West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast

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, Lee takes you on a trip down memory lane now that football is finally back. Then Grant joins to briefly discuss how there wasn't a depth chart at OU's Monday press conference (7:15). Lincoln Riley made sure to remind people that everybody will overreact to whatever they see Sunday night (10:00). Is Houston a true threat to OU, or are we getting ready to watch another game similar to OU-FAU from 2018 (11:50)? Houston returns almost everybody on offense including D'Eriq King who's pretty awesome and a bunch of talented WRs (17:15). Did you know Houston has a RB who used to play for Texas (23:40)? Houston's offensive line has some experience back, but there's an obvious weakness (26:00). Chanse Sylvie says OU's defense is super confident heading into Sunday (28:35). Patrick Fields said something about a screen pass Monday that Lee really enjoyed (33:55). How many turnovers does Alex Grinch expect per game? Well, listen to this impressive piece of audio (35:50). We've got your weekly Jalen Redmond update and it keeps sounding better and better (40:05). Lee asked Alex Grinch if he sets goals for Game 1 even though he hasn't seen his team play an opponent yet and it led to a pretty sweet response (44:55). Jaquayln Crawford is now playing cornerback which makes is think "wow, how good is this WR room?" (50:40). How should OU's offense attack Houston (54:15)? Riley says the RB depth is maybe the best its been since he's been at OU, plus the guys talk a little more about the WRs (1:01:00). It's time for each of us to say what we *want* to see happen Sunday (1:04:00) and then what *will* happen against Houston, which includes our final predictions (1:11:40). We talk a little OSU vs Oregon State and Texas-La Tech before chiding most of the Big 12 for playing FCS teams in Week 1 (1:17:10). Jeez, this is one of the worst Week 1 slates in years (1:23:05). Let's make picks for Week 1 which are sure to be wrong. Games include: Utah-BYU, Wisconsin-USF, Northwestern-Stanford, Boise State-FSU, and Oregon-Auburn (1:28:25). Before we go, Grant -- who's a Colts fan -- has some heartfelt comments about Andrew Luck's unexpected retirement and he also has some nuanced takes on the "fans booing" situation that you probably haven't heard from "blue checkmark Twitter sports journalists" (1:40:30). Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee takes you on a trip down memory lane now that football is finally back. Then Grant joins to briefly discuss how there wasn't a depth chart at OU's Monday press conference (7:15). Lincoln Riley made sure to remind people that everybody will overreact to whatever they see Sunday night (10:00). Is Houston a true threat to OU, or are we getting ready to watch another game similar to OU-FAU from 2018 (11:50)? Houston returns almost everybody on offense including D'Eriq King who's pretty awesome and a bunch of talented WRs (17:15). Did you know Houston has a RB who used to play for Texas (23:40)? Houston's offensive line has some experience back, but there's an obvious weakness (26:00). Chanse Sylvie says OU's defense is super confident heading into Sunday (28:35). Patrick Fields said something about a screen pass Monday that Lee really enjoyed (33:55). How many turnovers does Alex Grinch expect per game? Well, listen to this impressive piece of audio (35:50). We've got your weekly Jalen Redmond update and it keeps sounding better and better (40:05). Lee asked Alex Grinch if he sets goals for Game 1 even though he hasn't seen his team play an opponent yet and it led to a pretty sweet response (44:55). Jaquayln Crawford is now playing cornerback which makes is think "wow, how good is this WR room?" (50:40). How should OU's offense attack Houston (54:15)? Riley says the RB depth is maybe the best its been since he's been at OU, plus the guys talk a little more about the WRs (1:01:00). It's time for each of us to say what we *want* to see happen Sunday (1:04:00) and then what *will* happen against Houston, which includes our final predictions (1:11:40). We talk a little OSU vs Oregon State and Texas-La Tech before chiding most of the Big 12 for playing FCS teams in Week 1 (1:17:10). Jeez, this is one of the worst Week 1 slates in years (1:23:05). Let's make picks for Week 1 which are sure to be wrong. Games include: Utah-BYU, Wisconsin-USF, Northwestern-Stanford, Boise State-FSU, and Oregon-Auburn (1:28:25). Before we go, Grant -- who's a Colts fan -- has some heartfelt comments about Andrew Luck's unexpected retirement and he also has some nuanced takes on the "fans booing" situation that you probably haven't heard from "blue checkmark Twitter sports journalists" (1:40:30). Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee takes you on a trip down memory lane now that football is finally back. Then Grant joins to briefly discuss how there wasn't a depth chart at OU's Monday press conference (7:15). Lincoln Riley made sure to remind people that everybody will overreact to whatever they see Sunday night (10:00). Is Houston a true threat to OU, or are we getting ready to watch another game similar to OU-FAU from 2018 (11:50)? Houston returns almost everybody on offense including D'Eriq King who's pretty awesome and a bunch of talented WRs (17:15). Did you know Houston has a RB who used to play for Texas (23:40)? Houston's offensive line has some experience back, but there's an obvious weakness (26:00). Chanse Sylvie says OU's defense is super confident heading into Sunday (28:35). Patrick Fields said something about a screen pass Monday that Lee really enjoyed (33:55). How many turnovers does Alex Grinch expect per game? Well, listen to this impressive piece of audio (35:50). We've got your weekly Jalen Redmond update and it keeps sounding better and better (40:05). Lee asked Alex Grinch if he sets goals for Game 1 even though he hasn't seen his team play an opponent yet and it led to a pretty sweet response (44:55). Jaquayln Crawford is now playing cornerback which makes is think "wow, how good is this WR room?" (50:40). How should OU's offense attack Houston (54:15)? Riley says the RB depth is maybe the best its been since he's been at OU, plus the guys talk a little more about the WRs (1:01:00). It's time for each of us to say what we *want* to see happen Sunday (1:04:00) and then what *will* happen against Houston, which includes our final predictions (1:11:40). We talk a little OSU vs Oregon State and Texas-La Tech before chiding most of the Big 12 for playing FCS teams in Week 1 (1:17:10). Jeez, this is one of the worst Week 1 slates in years (1:23:05). Let's make picks for Week 1 which are sure to be wrong. Games include: Utah-BYU, Wisconsin-USF, Northwestern-Stanford, Boise State-FSU, and Oregon-Auburn (1:28:25). Before we go, Grant -- who's a Colts fan -- has some heartfelt comments about Andrew Luck's unexpected retirement and he also has some nuanced takes on the "fans booing" situation that you probably haven't heard from "blue checkmark Twitter sports journalists" (1:40:30). Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee takes you on a trip down memory lane now that football is finally back. Then Grant joins to briefly discuss how there wasn't a depth chart at OU's Monday press conference (7:15). Lincoln Riley made sure to remind people that everybody will overreact to whatever they see Sunday night (10:00). Is Houston a true threat to OU, or are we getting ready to watch another game similar to OU-FAU from 2018 (11:50)? Houston returns almost everybody on offense including D'Eriq King who's pretty awesome and a bunch of talented WRs (17:15). Did you know Houston has a RB who used to play for Texas (23:40)? Houston's offensive line has some experience back, but there's an obvious weakness (26:00). Chanse Sylvie says OU's defense is super confident heading into Sunday (28:35). Patrick Fields said something about a screen pass Monday that Lee really enjoyed (33:55). How many turnovers does Alex Grinch expect per game? Well, listen to this impressive piece of audio (35:50). We've got your weekly Jalen Redmond update and it keeps sounding better and better (40:05). Lee asked Alex Grinch if he sets goals for Game 1 even though he hasn't seen his team play an opponent yet and it led to a pretty sweet response (44:55). Jaquayln Crawford is now playing cornerback which makes is think "wow, how good is this WR room?" (50:40). How should OU's offense attack Houston (54:15)? Riley says the RB depth is maybe the best its been since he's been at OU, plus the guys talk a little more about the WRs (1:01:00). It's time for each of us to say what we *want* to see happen Sunday (1:04:00) and then what *will* happen against Houston, which includes our final predictions (1:11:40). We talk a little OSU vs Oregon State and Texas-La Tech before chiding most of the Big 12 for playing FCS teams in Week 1 (1:17:10). Jeez, this is one of the worst Week 1 slates in years (1:23:05). Let's make picks for Week 1 which are sure to be wrong. Games include: Utah-BYU, Wisconsin-USF, Northwestern-Stanford, Boise State-FSU, and Oregon-Auburn (1:28:25). Before we go, Grant -- who's a Colts fan -- has some heartfelt comments about Andrew Luck's unexpected retirement and he also has some nuanced takes on the "fans booing" situation that you probably haven't heard from "blue checkmark Twitter sports journalists" (1:40:30). Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant essentially crosses off two teams from the list of 2019 contenders. Then Lee joins and makes the mistake of asking Grant about the Miami-Florida game (3:45). We begin with predicting who will be the 3rd running back behind Kennedy Brooks and Trey Sermon -- even though Grant didn't understand the question (7:15). We both think CeeDee Lamb is going to be the top WR, so we predict which true freshman pass catcher will have the most impact (10:55)? Grant takes a flyer on who's going to lead the Sooners in tackles this season (15:05). Who's going to have the most sacks in 2019 (19:45)? Back to the offense selecting the most important player besides Jalen Hurts, plus Bill Bedenbaugh had an Erik Swenson update last week (22:00). We each choose a pass catcher for our sleeper impact player on offense (26:50). The guys go to the defensive line for their sleeper impact players on defense (29:15). Which true freshman will have the most impact on offense (33:00)? Grant goes to the secondary and Lee chooses a linemen for true freshman defensive impact player (37:15). It's actually difficult to determine a "trap game" for the Sooners and the guys each have different selections (40:40). Let's get creative as we describe OU's worst case scenario (48:00) and best case scenario for the 2019 season (53:40). Time to predict the Sooners' final regular season record (59:00). Switching to Big 12 topics. Which team is underrated heading into the season (1:00:45)? Lee picks the same overrated Big 12 team that he picked last year at this time, while Grant goes with a crowd pleaser (1:03:00). Grant's got a somewhat bold Big 12 Championship Game prediction (1:07:00). Grant takes over hosting the pod as we move to the national scene. The guys bring up some interesting schools when talking about overrated teams (1:07:50). Grant's got a Big Ten team as his most underrated team (1:14:30). The guys agree on the Heisman winner, although they throw out almost every QB in the nation with a pulse and do our best to throw cold water on Justin Herbert (1:18:40). Let's pick each Power 5 conference champion (1:25:45). Lee's Playoff picks are boring, while Grant takes a big swing with one of his four teams (1:30:10). It's time to pick a national champion and you know who we're going to take (1:34:00). Finishing off with some preseason storyline that we may or may not agree with (1:35:55) and picking between Fowler/Herbstreit or Johnson/Klatt broadcast teams (1:37:40). Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant essentially crosses off two teams from the list of 2019 contenders. Then Lee joins and makes the mistake of asking Grant about the Miami-Florida game (3:45). We begin with predicting who will be the 3rd running back behind Kennedy Brooks and Trey Sermon -- even though Grant didn't understand the question (7:15). We both think CeeDee Lamb is going to be the top WR, so we predict which true freshman pass catcher will have the most impact (10:55)? Grant takes a flyer on who's going to lead the Sooners in tackles this season (15:05). Who's going to have the most sacks in 2019 (19:45)? Back to the offense selecting the most important player besides Jalen Hurts, plus Bill Bedenbaugh had an Erik Swenson update last week (22:00). We each choose a pass catcher for our sleeper impact player on offense (26:50). The guys go to the defensive line for their sleeper impact players on defense (29:15). Which true freshman will have the most impact on offense (33:00)? Grant goes to the secondary and Lee chooses a linemen for true freshman defensive impact player (37:15). It's actually difficult to determine a "trap game" for the Sooners and the guys each have different selections (40:40). Let's get creative as we describe OU's worst case scenario (48:00) and best case scenario for the 2019 season (53:40). Time to predict the Sooners' final regular season record (59:00). Switching to Big 12 topics. Which team is underrated heading into the season (1:00:45)? Lee picks the same overrated Big 12 team that he picked last year at this time, while Grant goes with a crowd pleaser (1:03:00). Grant's got a somewhat bold Big 12 Championship Game prediction (1:07:00). Grant takes over hosting the pod as we move to the national scene. The guys bring up some interesting schools when talking about overrated teams (1:07:50). Grant's got a Big Ten team as his most underrated team (1:14:30). The guys agree on the Heisman winner, although they throw out almost every QB in the nation with a pulse and do our best to throw cold water on Justin Herbert (1:18:40). Let's pick each Power 5 conference champion (1:25:45). Lee's Playoff picks are boring, while Grant takes a big swing with one of his four teams (1:30:10). It's time to pick a national champion and you know who we're going to take (1:34:00). Finishing off with some preseason storyline that we may or may not agree with (1:35:55) and picking between Fowler/Herbstreit or Johnson/Klatt broadcast teams (1:37:40). Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant essentially crosses off two teams from the list of 2019 contenders. Then Lee joins and makes the mistake of asking Grant about the Miami-Florida game (3:45). We begin with predicting who will be the 3rd running back behind Kennedy Brooks and Trey Sermon -- even though Grant didn't understand the question (7:15). We both think CeeDee Lamb is going to be the top WR, so we predict which true freshman pass catcher will have the most impact (10:55)? Grant takes a flyer on who's going to lead the Sooners in tackles this season (15:05). Who's going to have the most sacks in 2019 (19:45)? Back to the offense selecting the most important player besides Jalen Hurts, plus Bill Bedenbaugh had an Erik Swenson update last week (22:00). We each choose a pass catcher for our sleeper impact player on offense (26:50). The guys go to the defensive line for their sleeper impact players on defense (29:15). Which true freshman will have the most impact on offense (33:00)? Grant goes to the secondary and Lee chooses a linemen for true freshman defensive impact player (37:15). It's actually difficult to determine a "trap game" for the Sooners and the guys each have different selections (40:40). Let's get creative as we describe OU's worst case scenario (48:00) and best case scenario for the 2019 season (53:40). Time to predict the Sooners' final regular season record (59:00). Switching to Big 12 topics. Which team is underrated heading into the season (1:00:45)? Lee picks the same overrated Big 12 team that he picked last year at this time, while Grant goes with a crowd pleaser (1:03:00). Grant's got a somewhat bold Big 12 Championship Game prediction (1:07:00). Grant takes over hosting the pod as we move to the national scene. The guys bring up some interesting schools when talking about overrated teams (1:07:50). Grant's got a Big Ten team as his most underrated team (1:14:30). The guys agree on the Heisman winner, although they throw out almost every QB in the nation with a pulse and do our best to throw cold water on Justin Herbert (1:18:40). Let's pick each Power 5 conference champion (1:25:45). Lee's Playoff picks are boring, while Grant takes a big swing with one of his four teams (1:30:10). It's time to pick a national champion and you know who we're going to take (1:34:00). Finishing off with some preseason storyline that we may or may not agree with (1:35:55) and picking between Fowler/Herbstreit or Johnson/Klatt broadcast teams (1:37:40). Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant essentially crosses off two teams from the list of 2019 contenders. Then Lee joins and makes the mistake of asking Grant about the Miami-Florida game (3:45). We begin with predicting who will be the 3rd running back behind Kennedy Brooks and Trey Sermon -- even though Grant didn't understand the question (7:15). We both think CeeDee Lamb is going to be the top WR, so we predict which true freshman pass catcher will have the most impact (10:55)? Grant takes a flyer on who's going to lead the Sooners in tackles this season (15:05). Who's going to have the most sacks in 2019 (19:45)? Back to the offense selecting the most important player besides Jalen Hurts, plus Bill Bedenbaugh had an Erik Swenson update last week (22:00). We each choose a pass catcher for our sleeper impact player on offense (26:50). The guys go to the defensive line for their sleeper impact players on defense (29:15). Which true freshman will have the most impact on offense (33:00)? Grant goes to the secondary and Lee chooses a linemen for true freshman defensive impact player (37:15). It's actually difficult to determine a "trap game" for the Sooners and the guys each have different selections (40:40). Let's get creative as we describe OU's worst case scenario (48:00) and best case scenario for the 2019 season (53:40). Time to predict the Sooners' final regular season record (59:00). Switching to Big 12 topics. Which team is underrated heading into the season (1:00:45)? Lee picks the same overrated Big 12 team that he picked last year at this time, while Grant goes with a crowd pleaser (1:03:00). Grant's got a somewhat bold Big 12 Championship Game prediction (1:07:00). Grant takes over hosting the pod as we move to the national scene. The guys bring up some interesting schools when talking about overrated teams (1:07:50). Grant's got a Big Ten team as his most underrated team (1:14:30). The guys agree on the Heisman winner, although they throw out almost every QB in the nation with a pulse and do our best to throw cold water on Justin Herbert (1:18:40). Let's pick each Power 5 conference champion (1:25:45). Lee's Playoff picks are boring, while Grant takes a big swing with one of his four teams (1:30:10). It's time to pick a national champion and you know who we're going to take (1:34:00). Finishing off with some preseason storyline that we may or may not agree with (1:35:55) and picking between Fowler/Herbstreit or Johnson/Klatt broadcast teams (1:37:40). Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee believes Baker Mayfield is one of the most authentic athletes in the world right now and Mayfield was just staying on brand in the recent GQ article. Those that are new to the show will enjoy this announcement (7:10). Then Grant joins to talk about one year of being married and that time he recorded a podcast from Greece (7:45). Jalen Hurts is your starting QB for Week 1 and we make quick predictions on how many touchdowns he'll account for in 2019 (9:00). Tanner Mordecai is the backup, although Lee thinks Spencer Rattler will eventually be the true backup for the Sooners (11:45). Lee's seen the first episode of that "Netflix" QB1 show that features Spencer Rattler. Grant hasn't seen it at all (18:45). We can't wait for the books that come out 20 years from now about Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray being in the same QB room together (20:05). "TFB" has reported some negative news about Erik Swenson (22:00). It looks like Jalen Redmond is going to play defensive line, at least according to what Dusty Dvoracek has seen (25:15). Perhaps the biggest news to come out of Tuesday's media availability is that Redmond is a full go and is taking contact in practice (29:25). Alex Grinch said a lot of positive things about LaRon Stokes Tuesday. Is this guy gonna be good or what (39:00)? Grant wants to know about Marcus Stripling and Nik Bonitto, which leads to what Grinch said recently about the rush linebackers (42:45). Lee is getting the sense that there's not much confidence in the linebackers group (45:50). Reading between the lines, it looks like Chanse Sylvie has emerged as the favorite to play Nickel (48:30). The newest member of the Sooners' secondary is on scout team right now (51:20). Let's talk about Kyler Murray's poor preseason Game No. 2 and all those ridiculous false start penalties (53:15). Baker Mayfield clarified his GQ magazine quotes on Instagram (1:02:20). Lee's happy that Mayfield went public about being forced to apologize for the Ohio State flag plant (1:04:00). Grant's getting worried about the Browns (1:08:10). Lee goes in on Hue Jackson for the millionith time (1:10:25). Grant once again reminds us that he doesn't care about what happens in NFL preseason football (1:12:30). Florida plays Miami this Saturday and Grant gives us some reasons to watch (1:14:40). We finish up by plugging another podcast that college football fans will probably enjoy (1:18:15). Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9