West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast

In the opening take, Grant's in awe of Lincoln Riley's ability to improve OU's recruiting over the past few seasons. Then Lee joins to talk about whether or not Alabama has seen an offense like OU so far this season (7:20)? The discussion includes a lot of thoughts from Bama's game vs Missouri this year and a few rips on Drew Lock. Could the OU offensive line vs. the Alabama front 7 be the most important matchup of this Orange Bowl (18:10)? The Sooners have not seen a defensive line as good as Alabama all season long (23:00). Diving into Kyler Murray/OU WRs vs the Alabama secondary (28:15). Grant seems to think Alabama could be vulnerable over the middle of the field (31:00). How significant is it that OU has not faced a defense as good as Alabama this year (36:10)? Does it help Alabama's defense that it just faced an offense like Georgia in the SEC Championship Game (39:55)? Unfortunately, Alabama's offense looks really good on film and it's difficult to believe OU's defense will have much success (42:30)? Hey, sometimes Tua actually makes poor throws (45:20)! Lee had a way better idea of what Georgia wanted to do in the Rose Bowl, compared to what Alabama is going to want to do this season (47:20). Is there a chance Alabama could try to play keep away from OU to keep Kyler Murray and the offense off the field (50:20)? Grant's got some thoughts on the early signing period and Lee chimes in when he can (55:00). We kick around some hypotheticals involving Justin Fields transferring to OU (1:02:35). OU's getting a lot of 5-star offensive players, but man it would be awesome if OU could get some 5-stars on defense (1:12:30). Finally, the bowl games so far have been horrible and we complain about the terrible upcoming matchups (1:14:00). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant's in awe of Lincoln Riley's ability to improve OU's recruiting over the past few seasons. Then Lee joins to talk about whether or not Alabama has seen an offense like OU so far this season (7:20)? The discussion includes a lot of thoughts from Bama's game vs Missouri this year and a few rips on Drew Lock. Could the OU offensive line vs. the Alabama front 7 be the most important matchup of this Orange Bowl (18:10)? The Sooners have not seen a defensive line as good as Alabama all season long (23:00). Diving into Kyler Murray/OU WRs vs the Alabama secondary (28:15). Grant seems to think Alabama could be vulnerable over the middle of the field (31:00). How significant is it that OU has not faced a defense as good as Alabama this year (36:10)? Does it help Alabama's defense that it just faced an offense like Georgia in the SEC Championship Game (39:55)? Unfortunately, Alabama's offense looks really good on film and it's difficult to believe OU's defense will have much success (42:30)? Hey, sometimes Tua actually makes poor throws (45:20)! Lee had a way better idea of what Georgia wanted to do in the Rose Bowl, compared to what Alabama is going to want to do this season (47:20). Is there a chance Alabama could try to play keep away from OU to keep Kyler Murray and the offense off the field (50:20)? Grant's got some thoughts on the early signing period and Lee chimes in when he can (55:00). We kick around some hypotheticals involving Justin Fields transferring to OU (1:02:35). OU's getting a lot of 5-star offensive players, but man it would be awesome if OU could get some 5-stars on defense (1:12:30). Finally, the bowl games so far have been horrible and we complain about the terrible upcoming matchups (1:14:00). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee's fired up about something Lincoln Riley said this past week. Then Grant joins to give his thoughts on Riley's comments (5:30) before the guys jump into the injury status of Marquise Brown (10:30) and Tua Tagovailoa (13:15). Who would you rather Alabama play at QB: Jalen Hurts, or a less than 100 percent Tua (15:50)? So, Chanse Sylvie could apparently help the Sooners in the Orange Bowl (23:20)? Who are the most important players on OU's defense for this upcoming game (25:20)? Both guys have watched Alabama-Texas A&M and they dive head first into what they saw from Bama's offense in that game (30:40). Moving over to what the guys saw from Bama's defense in the September win over A&M. Lee tends to think Alabama looks the same as always on defense (47:50). Grant sees a possible way to exploit Alabama's defense (55:00). Bama has been missing one of their better cornerbacks for a lot of the season (1:01:00). Grant goes to the S&P numbers and it's difficul to find weaknesses in Bama's defense on the stat sheet (1:04:30). Is it possible for a genius offensive coach to watch enough Bama tape to predict what coverages they're going to run? And the guys do a little SEC vs Big 12 talk (1:05:15). There's been some Playoff expansion news that the guys want to touch on and this leads to us ripping college football for essentially allowing the SEC to run the sport (1:11:00). Lee's had a phenomenal time watching Baker Mayfield play football this fall and Hue Jackson should never get another head coaching job (1:28:00). Greg Cosell continually praises Mayfield on Colin Cowherd's show. Yes, we talk about Cowherd's Mayfield takes and we have a great job poking holes in all of them (1:40:30). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee's fired up about something Lincoln Riley said this past week. Then Grant joins to give his thoughts on Riley's comments (5:30) before the guys jump into the injury status of Marquise Brown (10:30) and Tua Tagovailoa (13:15). Who would you rather Alabama play at QB: Jalen Hurts, or a less than 100 percent Tua (15:50)? So, Chanse Sylvie could apparently help the Sooners in the Orange Bowl (23:20)? Who are the most important players on OU's defense for this upcoming game (25:20)? Both guys have watched Alabama-Texas A&M and they dive head first into what they saw from Bama's offense in that game (30:40). Moving over to what the guys saw from Bama's defense in the September win over A&M. Lee tends to think Alabama looks the same as always on defense (47:50). Grant sees a possible way to exploit Alabama's defense (55:00). Bama has been missing one of their better cornerbacks for a lot of the season (1:01:00). Grant goes to the S&P numbers and it's difficul to find weaknesses in Bama's defense on the stat sheet (1:04:30). Is it possible for a genius offensive coach to watch enough Bama tape to predict what coverages they're going to run? And the guys do a little SEC vs Big 12 talk (1:05:15). There's been some Playoff expansion news that the guys want to touch on and this leads to us ripping college football for essentially allowing the SEC to run the sport (1:11:00). Lee's had a phenomenal time watching Baker Mayfield play football this fall and Hue Jackson should never get another head coaching job (1:28:00). Greg Cosell continually praises Mayfield on Colin Cowherd's show. Yes, we talk about Cowherd's Mayfield takes and we have a great job poking holes in all of them (1:40:30). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee's fired up about something Lincoln Riley said this past week. Then Grant joins to give his thoughts on Riley's comments (5:30) before the guys jump into the injury status of Marquise Brown (10:30) and Tua Tagovailoa (13:15). Who would you rather Alabama play at QB: Jalen Hurts, or a less than 100 percent Tua (15:50)? So, Chanse Sylvie could apparently help the Sooners in the Orange Bowl (23:20)? Who are the most important players on OU's defense for this upcoming game (25:20)? Both guys have watched Alabama-Texas A&M and they dive head first into what they saw from Bama's offense in that game (30:40). Moving over to what the guys saw from Bama's defense in the September win over A&M. Lee tends to think Alabama looks the same as always on defense (47:50). Grant sees a possible way to exploit Alabama's defense (55:00). Bama has been missing one of their better cornerbacks for a lot of the season (1:01:00). Grant goes to the S&P numbers and it's difficul to find weaknesses in Bama's defense on the stat sheet (1:04:30). Is it possible for a genius offensive coach to watch enough Bama tape to predict what coverages they're going to run? And the guys do a little SEC vs Big 12 talk (1:05:15). There's been some Playoff expansion news that the guys want to touch on and this leads to us ripping college football for essentially allowing the SEC to run the sport (1:11:00). Lee's had a phenomenal time watching Baker Mayfield play football this fall and Hue Jackson should never get another head coaching job (1:28:00). Greg Cosell continually praises Mayfield on Colin Cowherd's show. Yes, we talk about Cowherd's Mayfield takes and we have a great job poking holes in all of them (1:40:30). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee's fired up about something Lincoln Riley said this past week. Then Grant joins to give his thoughts on Riley's comments (5:30) before the guys jump into the injury status of Marquise Brown (10:30) and Tua Tagovailoa (13:15). Who would you rather Alabama play at QB: Jalen Hurts, or a less than 100 percent Tua (15:50)? So, Chanse Sylvie could apparently help the Sooners in the Orange Bowl (23:20)? Who are the most important players on OU's defense for this upcoming game (25:20)? Both guys have watched Alabama-Texas A&M and they dive head first into what they saw from Bama's offense in that game (30:40). Moving over to what the guys saw from Bama's defense in the September win over A&M. Lee tends to think Alabama looks the same as always on defense (47:50). Grant sees a possible way to exploit Alabama's defense (55:00). Bama has been missing one of their better cornerbacks for a lot of the season (1:01:00). Grant goes to the S&P numbers and it's difficul to find weaknesses in Bama's defense on the stat sheet (1:04:30). Is it possible for a genius offensive coach to watch enough Bama tape to predict what coverages they're going to run? And the guys do a little SEC vs Big 12 talk (1:05:15). There's been some Playoff expansion news that the guys want to touch on and this leads to us ripping college football for essentially allowing the SEC to run the sport (1:11:00). Lee's had a phenomenal time watching Baker Mayfield play football this fall and Hue Jackson should never get another head coaching job (1:28:00). Greg Cosell continually praises Mayfield on Colin Cowherd's show. Yes, we talk about Cowherd's Mayfield takes and we have a great job poking holes in all of them (1:40:30). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take Grant tries to put into words what Kyler Murray has accomplished this season at Oklahoma. Then Lee joins to provide his thoughts on Murray winning the Heisman (5:10). This was the closest Heisman race since 2015 and the numbers suggest Championship Saturday actually determined the winner (9:10). Murray has played in multiple high leverage situations this year while Tua did not (12:50). We're tired of hearing somewhat lazy arguments for why Tua should have won, so we blow those arguments up including "he got injured in the SEC Title Game" and "Tua rarely played in the 4th quarter" (16:10). QBs at OU have been so good lately, so are we totally taking all of this excellence for granted (28:10)? So, Alabama is going to be even more motivated to beat OU in the Orange Bowl now, right (32:25)? Dwayne Haskins picked a really bad year to be really good, and Grant has a theory on why Ohio State fans are miffed that Haskins didn't win the Heisman (37:00). We give our thoughts on the Kyler Murray "offensive tweets" story (39:00). Moving over to the OU defensive coordinator rumors as we discuss the potential timing of a hire and the two main names who Sooner nation seems to want beginning with Pete Golding (44:30). Lee was listening to an Ole Miss podcast and he's got some thoughts on what the hosts had to say about Golding (56:50). Moving over to Alex Grinch (1:01:10). The guys throw out some other names of defensive coordinators they like (1:07:40). We finish things up by giving our early thoughts on OU-Alabama in the Orange Bowl which includes an update on Marquise Brown's health (1:17:55). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take Grant tries to put into words what Kyler Murray has accomplished this season at Oklahoma. Then Lee joins to provide his thoughts on Murray winning the Heisman (5:10). This was the closest Heisman race since 2015 and the numbers suggest Championship Saturday actually determined the winner (9:10). Murray has played in multiple high leverage situations this year while Tua did not (12:50). We're tired of hearing somewhat lazy arguments for why Tua should have won, so we blow those arguments up including "he got injured in the SEC Title Game" and "Tua rarely played in the 4th quarter" (16:10). QBs at OU have been so good lately, so are we totally taking all of this excellence for granted (28:10)? So, Alabama is going to be even more motivated to beat OU in the Orange Bowl now, right (32:25)? Dwayne Haskins picked a really bad year to be really good, and Grant has a theory on why Ohio State fans are miffed that Haskins didn't win the Heisman (37:00). We give our thoughts on the Kyler Murray "offensive tweets" story (39:00). Moving over to the OU defensive coordinator rumors as we discuss the potential timing of a hire and the two main names who Sooner nation seems to want beginning with Pete Golding (44:30). Lee was listening to an Ole Miss podcast and he's got some thoughts on what the hosts had to say about Golding (56:50). Moving over to Alex Grinch (1:01:10). The guys throw out some other names of defensive coordinators they like (1:07:40). We finish things up by giving our early thoughts on OU-Alabama in the Orange Bowl which includes an update on Marquise Brown's health (1:17:55). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take Grant tries to put into words what Kyler Murray has accomplished this season at Oklahoma. Then Lee joins to provide his thoughts on Murray winning the Heisman (5:10). This was the closest Heisman race since 2015 and the numbers suggest Championship Saturday actually determined the winner (9:10). Murray has played in multiple high leverage situations this year while Tua did not (12:50). We're tired of hearing somewhat lazy arguments for why Tua should have won, so we blow those arguments up including "he got injured in the SEC Title Game" and "Tua rarely played in the 4th quarter" (16:10). QBs at OU have been so good lately, so are we totally taking all of this excellence for granted (28:10)? So, Alabama is going to be even more motivated to beat OU in the Orange Bowl now, right (32:25)? Dwayne Haskins picked a really bad year to be really good, and Grant has a theory on why Ohio State fans are miffed that Haskins didn't win the Heisman (37:00). We give our thoughts on the Kyler Murray "offensive tweets" story (39:00). Moving over to the OU defensive coordinator rumors as we discuss the potential timing of a hire and the two main names who Sooner nation seems to want beginning with Pete Golding (44:30). Lee was listening to an Ole Miss podcast and he's got some thoughts on what the hosts had to say about Golding (56:50). Moving over to Alex Grinch (1:01:10). The guys throw out some other names of defensive coordinators they like (1:07:40). We finish things up by giving our early thoughts on OU-Alabama in the Orange Bowl which includes an update on Marquise Brown's health (1:17:55). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take Grant tries to put into words what Kyler Murray has accomplished this season at Oklahoma. Then Lee joins to provide his thoughts on Murray winning the Heisman (5:10). This was the closest Heisman race since 2015 and the numbers suggest Championship Saturday actually determined the winner (9:10). Murray has played in multiple high leverage situations this year while Tua did not (12:50). We're tired of hearing somewhat lazy arguments for why Tua should have won, so we blow those arguments up including "he got injured in the SEC Title Game" and "Tua rarely played in the 4th quarter" (16:10). QBs at OU have been so good lately, so are we totally taking all of this excellence for granted (28:10)? So, Alabama is going to be even more motivated to beat OU in the Orange Bowl now, right (32:25)? Dwayne Haskins picked a really bad year to be really good, and Grant has a theory on why Ohio State fans are miffed that Haskins didn't win the Heisman (37:00). We give our thoughts on the Kyler Murray "offensive tweets" story (39:00). Moving over to the OU defensive coordinator rumors as we discuss the potential timing of a hire and the two main names who Sooner nation seems to want beginning with Pete Golding (44:30). Lee was listening to an Ole Miss podcast and he's got some thoughts on what the hosts had to say about Golding (56:50). Moving over to Alex Grinch (1:01:10). The guys throw out some other names of defensive coordinators they like (1:07:40). We finish things up by giving our early thoughts on OU-Alabama in the Orange Bowl which includes an update on Marquise Brown's health (1:17:55). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9