West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast

In the opening take, Lee compares and contrasts the past two editions of the "Red River Showdown". Then Grant joins to talk about how impressed he was with OU's defense (5:25). OU's defense was incredibly prepared and it showed, plus Brendan Radley-Hiles played one of his better games as a Sooner (10:30). Instead of using a SAM backer rotating with a Nickel, Alex Grinch decided to use a lot of Dime with Jaden Davis (14:30). We hoped the safeties would play well -- and they did (16:35). Switching over to the linebackers, which means we're going to praise Kenneth Murray for a while (21:00). Did you know it's been 18 years since a Texas kicker missed a FG in this game? And Grant says Texas got every single break in that game (25:35). We finish up Kenneth Murray talk with one more amazing play (30:45). How good was the defensive line? Six sacks from that group and it sucks to be Samuel Cosmi today (32:00). Is that what best case scenario "Speed D" defense looks like? And then we point out some other individual plays on defense (36:40). Lee noticed something on special teams that we hope is something that continues (40:10) and we give our final thoughts on the defense (41:50). Over to the offense where we can't say enough positive things about CeeDee Lamb (42:40). So... that was a weird game for the offense, right? It looked like Lincoln Riley was protecting Jalen Hurts with the play calls (48:55). Trey Sermon didn't get a carry. It was all Kennedy Brooks with a little Stevenson and Pledger (54:30). Grant thinks OU should have ran the ball more (57:15). Adrian Ealy and Erik Swenson both started and played the entire game (1:00:45). Grant Calcaterra was in street clothes, and so was Robert Barnes (1:04:15). So, Georgia lost to South Carolina. Plus some other interesting results from the weekend (1:05:55). Finally, we read through your "3-word reviews" (1:13:05). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee compares and contrasts the past two editions of the "Red River Showdown". Then Grant joins to talk about how impressed he was with OU's defense (5:25). OU's defense was incredibly prepared and it showed, plus Brendan Radley-Hiles played one of his better games as a Sooner (10:30). Instead of using a SAM backer rotating with a Nickel, Alex Grinch decided to use a lot of Dime with Jaden Davis (14:30). We hoped the safeties would play well -- and they did (16:35). Switching over to the linebackers, which means we're going to praise Kenneth Murray for a while (21:00). Did you know it's been 18 years since a Texas kicker missed a FG in this game? And Grant says Texas got every single break in that game (25:35). We finish up Kenneth Murray talk with one more amazing play (30:45). How good was the defensive line? Six sacks from that group and it sucks to be Samuel Cosmi today (32:00). Is that what best case scenario "Speed D" defense looks like? And then we point out some other individual plays on defense (36:40). Lee noticed something on special teams that we hope is something that continues (40:10) and we give our final thoughts on the defense (41:50). Over to the offense where we can't say enough positive things about CeeDee Lamb (42:40). So... that was a weird game for the offense, right? It looked like Lincoln Riley was protecting Jalen Hurts with the play calls (48:55). Trey Sermon didn't get a carry. It was all Kennedy Brooks with a little Stevenson and Pledger (54:30). Grant thinks OU should have ran the ball more (57:15). Adrian Ealy and Erik Swenson both started and played the entire game (1:00:45). Grant Calcaterra was in street clothes, and so was Robert Barnes (1:04:15). So, Georgia lost to South Carolina. Plus some other interesting results from the weekend (1:05:55). Finally, we read through your "3-word reviews" (1:13:05). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee compares and contrasts the past two editions of the "Red River Showdown". Then Grant joins to talk about how impressed he was with OU's defense (5:25). OU's defense was incredibly prepared and it showed, plus Brendan Radley-Hiles played one of his better games as a Sooner (10:30). Instead of using a SAM backer rotating with a Nickel, Alex Grinch decided to use a lot of Dime with Jaden Davis (14:30). We hoped the safeties would play well -- and they did (16:35). Switching over to the linebackers, which means we're going to praise Kenneth Murray for a while (21:00). Did you know it's been 18 years since a Texas kicker missed a FG in this game? And Grant says Texas got every single break in that game (25:35). We finish up Kenneth Murray talk with one more amazing play (30:45). How good was the defensive line? Six sacks from that group and it sucks to be Samuel Cosmi today (32:00). Is that what best case scenario "Speed D" defense looks like? And then we point out some other individual plays on defense (36:40). Lee noticed something on special teams that we hope is something that continues (40:10) and we give our final thoughts on the defense (41:50). Over to the offense where we can't say enough positive things about CeeDee Lamb (42:40). So... that was a weird game for the offense, right? It looked like Lincoln Riley was protecting Jalen Hurts with the play calls (48:55). Trey Sermon didn't get a carry. It was all Kennedy Brooks with a little Stevenson and Pledger (54:30). Grant thinks OU should have ran the ball more (57:15). Adrian Ealy and Erik Swenson both started and played the entire game (1:00:45). Grant Calcaterra was in street clothes, and so was Robert Barnes (1:04:15). So, Georgia lost to South Carolina. Plus some other interesting results from the weekend (1:05:55). Finally, we read through your "3-word reviews" (1:13:05). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take (of part 2), Grant lays out how OU has fallen short of expectations way too many times in the Red River Rivalry. Then Lee joins to go over the injury situation in this game, beginning with Texas who's expected to have a decent amount of guys go Saturday (7:10). Grant gets a chance to comment on Adrian Ealy and Erik Swenson's health before Lee has some good news/bad news when it comes to this scenario (10:15). Texas has a good, efficient offense and it's all because Sam Ehlinger is having a career year (16:15). What scares us the most about Texas' offense (19:55)? Lee kind of rambles when it comes to Texas' weaknesses on offense. Luckily Grant has a little more details to this (26:00). Grant wants to talk about Samuel Cosmi talking trash about Gallimore and Perkins (29:00). The Horns have a really good offense... but it's not all that explosive. They make up for that by picking up a lot of 3rd downs. Grant has an idea for how OU can force some turnovers on 3rd down (31:15). Lee thinks he's identified some formations and instances where Texas may tip its hand a little bit (38:05). Grant does a nice job of laying out what could happen if OU plays mostly nickel vs Texas, and what happens if the Sooners decide to put David Ugwoegbu out there as a Sam backer from time to time (42:45). Which OU defensive player must have a good game in order for OU to win (46:05)? This is weird -- Texas' defensive numbers are pretty bad. Does that mean the Horns have a bad defense (51:15)? Lee tries to explain what Texas does on defense... poorly. Before Grant jumps in to save the day and talk about the weaknesses of UT's defense (55:00). Texas is going to probably spy Jalen Hurts, a lot, right (1:00:45)? Grant points out the biggest advantage OU's offense has over Texas' defense (1:02:15). Lee tells us what he *wants to see happen* (1:05:10) before Grant tells us what he *wants* to see (1:09:15). The guys tell us what *will happen* Saturday at the Cotton Bowl (1:11:40). Grant is happy that Texas is talking trash, and Lee has to tell him that Charleston Rambo said something worthy of the bulletin board. We also talk a little bit about Baker Mayfield's recent struggles (1:16:25). None of us have watched Baylor play this year, plus other Big 12 talk (1:19:00). We finish up by picking Michigan State-Wisconsin, Alabama-A&M, Penn State-Iowa, USC-Notre Dame, and Florida-LSU (1:22:05). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take (of part 2), Grant lays out how OU has fallen short of expectations way too many times in the Red River Rivalry. Then Lee joins to go over the injury situation in this game, beginning with Texas who's expected to have a decent amount of guys go Saturday (7:10). Grant gets a chance to comment on Adrian Ealy and Erik Swenson's health before Lee has some good news/bad news when it comes to this scenario (10:15). Texas has a good, efficient offense and it's all because Sam Ehlinger is having a career year (16:15). What scares us the most about Texas' offense (19:55)? Lee kind of rambles when it comes to Texas' weaknesses on offense. Luckily Grant has a little more details to this (26:00). Grant wants to talk about Samuel Cosmi talking trash about Gallimore and Perkins (29:00). The Horns have a really good offense... but it's not all that explosive. They make up for that by picking up a lot of 3rd downs. Grant has an idea for how OU can force some turnovers on 3rd down (31:15). Lee thinks he's identified some formations and instances where Texas may tip its hand a little bit (38:05). Grant does a nice job of laying out what could happen if OU plays mostly nickel vs Texas, and what happens if the Sooners decide to put David Ugwoegbu out there as a Sam backer from time to time (42:45). Which OU defensive player must have a good game in order for OU to win (46:05)? This is weird -- Texas' defensive numbers are pretty bad. Does that mean the Horns have a bad defense (51:15)? Lee tries to explain what Texas does on defense... poorly. Before Grant jumps in to save the day and talk about the weaknesses of UT's defense (55:00). Texas is going to probably spy Jalen Hurts, a lot, right (1:00:45)? Grant points out the biggest advantage OU's offense has over Texas' defense (1:02:15). Lee tells us what he *wants to see happen* (1:05:10) before Grant tells us what he *wants* to see (1:09:15). The guys tell us what *will happen* Saturday at the Cotton Bowl (1:11:40). Grant is happy that Texas is talking trash, and Lee has to tell him that Charleston Rambo said something worthy of the bulletin board. We also talk a little bit about Baker Mayfield's recent struggles (1:16:25). None of us have watched Baylor play this year, plus other Big 12 talk (1:19:00). We finish up by picking Michigan State-Wisconsin, Alabama-A&M, Penn State-Iowa, USC-Notre Dame, and Florida-LSU (1:22:05). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take (of part 2), Grant lays out how OU has fallen short of expectations way too many times in the Red River Rivalry. Then Lee joins to go over the injury situation in this game, beginning with Texas who's expected to have a decent amount of guys go Saturday (7:10). Grant gets a chance to comment on Adrian Ealy and Erik Swenson's health before Lee has some good news/bad news when it comes to this scenario (10:15). Texas has a good, efficient offense and it's all because Sam Ehlinger is having a career year (16:15). What scares us the most about Texas' offense (19:55)? Lee kind of rambles when it comes to Texas' weaknesses on offense. Luckily Grant has a little more details to this (26:00). Grant wants to talk about Samuel Cosmi talking trash about Gallimore and Perkins (29:00). The Horns have a really good offense... but it's not all that explosive. They make up for that by picking up a lot of 3rd downs. Grant has an idea for how OU can force some turnovers on 3rd down (31:15). Lee thinks he's identified some formations and instances where Texas may tip its hand a little bit (38:05). Grant does a nice job of laying out what could happen if OU plays mostly nickel vs Texas, and what happens if the Sooners decide to put David Ugwoegbu out there as a Sam backer from time to time (42:45). Which OU defensive player must have a good game in order for OU to win (46:05)? This is weird -- Texas' defensive numbers are pretty bad. Does that mean the Horns have a bad defense (51:15)? Lee tries to explain what Texas does on defense... poorly. Before Grant jumps in to save the day and talk about the weaknesses of UT's defense (55:00). Texas is going to probably spy Jalen Hurts, a lot, right (1:00:45)? Grant points out the biggest advantage OU's offense has over Texas' defense (1:02:15). Lee tells us what he *wants to see happen* (1:05:10) before Grant tells us what he *wants* to see (1:09:15). The guys tell us what *will happen* Saturday at the Cotton Bowl (1:11:40). Grant is happy that Texas is talking trash, and Lee has to tell him that Charleston Rambo said something worthy of the bulletin board. We also talk a little bit about Baker Mayfield's recent struggles (1:16:25). None of us have watched Baylor play this year, plus other Big 12 talk (1:19:00). We finish up by picking Michigan State-Wisconsin, Alabama-A&M, Penn State-Iowa, USC-Notre Dame, and Florida-LSU (1:22:05). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take (of part 2), Grant lays out how OU has fallen short of expectations way too many times in the Red River Rivalry. Then Lee joins to go over the injury situation in this game, beginning with Texas who's expected to have a decent amount of guys go Saturday (7:10). Grant gets a chance to comment on Adrian Ealy and Erik Swenson's health before Lee has some good news/bad news when it comes to this scenario (10:15). Texas has a good, efficient offense and it's all because Sam Ehlinger is having a career year (16:15). What scares us the most about Texas' offense (19:55)? Lee kind of rambles when it comes to Texas' weaknesses on offense. Luckily Grant has a little more details to this (26:00). Grant wants to talk about Samuel Cosmi talking trash about Gallimore and Perkins (29:00). The Horns have a really good offense... but it's not all that explosive. They make up for that by picking up a lot of 3rd downs. Grant has an idea for how OU can force some turnovers on 3rd down (31:15). Lee thinks he's identified some formations and instances where Texas may tip its hand a little bit (38:05). Grant does a nice job of laying out what could happen if OU plays mostly nickel vs Texas, and what happens if the Sooners decide to put David Ugwoegbu out there as a Sam backer from time to time (42:45). Which OU defensive player must have a good game in order for OU to win (46:05)? This is weird -- Texas' defensive numbers are pretty bad. Does that mean the Horns have a bad defense (51:15)? Lee tries to explain what Texas does on defense... poorly. Before Grant jumps in to save the day and talk about the weaknesses of UT's defense (55:00). Texas is going to probably spy Jalen Hurts, a lot, right (1:00:45)? Grant points out the biggest advantage OU's offense has over Texas' defense (1:02:15). Lee tells us what he *wants to see happen* (1:05:10) before Grant tells us what he *wants* to see (1:09:15). The guys tell us what *will happen* Saturday at the Cotton Bowl (1:11:40). Grant is happy that Texas is talking trash, and Lee has to tell him that Charleston Rambo said something worthy of the bulletin board. We also talk a little bit about Baker Mayfield's recent struggles (1:16:25). None of us have watched Baylor play this year, plus other Big 12 talk (1:19:00). We finish up by picking Michigan State-Wisconsin, Alabama-A&M, Penn State-Iowa, USC-Notre Dame, and Florida-LSU (1:22:05). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In Part 1 of 2, Lee brings you the news and notes of the week leading up to Saturday's OU-Texas game. After Jalen Hurts opens the show, Lee gives his take on why Jalen Hurts gave that opening statement (4:45). Lee tried to figure out why Hurts acts this way before every single game and Lee also enjoyed a piece of life advice that Hurts references (7:40). Adrian Ealy and Erik Swenson are both "highly questionable" for OU-Texas. Bill Bedenbaugh explains what it's like to deal with all the shake ups on the O-Line and he provides an update on the young tackles (10:30). Lee gives his take on the offensive line's current situation and tells you whether he believes Swenson and/or Ealy will play this week (16:15). Texas LT Samuel Cosmi said some things about Neville Gallimore and Ronnie Perkins. Perkins has responded (19:25). Tre Brown had nothing but nice things to say about Texas this week (22:25). Perkins was very short when he was asked about Sam Ehlinger (24:30). Charleston Rambo provided Texas with a little bulletin board material (26:55). Alex Grinch soundbites take up the rest of the show. Grinch on Texas' offense, that Nickel/Sam position, and he talks about not getting enough turnovers (29:40). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In Part 1 of 2, Lee brings you the news and notes of the week leading up to Saturday's OU-Texas game. After Jalen Hurts opens the show, Lee gives his take on why Jalen Hurts gave that opening statement (4:45). Lee tried to figure out why Hurts acts this way before every single game and Lee also enjoyed a piece of life advice that Hurts references (7:40). Adrian Ealy and Erik Swenson are both "highly questionable" for OU-Texas. Bill Bedenbaugh explains what it's like to deal with all the shake ups on the O-Line and he provides an update on the young tackles (10:30). Lee gives his take on the offensive line's current situation and tells you whether he believes Swenson and/or Ealy will play this week (16:15). Texas LT Samuel Cosmi said some things about Neville Gallimore and Ronnie Perkins. Perkins has responded (19:25). Tre Brown had nothing but nice things to say about Texas this week (22:25). Perkins was very short when he was asked about Sam Ehlinger (24:30). Charleston Rambo provided Texas with a little bulletin board material (26:55). Alex Grinch soundbites take up the rest of the show. Grinch on Texas' offense, that Nickel/Sam position, and he talks about not getting enough turnovers (29:40). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In Part 1 of 2, Lee brings you the news and notes of the week leading up to Saturday's OU-Texas game. After Jalen Hurts opens the show, Lee gives his take on why Jalen Hurts gave that opening statement (4:45). Lee tried to figure out why Hurts acts this way before every single game and Lee also enjoyed a piece of life advice that Hurts references (7:40). Adrian Ealy and Erik Swenson are both "highly questionable" for OU-Texas. Bill Bedenbaugh explains what it's like to deal with all the shake ups on the O-Line and he provides an update on the young tackles (10:30). Lee gives his take on the offensive line's current situation and tells you whether he believes Swenson and/or Ealy will play this week (16:15). Texas LT Samuel Cosmi said some things about Neville Gallimore and Ronnie Perkins. Perkins has responded (19:25). Tre Brown had nothing but nice things to say about Texas this week (22:25). Perkins was very short when he was asked about Sam Ehlinger (24:30). Charleston Rambo provided Texas with a little bulletin board material (26:55). Alex Grinch soundbites take up the rest of the show. Grinch on Texas' offense, that Nickel/Sam position, and he talks about not getting enough turnovers (29:40). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9