West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast

In the opening take, Grant explains why he was underwhelmed by OU's performance Saturday night against South Dakota. Then Lee joins to quickly point out which offensive player stood out most in the win (5:00)? Is Jalen Hurts a robot sent from the future to win the Sooners a national championship (6:40)? Lincoln Riley gives his thoughts on Hurts' Saturday performance and Lee saw a play that provides further evidence that Hurts still has a lot of room to grow as a passer (8:50). Marquis Hays was out Saturday, which meant RJ Proctor started at LG and Erik Swenson started at LT. Grant is pretty worried about the left side of the OL (17:00). What about all those penalties (18:50)? We talk about CeeDee Lamb and what the other talented skill position players showed us vs South Dakota (19:45). Lee thinks is clear Spencer Rattler is a better player than Tanner Mordecai, although both QBs played well Saturday (24:00). Alex Grinch was supremely pleased to see some turnovers against South Dakota (28:00). Brendan Radley-Hiles got the first takeaway of the year for OU (31:45). Lee pushes back on Grant's contention that OU's defense took a step back Saturday night -- although Lee did see one thing from the secondary that may become an issue this year (35:50). Are turnovers lucky? Alex Grinch doesn't think so, but Grant thinks fumbles are totally luck based (43:20). Where was Kenneth Murray (47:35)? Grant acknowledges that OU's defense mostly played well, but he's been burned way too many times to give the defense the benefit of the doubt right now (49:55) and we make sure to mention Jaden Davis' nice game as we head out the door (50:50). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant explains why he was underwhelmed by OU's performance Saturday night against South Dakota. Then Lee joins to quickly point out which offensive player stood out most in the win (5:00)? Is Jalen Hurts a robot sent from the future to win the Sooners a national championship (6:40)? Lincoln Riley gives his thoughts on Hurts' Saturday performance and Lee saw a play that provides further evidence that Hurts still has a lot of room to grow as a passer (8:50). Marquis Hays was out Saturday, which meant RJ Proctor started at LG and Erik Swenson started at LT. Grant is pretty worried about the left side of the OL (17:00). What about all those penalties (18:50)? We talk about CeeDee Lamb and what the other talented skill position players showed us vs South Dakota (19:45). Lee thinks is clear Spencer Rattler is a better player than Tanner Mordecai, although both QBs played well Saturday (24:00). Alex Grinch was supremely pleased to see some turnovers against South Dakota (28:00). Brendan Radley-Hiles got the first takeaway of the year for OU (31:45). Lee pushes back on Grant's contention that OU's defense took a step back Saturday night -- although Lee did see one thing from the secondary that may become an issue this year (35:50). Are turnovers lucky? Alex Grinch doesn't think so, but Grant thinks fumbles are totally luck based (43:20). Where was Kenneth Murray (47:35)? Grant acknowledges that OU's defense mostly played well, but he's been burned way too many times to give the defense the benefit of the doubt right now (49:55) and we make sure to mention Jaden Davis' nice game as we head out the door (50:50). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant explains why he was underwhelmed by OU's performance Saturday night against South Dakota. Then Lee joins to quickly point out which offensive player stood out most in the win (5:00)? Is Jalen Hurts a robot sent from the future to win the Sooners a national championship (6:40)? Lincoln Riley gives his thoughts on Hurts' Saturday performance and Lee saw a play that provides further evidence that Hurts still has a lot of room to grow as a passer (8:50). Marquis Hays was out Saturday, which meant RJ Proctor started at LG and Erik Swenson started at LT. Grant is pretty worried about the left side of the OL (17:00). What about all those penalties (18:50)? We talk about CeeDee Lamb and what the other talented skill position players showed us vs South Dakota (19:45). Lee thinks is clear Spencer Rattler is a better player than Tanner Mordecai, although both QBs played well Saturday (24:00). Alex Grinch was supremely pleased to see some turnovers against South Dakota (28:00). Brendan Radley-Hiles got the first takeaway of the year for OU (31:45). Lee pushes back on Grant's contention that OU's defense took a step back Saturday night -- although Lee did see one thing from the secondary that may become an issue this year (35:50). Are turnovers lucky? Alex Grinch doesn't think so, but Grant thinks fumbles are totally luck based (43:20). Where was Kenneth Murray (47:35)? Grant acknowledges that OU's defense mostly played well, but he's been burned way too many times to give the defense the benefit of the doubt right now (49:55) and we make sure to mention Jaden Davis' nice game as we head out the door (50:50). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, upon watching back the OU-Houston game a couple more times Lee came across a promising development in the Sooners' secondary. Then Grant joins to provide our initial thoughts on the fact that OU plays a FCS school this week (5:30). Dillon Faamatau and Kenneth Mann are close to returning as Lincoln Riley gives us an injury update. What happens with Marcus Stripling when Mann comes back (15:45)? We found out that RJ Proctor and Erik Swenson are still battling for the full time starting LT job (18:30). Jalen Hurts says OU "left some money on the table" against Houston and Grant goes in on college kickers yet again (21:40). In a game where OU will likely run away and hide, we're both looking forward to seeing Spencer Rattler play this week (26:40). Grant presents a scenario that may lead to the entire state of Oklahoma exploding out of excitement (29:00). Lincoln Riley said some interesting stuff about penalties this week which leads to a discussion over which position group has had the most stupid penalties of late (33:05). Alex Grinch gives us a defensive update, Grant still hates garbage time points, and Lee goes into more details about what he saw from the OU secondary against Houston (38:30). Lee breaks down two plays late in the game that showcased OU's ability to rush the passer, and the DB's ability to play press man(45:40). The guys say what they *want* to see happen Saturday (49:45) and then what *will* happen against South Dakota (54:35). A quick overview of what's going on in the Big 12 this week (58:10) followed by some quick Week 2 picks of Cincinnati-Ohio State, Army-Michigan, Texas A&M-Clemson, Stanford-USC, and Texas-LSU (1:01:00). Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, upon watching back the OU-Houston game a couple more times Lee came across a promising development in the Sooners' secondary. Then Grant joins to provide our initial thoughts on the fact that OU plays a FCS school this week (5:30). Dillon Faamatau and Kenneth Mann are close to returning as Lincoln Riley gives us an injury update. What happens with Marcus Stripling when Mann comes back (15:45)? We found out that RJ Proctor and Erik Swenson are still battling for the full time starting LT job (18:30). Jalen Hurts says OU "left some money on the table" against Houston and Grant goes in on college kickers yet again (21:40). In a game where OU will likely run away and hide, we're both looking forward to seeing Spencer Rattler play this week (26:40). Grant presents a scenario that may lead to the entire state of Oklahoma exploding out of excitement (29:00). Lincoln Riley said some interesting stuff about penalties this week which leads to a discussion over which position group has had the most stupid penalties of late (33:05). Alex Grinch gives us a defensive update, Grant still hates garbage time points, and Lee goes into more details about what he saw from the OU secondary against Houston (38:30). Lee breaks down two plays late in the game that showcased OU's ability to rush the passer, and the DB's ability to play press man(45:40). The guys say what they *want* to see happen Saturday (49:45) and then what *will* happen against South Dakota (54:35). A quick overview of what's going on in the Big 12 this week (58:10) followed by some quick Week 2 picks of Cincinnati-Ohio State, Army-Michigan, Texas A&M-Clemson, Stanford-USC, and Texas-LSU (1:01:00). Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, upon watching back the OU-Houston game a couple more times Lee came across a promising development in the Sooners' secondary. Then Grant joins to provide our initial thoughts on the fact that OU plays a FCS school this week (5:30). Dillon Faamatau and Kenneth Mann are close to returning as Lincoln Riley gives us an injury update. What happens with Marcus Stripling when Mann comes back (15:45)? We found out that RJ Proctor and Erik Swenson are still battling for the full time starting LT job (18:30). Jalen Hurts says OU "left some money on the table" against Houston and Grant goes in on college kickers yet again (21:40). In a game where OU will likely run away and hide, we're both looking forward to seeing Spencer Rattler play this week (26:40). Grant presents a scenario that may lead to the entire state of Oklahoma exploding out of excitement (29:00). Lincoln Riley said some interesting stuff about penalties this week which leads to a discussion over which position group has had the most stupid penalties of late (33:05). Alex Grinch gives us a defensive update, Grant still hates garbage time points, and Lee goes into more details about what he saw from the OU secondary against Houston (38:30). Lee breaks down two plays late in the game that showcased OU's ability to rush the passer, and the DB's ability to play press man(45:40). The guys say what they *want* to see happen Saturday (49:45) and then what *will* happen against South Dakota (54:35). A quick overview of what's going on in the Big 12 this week (58:10) followed by some quick Week 2 picks of Cincinnati-Ohio State, Army-Michigan, Texas A&M-Clemson, Stanford-USC, and Texas-LSU (1:01:00). Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, upon watching back the OU-Houston game a couple more times Lee came across a promising development in the Sooners' secondary. Then Grant joins to provide our initial thoughts on the fact that OU plays a FCS school this week (5:30). Dillon Faamatau and Kenneth Mann are close to returning as Lincoln Riley gives us an injury update. What happens with Marcus Stripling when Mann comes back (15:45)? We found out that RJ Proctor and Erik Swenson are still battling for the full time starting LT job (18:30). Jalen Hurts says OU "left some money on the table" against Houston and Grant goes in on college kickers yet again (21:40). In a game where OU will likely run away and hide, we're both looking forward to seeing Spencer Rattler play this week (26:40). Grant presents a scenario that may lead to the entire state of Oklahoma exploding out of excitement (29:00). Lincoln Riley said some interesting stuff about penalties this week which leads to a discussion over which position group has had the most stupid penalties of late (33:05). Alex Grinch gives us a defensive update, Grant still hates garbage time points, and Lee goes into more details about what he saw from the OU secondary against Houston (38:30). Lee breaks down two plays late in the game that showcased OU's ability to rush the passer, and the DB's ability to play press man(45:40). The guys say what they *want* to see happen Saturday (49:45) and then what *will* happen against South Dakota (54:35). A quick overview of what's going on in the Big 12 this week (58:10) followed by some quick Week 2 picks of Cincinnati-Ohio State, Army-Michigan, Texas A&M-Clemson, Stanford-USC, and Texas-LSU (1:01:00). Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant provides his quick thoughts on what he saw Sunday night. Then Lee joins to wonder aloud if we're all jaded by Oklahoma quarterback play (5:35)? OU's defense had a perfect start to the game and we let Kenneth Murray give his overall thoughts on how his guys played (11:15). Alex Grinch played a bunch of guys Sunday night and we briefly talk about Bookie's performance (15:10). Let's talk about the defensive line rotation, their play, and the lack of pre-snap movement (20:20). Ronnie Perkins was fantastic (25:40), as was Kenneth Murray (28:40). A listener wants to know the guys' thoughts on how Pat Fields and DTY played, which leads to a way too long discussion about pass interference penalties (34:40). Lee doesn't think we learned a lot about the secondary's ability to cover, while Grant disagrees (39:25). Is OU's defense going to look more like the first half version moving forward, or the 2nd half version (43:30)? OU didn't force any turnovers and Alex Grinch was devastated by that, plus we rate the defense's performance on a scale of 1-10 (46:15). It looked like OU spied D'Eriq King at times, but then chose not to spy him at other times (52:20). Would the front seven have played better against a less elusive QB (56:25)? Compared to last season, shouldn't we all be ecstatic about the way the defense played vs Houston? Plus we talk about depth, who played, who didn't play, and random players and plays that stood out to us in the game (58:00). Over to the offense where the guys argue over all three of Jalen Hurts' incompletions. This is why you listen to this show (1:08:00). Lee's worried that Hurts will get hurt because he's going to be running a bunch all season (1:13:05). A listener thought Hurts may not have gone through his progressions enough Sunday night (1:15:30). The offensive line looked good, and Grant has a random conspiracy theory surrounding Erik Swenson (1:20:05). Only three running backs dressed for OU, which ended up being okay because Sermon, Brooks, and Stevenson all looked good (1:22:20). 10 different players caught a pass from Jalen Hurts as we go over the wide receiver play (1:26:40). Lincoln Riley took responsibility for OU's first missed FG and Grant pleads Riley to never use kickers ever again (1:28:55). It was just another ho hum dominant offensive performance by OU (1:31:10). We finish up the offense talk with a soundbite from what seemed to be an annoyed Jalen Hurts (1:33:40). The rest of the podcast is the guys talking OSU, Texas, Oregon-Auburn, the terrible SEC East, FSU blowing it, and a hilarious story about Hugh Freeze that Lee had no idea about (1:37:00). Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant provides his quick thoughts on what he saw Sunday night. Then Lee joins to wonder aloud if we're all jaded by Oklahoma quarterback play (5:35)? OU's defense had a perfect start to the game and we let Kenneth Murray give his overall thoughts on how his guys played (11:15). Alex Grinch played a bunch of guys Sunday night and we briefly talk about Bookie's performance (15:10). Let's talk about the defensive line rotation, their play, and the lack of pre-snap movement (20:20). Ronnie Perkins was fantastic (25:40), as was Kenneth Murray (28:40). A listener wants to know the guys' thoughts on how Pat Fields and DTY played, which leads to a way too long discussion about pass interference penalties (34:40). Lee doesn't think we learned a lot about the secondary's ability to cover, while Grant disagrees (39:25). Is OU's defense going to look more like the first half version moving forward, or the 2nd half version (43:30)? OU didn't force any turnovers and Alex Grinch was devastated by that, plus we rate the defense's performance on a scale of 1-10 (46:15). It looked like OU spied D'Eriq King at times, but then chose not to spy him at other times (52:20). Would the front seven have played better against a less elusive QB (56:25)? Compared to last season, shouldn't we all be ecstatic about the way the defense played vs Houston? Plus we talk about depth, who played, who didn't play, and random players and plays that stood out to us in the game (58:00). Over to the offense where the guys argue over all three of Jalen Hurts' incompletions. This is why you listen to this show (1:08:00). Lee's worried that Hurts will get hurt because he's going to be running a bunch all season (1:13:05). A listener thought Hurts may not have gone through his progressions enough Sunday night (1:15:30). The offensive line looked good, and Grant has a random conspiracy theory surrounding Erik Swenson (1:20:05). Only three running backs dressed for OU, which ended up being okay because Sermon, Brooks, and Stevenson all looked good (1:22:20). 10 different players caught a pass from Jalen Hurts as we go over the wide receiver play (1:26:40). Lincoln Riley took responsibility for OU's first missed FG and Grant pleads Riley to never use kickers ever again (1:28:55). It was just another ho hum dominant offensive performance by OU (1:31:10). We finish up the offense talk with a soundbite from what seemed to be an annoyed Jalen Hurts (1:33:40). The rest of the podcast is the guys talking OSU, Texas, Oregon-Auburn, the terrible SEC East, FSU blowing it, and a hilarious story about Hugh Freeze that Lee had no idea about (1:37:00). Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant provides his quick thoughts on what he saw Sunday night. Then Lee joins to wonder aloud if we're all jaded by Oklahoma quarterback play (5:35)? OU's defense had a perfect start to the game and we let Kenneth Murray give his overall thoughts on how his guys played (11:15). Alex Grinch played a bunch of guys Sunday night and we briefly talk about Bookie's performance (15:10). Let's talk about the defensive line rotation, their play, and the lack of pre-snap movement (20:20). Ronnie Perkins was fantastic (25:40), as was Kenneth Murray (28:40). A listener wants to know the guys' thoughts on how Pat Fields and DTY played, which leads to a way too long discussion about pass interference penalties (34:40). Lee doesn't think we learned a lot about the secondary's ability to cover, while Grant disagrees (39:25). Is OU's defense going to look more like the first half version moving forward, or the 2nd half version (43:30)? OU didn't force any turnovers and Alex Grinch was devastated by that, plus we rate the defense's performance on a scale of 1-10 (46:15). It looked like OU spied D'Eriq King at times, but then chose not to spy him at other times (52:20). Would the front seven have played better against a less elusive QB (56:25)? Compared to last season, shouldn't we all be ecstatic about the way the defense played vs Houston? Plus we talk about depth, who played, who didn't play, and random players and plays that stood out to us in the game (58:00). Over to the offense where the guys argue over all three of Jalen Hurts' incompletions. This is why you listen to this show (1:08:00). Lee's worried that Hurts will get hurt because he's going to be running a bunch all season (1:13:05). A listener thought Hurts may not have gone through his progressions enough Sunday night (1:15:30). The offensive line looked good, and Grant has a random conspiracy theory surrounding Erik Swenson (1:20:05). Only three running backs dressed for OU, which ended up being okay because Sermon, Brooks, and Stevenson all looked good (1:22:20). 10 different players caught a pass from Jalen Hurts as we go over the wide receiver play (1:26:40). Lincoln Riley took responsibility for OU's first missed FG and Grant pleads Riley to never use kickers ever again (1:28:55). It was just another ho hum dominant offensive performance by OU (1:31:10). We finish up the offense talk with a soundbite from what seemed to be an annoyed Jalen Hurts (1:33:40). The rest of the podcast is the guys talking OSU, Texas, Oregon-Auburn, the terrible SEC East, FSU blowing it, and a hilarious story about Hugh Freeze that Lee had no idea about (1:37:00). Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9