this podcast to find out how difficult it really is to move from safety to corner. There's also some insight into what OU's defense is trying to accomplish under Alex Grinch (49:50). Lee took a lot of notes on Caleb Williams' play against Texas Tech. We look back at a few of his best plays/throws and explain why they were so impressive for a freshman. His style of play is a mixture of Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray's best attributes (58:45). Yes the defense played much better vs. Texas Tech, but Lee saw a healthy amount of things during the rewatch that should concern us moving forward (1:11:15). Will the OU-Baylor game kickoff at night, or will it be a 11:00 am kick (1:17:00)? Over to some Facebook comments. Will be ranked No. 8 light a fire under OU? And this is not the podcast for hilarious Texas stripper girlfriend monkey takes (1:19:00). We're actually not mad that OU has a bye week. Unfortunately we forgot to make formal picks for the week, but Grant goes down the list of some of the interesting games coming up in Week 10 (1:27:20). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

No opening take today. We start by giving some love to Drake Stoops and then the rest of the OU receivers. Grant says the offensive gameplan against Texas Tech is what OU is going to have to do to win a Playoff Game. Grant wants to move on from Kansas, but Lee is not ready to just forget it totally. Lee's got a rant about why that Kansas game is still something to remember moving forward (9:20). Key Lawrence moving to corner looked to make a huge difference. DJ Graham returning also helped OU's defense. Just how important are cornerbacks in this defensive scheme (14:10)? Texas Tech's first two TDs were preventable. When Lincoln Riley says they're "close" -- this actually does look like OU is "close" to being much better. Isaiah Thomas had a nice game and OU was able to get more TFLs than they have recently (25:00). We go to "3 Word Reviews" that lead us to talking about Billy Bowman losing his Nickel job to Justin Broiles, Spencer Rattler taking a deep shot and experiencing a really cool moment, the first Playoff rankings come out this week and we tell you why you shouldn't care, finally an enjoyable OU football game, more Key Lawrence love, and a Marcus Major sighting (29:30). OU's on a 17 game winning streak. OU played 9 straight games and thank God the schedule has been easy. And Lee gives Grant credit for being the only person who correctly predicted Iowa State's season and Grant's picks on the podcast went 5-0 last week (52:30). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

No opening take today. We start by giving some love to Drake Stoops and then the rest of the OU receivers. Grant says the offensive gameplan against Texas Tech is what OU is going to have to do to win a Playoff Game. Grant wants to move on from Kansas, but Lee is not ready to just forget it totally. Lee's got a rant about why that Kansas game is still something to remember moving forward (9:20). Key Lawrence moving to corner looked to make a huge difference. DJ Graham returning also helped OU's defense. Just how important are cornerbacks in this defensive scheme (14:10)? Texas Tech's first two TDs were preventable. When Lincoln Riley says they're "close" -- this actually does look like OU is "close" to being much better. Isaiah Thomas had a nice game and OU was able to get more TFLs than they have recently (25:00). We go to "3 Word Reviews" that lead us to talking about Billy Bowman losing his Nickel job to Justin Broiles, Spencer Rattler taking a deep shot and experiencing a really cool moment, the first Playoff rankings come out this week and we tell you why you shouldn't care, finally an enjoyable OU football game, more Key Lawrence love, and a Marcus Major sighting (29:30). OU's on a 17 game winning streak. OU played 9 straight games and thank God the schedule has been easy. And Lee gives Grant credit for being the only person who correctly predicted Iowa State's season and Grant's picks on the podcast went 5-0 last week (52:30). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

No opening take today. We start by giving some love to Drake Stoops and then the rest of the OU receivers. Grant says the offensive gameplan against Texas Tech is what OU is going to have to do to win a Playoff Game. Grant wants to move on from Kansas, but Lee is not ready to just forget it totally. Lee's got a rant about why that Kansas game is still something to remember moving forward (9:20). Key Lawrence moving to corner looked to make a huge difference. DJ Graham returning also helped OU's defense. Just how important are cornerbacks in this defensive scheme (14:10)? Texas Tech's first two TDs were preventable. When Lincoln Riley says they're "close" -- this actually does look like OU is "close" to being much better. Isaiah Thomas had a nice game and OU was able to get more TFLs than they have recently (25:00). We go to "3 Word Reviews" that lead us to talking about Billy Bowman losing his Nickel job to Justin Broiles, Spencer Rattler taking a deep shot and experiencing a really cool moment, the first Playoff rankings come out this week and we tell you why you shouldn't care, finally an enjoyable OU football game, more Key Lawrence love, and a Marcus Major sighting (29:30). OU's on a 17 game winning streak. OU played 9 straight games and thank God the schedule has been easy. And Lee gives Grant credit for being the only person who correctly predicted Iowa State's season and Grant's picks on the podcast went 5-0 last week (52:30). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9