West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast

In the opening take, Lee tries to figure out what kind of Texas Tech team OU just beat. Then Grant joins to talk briefly about being the bad guy of the show according to some of the iTunes reviews we've gotten (2:30). Grant says the ceiling of this OU team is quite high (4:55) while Lee continues to be impressed with OU's offensive explosiveness and is happy with the way the Sooners' defense finished off Texas Tech (6:20). Two straight games without a garbage touchdown and OU's holding teams to FGs in the red zone as opposed to TDs (8:50). Kenneth Murray had some bold words about OU's defense after the win (11:00). So, why did Jackson Tyner start that game for Tech (14:50)? Lincoln Riley's best soundbite after the game revolved around playing fast defense (17:30). Jaden Davis continues to impress, while the pass defense in general is still sharp (23:30). Let's talk Trejan Bridges playing Nickel (25:45). Neville Gallimore's effort led to a forced fumble and a takeaway. Which led Alex Grinch to say something awesome about his defense's effort (29:40). Sure, there were some negatives defensively. Brendan Radley-Hiles still has a problem with tackling and OU sometimes has troubles holding the edge (32:20). CeeDee Lamb broke out in a big way. Have fun in the NFL big guy (36:05). Adrian Ealy missed the game, Bray Walker got his first start and Ian McIver continues to get a bunch of snaps at center (38:15). Pretty lucky that Kennedy Brooks isn't severely injured after taking a cheap shot (42:15). Rhamondre Stevenson is fun to watch and legitimately looks like Jamaal Charles (44:30). Spencer Rattler vs Tanner Mordecai doesn't seem to be very much of a competition right now (46:40). Gabe Brkic handled the kicking duties quite nicely (49:00) and we finish up with 3-word reviews (50:00). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee tries to figure out what kind of Texas Tech team OU just beat. Then Grant joins to talk briefly about being the bad guy of the show according to some of the iTunes reviews we've gotten (2:30). Grant says the ceiling of this OU team is quite high (4:55) while Lee continues to be impressed with OU's offensive explosiveness and is happy with the way the Sooners' defense finished off Texas Tech (6:20). Two straight games without a garbage touchdown and OU's holding teams to FGs in the red zone as opposed to TDs (8:50). Kenneth Murray had some bold words about OU's defense after the win (11:00). So, why did Jackson Tyner start that game for Tech (14:50)? Lincoln Riley's best soundbite after the game revolved around playing fast defense (17:30). Jaden Davis continues to impress, while the pass defense in general is still sharp (23:30). Let's talk Trejan Bridges playing Nickel (25:45). Neville Gallimore's effort led to a forced fumble and a takeaway. Which led Alex Grinch to say something awesome about his defense's effort (29:40). Sure, there were some negatives defensively. Brendan Radley-Hiles still has a problem with tackling and OU sometimes has troubles holding the edge (32:20). CeeDee Lamb broke out in a big way. Have fun in the NFL big guy (36:05). Adrian Ealy missed the game, Bray Walker got his first start and Ian McIver continues to get a bunch of snaps at center (38:15). Pretty lucky that Kennedy Brooks isn't severely injured after taking a cheap shot (42:15). Rhamondre Stevenson is fun to watch and legitimately looks like Jamaal Charles (44:30). Spencer Rattler vs Tanner Mordecai doesn't seem to be very much of a competition right now (46:40). Gabe Brkic handled the kicking duties quite nicely (49:00) and we finish up with 3-word reviews (50:00). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee tries to figure out what kind of Texas Tech team OU just beat. Then Grant joins to talk briefly about being the bad guy of the show according to some of the iTunes reviews we've gotten (2:30). Grant says the ceiling of this OU team is quite high (4:55) while Lee continues to be impressed with OU's offensive explosiveness and is happy with the way the Sooners' defense finished off Texas Tech (6:20). Two straight games without a garbage touchdown and OU's holding teams to FGs in the red zone as opposed to TDs (8:50). Kenneth Murray had some bold words about OU's defense after the win (11:00). So, why did Jackson Tyner start that game for Tech (14:50)? Lincoln Riley's best soundbite after the game revolved around playing fast defense (17:30). Jaden Davis continues to impress, while the pass defense in general is still sharp (23:30). Let's talk Trejan Bridges playing Nickel (25:45). Neville Gallimore's effort led to a forced fumble and a takeaway. Which led Alex Grinch to say something awesome about his defense's effort (29:40). Sure, there were some negatives defensively. Brendan Radley-Hiles still has a problem with tackling and OU sometimes has troubles holding the edge (32:20). CeeDee Lamb broke out in a big way. Have fun in the NFL big guy (36:05). Adrian Ealy missed the game, Bray Walker got his first start and Ian McIver continues to get a bunch of snaps at center (38:15). Pretty lucky that Kennedy Brooks isn't severely injured after taking a cheap shot (42:15). Rhamondre Stevenson is fun to watch and legitimately looks like Jamaal Charles (44:30). Spencer Rattler vs Tanner Mordecai doesn't seem to be very much of a competition right now (46:40). Gabe Brkic handled the kicking duties quite nicely (49:00) and we finish up with 3-word reviews (50:00). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant explains why the Sooners shouldn't be all that concerned with Texas Tech. Then Lee joins to make a pitch to grow the show (3:35) before the guys jump right into the news that Trejan Bridges has been working out with the secondary. We hear from Alex Grinch and Patrick Fields, plus share an updated quote from Lincoln Riley (6:30). Kenneth Mann will be back this Saturday(24:45). Lee wasn't impressed with what he saw from Alan Bowman against Arizona. Will whoever plays QB for Tech this Saturday even be a downgrade (27:00)? Texas Tech's offense made Arizona's poor defense look above average a couple of weeks ago (32:45). Parnell Motley vs. TJ Vasher could be interesting. Outside of Vasher, it doesn't seem like Tech has many notable offensive weapons (39:40). Tech's defense has some pretty good numbers early on -- but is this defense actually as good as the stats suggest (42:35)? The guys say what they *want* (50:00) to see happen when OU plays Tech followed by what *will* (56:20) happen in the game Saturday. We answer some Facebook questions about LSU's high-scoring win over Vanderbilt, D'eriq King's bizarre situation at Houston, and UCLA's crazy win over Wazzu (59:10). TCU may not be very good and we have no idea what's going to happen in this Iowa State-Baylor game this weekend (1:14:10). We finish up by picking Virginia-Notre Dame, USC-Washington, Kansas State-OSU, Ohio State-Nebraska, and Washington State-Utah (1:16:30). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant explains why the Sooners shouldn't be all that concerned with Texas Tech. Then Lee joins to make a pitch to grow the show (3:35) before the guys jump right into the news that Trejan Bridges has been working out with the secondary. We hear from Alex Grinch and Patrick Fields, plus share an updated quote from Lincoln Riley (6:30). Kenneth Mann will be back this Saturday(24:45). Lee wasn't impressed with what he saw from Alan Bowman against Arizona. Will whoever plays QB for Tech this Saturday even be a downgrade (27:00)? Texas Tech's offense made Arizona's poor defense look above average a couple of weeks ago (32:45). Parnell Motley vs. TJ Vasher could be interesting. Outside of Vasher, it doesn't seem like Tech has many notable offensive weapons (39:40). Tech's defense has some pretty good numbers early on -- but is this defense actually as good as the stats suggest (42:35)? The guys say what they *want* (50:00) to see happen when OU plays Tech followed by what *will* (56:20) happen in the game Saturday. We answer some Facebook questions about LSU's high-scoring win over Vanderbilt, D'eriq King's bizarre situation at Houston, and UCLA's crazy win over Wazzu (59:10). TCU may not be very good and we have no idea what's going to happen in this Iowa State-Baylor game this weekend (1:14:10). We finish up by picking Virginia-Notre Dame, USC-Washington, Kansas State-OSU, Ohio State-Nebraska, and Washington State-Utah (1:16:30). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant explains why the Sooners shouldn't be all that concerned with Texas Tech. Then Lee joins to make a pitch to grow the show (3:35) before the guys jump right into the news that Trejan Bridges has been working out with the secondary. We hear from Alex Grinch and Patrick Fields, plus share an updated quote from Lincoln Riley (6:30). Kenneth Mann will be back this Saturday(24:45). Lee wasn't impressed with what he saw from Alan Bowman against Arizona. Will whoever plays QB for Tech this Saturday even be a downgrade (27:00)? Texas Tech's offense made Arizona's poor defense look above average a couple of weeks ago (32:45). Parnell Motley vs. TJ Vasher could be interesting. Outside of Vasher, it doesn't seem like Tech has many notable offensive weapons (39:40). Tech's defense has some pretty good numbers early on -- but is this defense actually as good as the stats suggest (42:35)? The guys say what they *want* (50:00) to see happen when OU plays Tech followed by what *will* (56:20) happen in the game Saturday. We answer some Facebook questions about LSU's high-scoring win over Vanderbilt, D'eriq King's bizarre situation at Houston, and UCLA's crazy win over Wazzu (59:10). TCU may not be very good and we have no idea what's going to happen in this Iowa State-Baylor game this weekend (1:14:10). We finish up by picking Virginia-Notre Dame, USC-Washington, Kansas State-OSU, Ohio State-Nebraska, and Washington State-Utah (1:16:30). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant explains why the Sooners shouldn't be all that concerned with Texas Tech. Then Lee joins to make a pitch to grow the show (3:35) before the guys jump right into the news that Trejan Bridges has been working out with the secondary. We hear from Alex Grinch and Patrick Fields, plus share an updated quote from Lincoln Riley (6:30). Kenneth Mann will be back this Saturday(24:45). Lee wasn't impressed with what he saw from Alan Bowman against Arizona. Will whoever plays QB for Tech this Saturday even be a downgrade (27:00)? Texas Tech's offense made Arizona's poor defense look above average a couple of weeks ago (32:45). Parnell Motley vs. TJ Vasher could be interesting. Outside of Vasher, it doesn't seem like Tech has many notable offensive weapons (39:40). Tech's defense has some pretty good numbers early on -- but is this defense actually as good as the stats suggest (42:35)? The guys say what they *want* (50:00) to see happen when OU plays Tech followed by what *will* (56:20) happen in the game Saturday. We answer some Facebook questions about LSU's high-scoring win over Vanderbilt, D'eriq King's bizarre situation at Houston, and UCLA's crazy win over Wazzu (59:10). TCU may not be very good and we have no idea what's going to happen in this Iowa State-Baylor game this weekend (1:14:10). We finish up by picking Virginia-Notre Dame, USC-Washington, Kansas State-OSU, Ohio State-Nebraska, and Washington State-Utah (1:16:30). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee provides some shocking numbers that may make you rethink what you've seen so far from OU's defense. Then Grant joins to debate whether or not what we've seen from the Sooners' defense has been a mirage (4:45). Lee got a chance to ask Alex Grinch about OU's cornerbacks playing almost every single play up near the line of scrimmage so far this season (12:30). As for the safety position, Lee talked with Patrick Fields a bit Monday. You could tell Fields was disappointed with some plays vs UCLA and he'll use the film to get better (18:25). Depth at the safety positions needs to continue to develop. We also wonder what's happened to Robert Barnes (22:50)? Alex Grinch is a "TFL freak" (29:20). We've got a TJ Pledger injury update and Grant thinks it's pretty clear Marcus Major is a player they're looking to redshirt (30:35). Lee asked Lincoln Riley about what he's seen from the H-Back position (32:55). Upon review, yes the offensive line did well against UCLA (35:15). OU hasn't really played anybody yet this year -- at least according to a couple of strength of schedule rankings that are out there. Is this a concern (37:55)? The guys play a haphazard game where Lee gives his take on a team, and Grant tells him if he's right or wrong. We're not sure if it's good or not (43:30). Finally we make picks on Utah-USC, Michigan-Wisconsin, Auburn-A&M, OSU-Texas, and Notre Dame-Georgia (59:40). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee provides some shocking numbers that may make you rethink what you've seen so far from OU's defense. Then Grant joins to debate whether or not what we've seen from the Sooners' defense has been a mirage (4:45). Lee got a chance to ask Alex Grinch about OU's cornerbacks playing almost every single play up near the line of scrimmage so far this season (12:30). As for the safety position, Lee talked with Patrick Fields a bit Monday. You could tell Fields was disappointed with some plays vs UCLA and he'll use the film to get better (18:25). Depth at the safety positions needs to continue to develop. We also wonder what's happened to Robert Barnes (22:50)? Alex Grinch is a "TFL freak" (29:20). We've got a TJ Pledger injury update and Grant thinks it's pretty clear Marcus Major is a player they're looking to redshirt (30:35). Lee asked Lincoln Riley about what he's seen from the H-Back position (32:55). Upon review, yes the offensive line did well against UCLA (35:15). OU hasn't really played anybody yet this year -- at least according to a couple of strength of schedule rankings that are out there. Is this a concern (37:55)? The guys play a haphazard game where Lee gives his take on a team, and Grant tells him if he's right or wrong. We're not sure if it's good or not (43:30). Finally we make picks on Utah-USC, Michigan-Wisconsin, Auburn-A&M, OSU-Texas, and Notre Dame-Georgia (59:40). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee provides some shocking numbers that may make you rethink what you've seen so far from OU's defense. Then Grant joins to debate whether or not what we've seen from the Sooners' defense has been a mirage (4:45). Lee got a chance to ask Alex Grinch about OU's cornerbacks playing almost every single play up near the line of scrimmage so far this season (12:30). As for the safety position, Lee talked with Patrick Fields a bit Monday. You could tell Fields was disappointed with some plays vs UCLA and he'll use the film to get better (18:25). Depth at the safety positions needs to continue to develop. We also wonder what's happened to Robert Barnes (22:50)? Alex Grinch is a "TFL freak" (29:20). We've got a TJ Pledger injury update and Grant thinks it's pretty clear Marcus Major is a player they're looking to redshirt (30:35). Lee asked Lincoln Riley about what he's seen from the H-Back position (32:55). Upon review, yes the offensive line did well against UCLA (35:15). OU hasn't really played anybody yet this year -- at least according to a couple of strength of schedule rankings that are out there. Is this a concern (37:55)? The guys play a haphazard game where Lee gives his take on a team, and Grant tells him if he's right or wrong. We're not sure if it's good or not (43:30). Finally we make picks on Utah-USC, Michigan-Wisconsin, Auburn-A&M, OSU-Texas, and Notre Dame-Georgia (59:40). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9