West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast

In the opening take, Lee saw some good things and some not so good things during OU's Spring Game. Then Grant joins to talk about the atmosphere of the primetime Spring Game (4:30). The guys each have a list of Spring Game observations, beginning with the strong play of Jalen Hurts and the rest of the OU offense (10:15). Moving over to the defense where Lee has some cautionary thoughts, Grant is a little more optimistic, and Alex Grinch updates us on the defense's progress now that spring is over (47:00). We've got a great listener question about the defense's hyper focus on turnover (1:14:10). We finish up with some quick thoughts on the NFL Draft. Do we still think Kyler Murray is going No. 1 overall, and will Marquese Brown be the first WR picked (1:22:20)? | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee saw some good things and some not so good things during OU's Spring Game. Then Grant joins to talk about the atmosphere of the primetime Spring Game (4:30). The guys each have a list of Spring Game observations, beginning with the strong play of Jalen Hurts and the rest of the OU offense (10:15). Moving over to the defense where Lee has some cautionary thoughts, Grant is a little more optimistic, and Alex Grinch updates us on the defense's progress now that spring is over (47:00). We've got a great listener question about the defense's hyper focus on turnover (1:14:10). We finish up with some quick thoughts on the NFL Draft. Do we still think Kyler Murray is going No. 1 overall, and will Marquese Brown be the first WR picked (1:22:20)? | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee saw some good things and some not so good things during OU's Spring Game. Then Grant joins to talk about the atmosphere of the primetime Spring Game (4:30). The guys each have a list of Spring Game observations, beginning with the strong play of Jalen Hurts and the rest of the OU offense (10:15). Moving over to the defense where Lee has some cautionary thoughts, Grant is a little more optimistic, and Alex Grinch updates us on the defense's progress now that spring is over (47:00). We've got a great listener question about the defense's hyper focus on turnover (1:14:10). We finish up with some quick thoughts on the NFL Draft. Do we still think Kyler Murray is going No. 1 overall, and will Marquese Brown be the first WR picked (1:22:20)? | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee saw some good things and some not so good things during OU's Spring Game. Then Grant joins to talk about the atmosphere of the primetime Spring Game (4:30). The guys each have a list of Spring Game observations, beginning with the strong play of Jalen Hurts and the rest of the OU offense (10:15). Moving over to the defense where Lee has some cautionary thoughts, Grant is a little more optimistic, and Alex Grinch updates us on the defense's progress now that spring is over (47:00). We've got a great listener question about the defense's hyper focus on turnover (1:14:10). We finish up with some quick thoughts on the NFL Draft. Do we still think Kyler Murray is going No. 1 overall, and will Marquese Brown be the first WR picked (1:22:20)? | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant says OU may be on to something here with playing the Spring Game under the lights. Then Lee joins to talk about the fallout from Caleb Kelly's serious injury and what Lincoln Riley is saying about what's next (6:00). DaShaun White is the next man up, plus Grant thinks Brian Odom is hinting that only a few ILBs have a legitimate shot to play now (8:50). We learned this week that Kenneth Murray is having a great spring, but does that mean anything given his history (14:35)? We get into our featured Spring Game discussion by taking a look at the format and rosters. Apparently a handful of meaningful players are out (18:50). OU has some big time honorary coaches coming to Norman for this game (25:00). Lee asked Lincoln Riley how much emphasis he puts on the Spring Game compared to other scrimmages (26:40)? Alex Grinch doesn't expect to be able to take a whole lot away from Friday's game (29:00). Grant was thrilled to hear OU's DBs have been pressing all the time during spring practice, but does that mean we're going to see that philosophy during the regular season (31:45)? Grant wants to watch the defense's alignment closely Friday night while Lee is hoping the defense wins the scrimmage (37:25). Let's go back to DaShaun White. We talked to him this week and he lets us know the fans should expect to see a pretty big change in the OU defense Friday (41:40). Tanner Mordecai is allegedly quite fast (45:00) and then we spend a healthy amount of time making fun of Drew Lock, John Elway, and the Denver Broncos (45:50). We turn our attention back to OU and talk about the O-Line. Lee announces the two offensive line units he saw at practice last week (53:10). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant says OU may be on to something here with playing the Spring Game under the lights. Then Lee joins to talk about the fallout from Caleb Kelly's serious injury and what Lincoln Riley is saying about what's next (6:00). DaShaun White is the next man up, plus Grant thinks Brian Odom is hinting that only a few ILBs have a legitimate shot to play now (8:50). We learned this week that Kenneth Murray is having a great spring, but does that mean anything given his history (14:35)? We get into our featured Spring Game discussion by taking a look at the format and rosters. Apparently a handful of meaningful players are out (18:50). OU has some big time honorary coaches coming to Norman for this game (25:00). Lee asked Lincoln Riley how much emphasis he puts on the Spring Game compared to other scrimmages (26:40)? Alex Grinch doesn't expect to be able to take a whole lot away from Friday's game (29:00). Grant was thrilled to hear OU's DBs have been pressing all the time during spring practice, but does that mean we're going to see that philosophy during the regular season (31:45)? Grant wants to watch the defense's alignment closely Friday night while Lee is hoping the defense wins the scrimmage (37:25). Let's go back to DaShaun White. We talked to him this week and he lets us know the fans should expect to see a pretty big change in the OU defense Friday (41:40). Tanner Mordecai is allegedly quite fast (45:00) and then we spend a healthy amount of time making fun of Drew Lock, John Elway, and the Denver Broncos (45:50). We turn our attention back to OU and talk about the O-Line. Lee announces the two offensive line units he saw at practice last week (53:10). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant says OU may be on to something here with playing the Spring Game under the lights. Then Lee joins to talk about the fallout from Caleb Kelly's serious injury and what Lincoln Riley is saying about what's next (6:00). DaShaun White is the next man up, plus Grant thinks Brian Odom is hinting that only a few ILBs have a legitimate shot to play now (8:50). We learned this week that Kenneth Murray is having a great spring, but does that mean anything given his history (14:35)? We get into our featured Spring Game discussion by taking a look at the format and rosters. Apparently a handful of meaningful players are out (18:50). OU has some big time honorary coaches coming to Norman for this game (25:00). Lee asked Lincoln Riley how much emphasis he puts on the Spring Game compared to other scrimmages (26:40)? Alex Grinch doesn't expect to be able to take a whole lot away from Friday's game (29:00). Grant was thrilled to hear OU's DBs have been pressing all the time during spring practice, but does that mean we're going to see that philosophy during the regular season (31:45)? Grant wants to watch the defense's alignment closely Friday night while Lee is hoping the defense wins the scrimmage (37:25). Let's go back to DaShaun White. We talked to him this week and he lets us know the fans should expect to see a pretty big change in the OU defense Friday (41:40). Tanner Mordecai is allegedly quite fast (45:00) and then we spend a healthy amount of time making fun of Drew Lock, John Elway, and the Denver Broncos (45:50). We turn our attention back to OU and talk about the O-Line. Lee announces the two offensive line units he saw at practice last week (53:10). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant says OU may be on to something here with playing the Spring Game under the lights. Then Lee joins to talk about the fallout from Caleb Kelly's serious injury and what Lincoln Riley is saying about what's next (6:00). DaShaun White is the next man up, plus Grant thinks Brian Odom is hinting that only a few ILBs have a legitimate shot to play now (8:50). We learned this week that Kenneth Murray is having a great spring, but does that mean anything given his history (14:35)? We get into our featured Spring Game discussion by taking a look at the format and rosters. Apparently a handful of meaningful players are out (18:50). OU has some big time honorary coaches coming to Norman for this game (25:00). Lee asked Lincoln Riley how much emphasis he puts on the Spring Game compared to other scrimmages (26:40)? Alex Grinch doesn't expect to be able to take a whole lot away from Friday's game (29:00). Grant was thrilled to hear OU's DBs have been pressing all the time during spring practice, but does that mean we're going to see that philosophy during the regular season (31:45)? Grant wants to watch the defense's alignment closely Friday night while Lee is hoping the defense wins the scrimmage (37:25). Let's go back to DaShaun White. We talked to him this week and he lets us know the fans should expect to see a pretty big change in the OU defense Friday (41:40). Tanner Mordecai is allegedly quite fast (45:00) and then we spend a healthy amount of time making fun of Drew Lock, John Elway, and the Denver Broncos (45:50). We turn our attention back to OU and talk about the O-Line. Lee announces the two offensive line units he saw at practice last week (53:10). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee explains his current mindset when assessing OU's defense. Then the guys briefly touch on what's been a pretty negative week (5:00) before jumping back to maybe the most overrated "iconic play" in football history (6:20). The Sooners scrimmaged for the first time this week, and Grant thinks the defense may be in trouble (8:00). Caleb Kelly has reportedly torn his ACL and Grant is bummed out (12:15). Does this injury make it easy to predict who'll play the inside LB roles this Fall (17:00)? New ILB coach Brian Odom is trying to make it clear what's expected out of linebackers at OU (19:00). Jordan Kelley also sustained a bad injury (22:00), and LaRon Stokes got pretty high praise from Lincoln Riley this week (23:40). Alex Grinch reiterated that he thinks Neville Gallimore can be elite (25:20). Grinch says a pair of inexperienced players would be the starting safeties if OU played a game tomorrow (27:30). Grinch tells us who's been playing Nickel, which has Grant pretty confused (31:15). Lee got a chance to ask Grinch what kind of player he looks for at the Nickel position? And Grant provides his solution for the Nickel spot (36:20). Grinch had a good news/bad news assessment of Tre Brown's performance so far (40:45). We get to the bottom of what Tre Brown thinks being a "physical" corner means (44:05). OU's defensive players do their best to stay out of the sand pit at 5am (46:15) and candy bars are popular at practice (48:20). The secondary was terrible last year and it sounds like they're reminded of that constantly (54:05). Lee asked Riley about Jalen Hurts' ability as a runner (57:45). OU's offensive line may be young and inexperienced, but it sounds like they're nasty (1:03:05). Jadon Haselwood was in a boot on Monday, but it sounds like he's fine. Plus all the young 5-star WRs are getting rave reviews (1:09:50). Charleston Rambo is really fast, and the guys try to figure out what Tre Brown was trying to say (1:11:40). It's safe to say everybody is pumped about the H-Back position (1:13:20). Grant REALLY wants to talk about the perceived QB battle (1:17:25). Hey, we know who's competing to replace Austin Seibert (1:24:55). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee explains his current mindset when assessing OU's defense. Then the guys briefly touch on what's been a pretty negative week (5:00) before jumping back to maybe the most overrated "iconic play" in football history (6:20). The Sooners scrimmaged for the first time this week, and Grant thinks the defense may be in trouble (8:00). Caleb Kelly has reportedly torn his ACL and Grant is bummed out (12:15). Does this injury make it easy to predict who'll play the inside LB roles this Fall (17:00)? New ILB coach Brian Odom is trying to make it clear what's expected out of linebackers at OU (19:00). Jordan Kelley also sustained a bad injury (22:00), and LaRon Stokes got pretty high praise from Lincoln Riley this week (23:40). Alex Grinch reiterated that he thinks Neville Gallimore can be elite (25:20). Grinch says a pair of inexperienced players would be the starting safeties if OU played a game tomorrow (27:30). Grinch tells us who's been playing Nickel, which has Grant pretty confused (31:15). Lee got a chance to ask Grinch what kind of player he looks for at the Nickel position? And Grant provides his solution for the Nickel spot (36:20). Grinch had a good news/bad news assessment of Tre Brown's performance so far (40:45). We get to the bottom of what Tre Brown thinks being a "physical" corner means (44:05). OU's defensive players do their best to stay out of the sand pit at 5am (46:15) and candy bars are popular at practice (48:20). The secondary was terrible last year and it sounds like they're reminded of that constantly (54:05). Lee asked Riley about Jalen Hurts' ability as a runner (57:45). OU's offensive line may be young and inexperienced, but it sounds like they're nasty (1:03:05). Jadon Haselwood was in a boot on Monday, but it sounds like he's fine. Plus all the young 5-star WRs are getting rave reviews (1:09:50). Charleston Rambo is really fast, and the guys try to figure out what Tre Brown was trying to say (1:11:40). It's safe to say everybody is pumped about the H-Back position (1:13:20). Grant REALLY wants to talk about the perceived QB battle (1:17:25). Hey, we know who's competing to replace Austin Seibert (1:24:55). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9