West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast

In the opening take, Lee tries to figure out if the College Football Playoff committee got this whole thing right. Then a fired up Grant joins to briefly talk about the final CFP rankings and the show that led up to the rankings reveal (5:30). The guys jump into OU's win over Texas beginning with Tre Norwood's start at safety and Bookie's relegation to the bench (14:00). Texas seems to have perfected the "draw pass interference" offense (23:00). Great complementary football was played in the 2nd quarter (27:00). After OU got its 2 TD lead in the 2nd half, Texas was able to rally back for the tie. Parnell Motley has had better games (31:40). Kyler Murray made a TREMENDOUS play on 3rd down in the 3rd quarter, and we dissect some more poor 3rd quarter defense (36:15). Grant says OU's offense didn't have its best stuff on Saturday (42:20). Things went from awesome to disastrous to awesome in the span of about 3 plays when Tre Brown sacked Ehlinger for the safety (45:00). OU struggled to run the football against Texas, but Kyler Murray and the offense powered through and put together a fantastic drive to put the game away in the 4th quarter (51:30). Grant explains why this may be one of his favorite OU football teams ever (57:20). Kyler Murray should win the Heisman Trophy and honestly it shouldn't be a close vote after Saturday (58:50). Is Marquise Brown going to be available for the Playoff (1:04:20). Time for "3 Word Reviews" (1:06:30). Grant thought the SEC Championship was an awesome game (1:13:00). The CFP needs to be expanded and Lee doesn't want just 8 teams -- he wants 24 teams in the playoffs (1:19:45). The guys dismember the two most common arguments AGAINST playoff expansion (1:26:00). The SEC has an unfair advantage right now in the current system (1:30:30). Grant makes some great points (1:33:00) and then Lee gets more fired up than he's ever been because he doesn't think the people arguing against expansion really like football as much as they say they do(1:34:30). | 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 if the College Football Playoff committee got this whole thing right. Then a fired up Grant joins to briefly talk about the final CFP rankings and the show that led up to the rankings reveal (5:30). The guys jump into OU's win over Texas beginning with Tre Norwood's start at safety and Bookie's relegation to the bench (14:00). Texas seems to have perfected the "draw pass interference" offense (23:00). Great complementary football was played in the 2nd quarter (27:00). After OU got its 2 TD lead in the 2nd half, Texas was able to rally back for the tie. Parnell Motley has had better games (31:40). Kyler Murray made a TREMENDOUS play on 3rd down in the 3rd quarter, and we dissect some more poor 3rd quarter defense (36:15). Grant says OU's offense didn't have its best stuff on Saturday (42:20). Things went from awesome to disastrous to awesome in the span of about 3 plays when Tre Brown sacked Ehlinger for the safety (45:00). OU struggled to run the football against Texas, but Kyler Murray and the offense powered through and put together a fantastic drive to put the game away in the 4th quarter (51:30). Grant explains why this may be one of his favorite OU football teams ever (57:20). Kyler Murray should win the Heisman Trophy and honestly it shouldn't be a close vote after Saturday (58:50). Is Marquise Brown going to be available for the Playoff (1:04:20). Time for "3 Word Reviews" (1:06:30). Grant thought the SEC Championship was an awesome game (1:13:00). The CFP needs to be expanded and Lee doesn't want just 8 teams -- he wants 24 teams in the playoffs (1:19:45). The guys dismember the two most common arguments AGAINST playoff expansion (1:26:00). The SEC has an unfair advantage right now in the current system (1:30:30). Grant makes some great points (1:33:00) and then Lee gets more fired up than he's ever been because he doesn't think the people arguing against expansion really like football as much as they say they do(1:34:30). | 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 if the College Football Playoff committee got this whole thing right. Then a fired up Grant joins to briefly talk about the final CFP rankings and the show that led up to the rankings reveal (5:30). The guys jump into OU's win over Texas beginning with Tre Norwood's start at safety and Bookie's relegation to the bench (14:00). Texas seems to have perfected the "draw pass interference" offense (23:00). Great complementary football was played in the 2nd quarter (27:00). After OU got its 2 TD lead in the 2nd half, Texas was able to rally back for the tie. Parnell Motley has had better games (31:40). Kyler Murray made a TREMENDOUS play on 3rd down in the 3rd quarter, and we dissect some more poor 3rd quarter defense (36:15). Grant says OU's offense didn't have its best stuff on Saturday (42:20). Things went from awesome to disastrous to awesome in the span of about 3 plays when Tre Brown sacked Ehlinger for the safety (45:00). OU struggled to run the football against Texas, but Kyler Murray and the offense powered through and put together a fantastic drive to put the game away in the 4th quarter (51:30). Grant explains why this may be one of his favorite OU football teams ever (57:20). Kyler Murray should win the Heisman Trophy and honestly it shouldn't be a close vote after Saturday (58:50). Is Marquise Brown going to be available for the Playoff (1:04:20). Time for "3 Word Reviews" (1:06:30). Grant thought the SEC Championship was an awesome game (1:13:00). The CFP needs to be expanded and Lee doesn't want just 8 teams -- he wants 24 teams in the playoffs (1:19:45). The guys dismember the two most common arguments AGAINST playoff expansion (1:26:00). The SEC has an unfair advantage right now in the current system (1:30:30). Grant makes some great points (1:33:00) and then Lee gets more fired up than he's ever been because he doesn't think the people arguing against expansion really like football as much as they say they do(1:34:30). | 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 if the College Football Playoff committee got this whole thing right. Then a fired up Grant joins to briefly talk about the final CFP rankings and the show that led up to the rankings reveal (5:30). The guys jump into OU's win over Texas beginning with Tre Norwood's start at safety and Bookie's relegation to the bench (14:00). Texas seems to have perfected the "draw pass interference" offense (23:00). Great complementary football was played in the 2nd quarter (27:00). After OU got its 2 TD lead in the 2nd half, Texas was able to rally back for the tie. Parnell Motley has had better games (31:40). Kyler Murray made a TREMENDOUS play on 3rd down in the 3rd quarter, and we dissect some more poor 3rd quarter defense (36:15). Grant says OU's offense didn't have its best stuff on Saturday (42:20). Things went from awesome to disastrous to awesome in the span of about 3 plays when Tre Brown sacked Ehlinger for the safety (45:00). OU struggled to run the football against Texas, but Kyler Murray and the offense powered through and put together a fantastic drive to put the game away in the 4th quarter (51:30). Grant explains why this may be one of his favorite OU football teams ever (57:20). Kyler Murray should win the Heisman Trophy and honestly it shouldn't be a close vote after Saturday (58:50). Is Marquise Brown going to be available for the Playoff (1:04:20). Time for "3 Word Reviews" (1:06:30). Grant thought the SEC Championship was an awesome game (1:13:00). The CFP needs to be expanded and Lee doesn't want just 8 teams -- he wants 24 teams in the playoffs (1:19:45). The guys dismember the two most common arguments AGAINST playoff expansion (1:26:00). The SEC has an unfair advantage right now in the current system (1:30:30). Grant makes some great points (1:33:00) and then Lee gets more fired up than he's ever been because he doesn't think the people arguing against expansion really like football as much as they say they do(1:34:30). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant basically tells OU to *not* be like Michigan. Then Lee joins to bring up the fact Kyler Murray has had loads of success playing at AT&T Stadium (4:20) and this is the first time these teams have played twice in the same season for more than 100 years (6:00). Lee's got a rough blueprint for how the Sooners' defense can "limit" the Texas offense this Saturday beginning with something OU did not do the first time around against the Horns (7:45). OU's got a decision to make with its defensive personnel because it seems like the secondary is hurting (15:05). Here's what OU's defense needs to do to the Texas pass catchers (23:00) and Lee is challenging the CBs to make some plays (26:00). What are the chances OU spies Ehlinger quite a bit in this game (29:05)? Talking defensive ends and linebacker responsibilities against Texas (31:35). Let's hope OU's defensive coaches and players have watched enough film to where they can anticipate plays based on Texas' formations (36:50). Grant thinks Sam Ehlinger is the 3rd best QB in the Big 12 and Lee disagrees, which leads a big argument (42:00). The most important key to OU's defense having some success against Texas (48:45). There's not a lot to say about the Sooners' offense in this one. We both think OU should have success yet again, and Grant has seen the Horns' defense struggle for the most part since playing OU in October (50:35). We combine what we want to see and what will happen into one segment (1:02:00). Well, the Big 12 Conference is obviously a joke so let's talk about "Horns Down" (1:07:00) which then leads to us really ragging on Texas (1:12:30). Quickly touching on the OU/Ohio State debate which then leads to us complaining about the way the Playoff is set up (1:20:00). Finally, we make our weekly picks on Conference Championship Weekend (1:24:40). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant basically tells OU to *not* be like Michigan. Then Lee joins to bring up the fact Kyler Murray has had loads of success playing at AT&T Stadium (4:20) and this is the first time these teams have played twice in the same season for more than 100 years (6:00). Lee's got a rough blueprint for how the Sooners' defense can "limit" the Texas offense this Saturday beginning with something OU did not do the first time around against the Horns (7:45). OU's got a decision to make with its defensive personnel because it seems like the secondary is hurting (15:05). Here's what OU's defense needs to do to the Texas pass catchers (23:00) and Lee is challenging the CBs to make some plays (26:00). What are the chances OU spies Ehlinger quite a bit in this game (29:05)? Talking defensive ends and linebacker responsibilities against Texas (31:35). Let's hope OU's defensive coaches and players have watched enough film to where they can anticipate plays based on Texas' formations (36:50). Grant thinks Sam Ehlinger is the 3rd best QB in the Big 12 and Lee disagrees, which leads a big argument (42:00). The most important key to OU's defense having some success against Texas (48:45). There's not a lot to say about the Sooners' offense in this one. We both think OU should have success yet again, and Grant has seen the Horns' defense struggle for the most part since playing OU in October (50:35). We combine what we want to see and what will happen into one segment (1:02:00). Well, the Big 12 Conference is obviously a joke so let's talk about "Horns Down" (1:07:00) which then leads to us really ragging on Texas (1:12:30). Quickly touching on the OU/Ohio State debate which then leads to us complaining about the way the Playoff is set up (1:20:00). Finally, we make our weekly picks on Conference Championship Weekend (1:24:40). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant basically tells OU to *not* be like Michigan. Then Lee joins to bring up the fact Kyler Murray has had loads of success playing at AT&T Stadium (4:20) and this is the first time these teams have played twice in the same season for more than 100 years (6:00). Lee's got a rough blueprint for how the Sooners' defense can "limit" the Texas offense this Saturday beginning with something OU did not do the first time around against the Horns (7:45). OU's got a decision to make with its defensive personnel because it seems like the secondary is hurting (15:05). Here's what OU's defense needs to do to the Texas pass catchers (23:00) and Lee is challenging the CBs to make some plays (26:00). What are the chances OU spies Ehlinger quite a bit in this game (29:05)? Talking defensive ends and linebacker responsibilities against Texas (31:35). Let's hope OU's defensive coaches and players have watched enough film to where they can anticipate plays based on Texas' formations (36:50). Grant thinks Sam Ehlinger is the 3rd best QB in the Big 12 and Lee disagrees, which leads a big argument (42:00). The most important key to OU's defense having some success against Texas (48:45). There's not a lot to say about the Sooners' offense in this one. We both think OU should have success yet again, and Grant has seen the Horns' defense struggle for the most part since playing OU in October (50:35). We combine what we want to see and what will happen into one segment (1:02:00). Well, the Big 12 Conference is obviously a joke so let's talk about "Horns Down" (1:07:00) which then leads to us really ragging on Texas (1:12:30). Quickly touching on the OU/Ohio State debate which then leads to us complaining about the way the Playoff is set up (1:20:00). Finally, we make our weekly picks on Conference Championship Weekend (1:24:40). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Grant basically tells OU to *not* be like Michigan. Then Lee joins to bring up the fact Kyler Murray has had loads of success playing at AT&T Stadium (4:20) and this is the first time these teams have played twice in the same season for more than 100 years (6:00). Lee's got a rough blueprint for how the Sooners' defense can "limit" the Texas offense this Saturday beginning with something OU did not do the first time around against the Horns (7:45). OU's got a decision to make with its defensive personnel because it seems like the secondary is hurting (15:05). Here's what OU's defense needs to do to the Texas pass catchers (23:00) and Lee is challenging the CBs to make some plays (26:00). What are the chances OU spies Ehlinger quite a bit in this game (29:05)? Talking defensive ends and linebacker responsibilities against Texas (31:35). Let's hope OU's defensive coaches and players have watched enough film to where they can anticipate plays based on Texas' formations (36:50). Grant thinks Sam Ehlinger is the 3rd best QB in the Big 12 and Lee disagrees, which leads a big argument (42:00). The most important key to OU's defense having some success against Texas (48:45). There's not a lot to say about the Sooners' offense in this one. We both think OU should have success yet again, and Grant has seen the Horns' defense struggle for the most part since playing OU in October (50:35). We combine what we want to see and what will happen into one segment (1:02:00). Well, the Big 12 Conference is obviously a joke so let's talk about "Horns Down" (1:07:00) which then leads to us really ragging on Texas (1:12:30). Quickly touching on the OU/Ohio State debate which then leads to us complaining about the way the Playoff is set up (1:20:00). Finally, we make our weekly picks on Conference Championship Weekend (1:24:40). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee explains there was never a doubt that OU was going to beat West Virginia Friday night. Then Grant joins to randomly get excited about Minnesota Golden Gopher football and also deflect from the fact he picked against OU to win (4:05). For the first time in weeks we begin the show with the OU offense after the Sooners performed at an elite level once again (6:35). Lincoln Riley put the ball in Kyler's hands on 4th down and the game on the line deep in the 4th quarter, and the guys argue over the one Austin Seibert punt of the night (9:10). OU's offense kept their composure all night and came up with big play after big play (15:45). Marquise Brown was awesome against WVU and Lee thinks this game felt different than usual for the OU offense (19:30). Moving over to the defense where Grant thought that unit played one of its best games in weeks and the cornerbacks stood out (32:30). OU's going to need to find a way to improve pass coverage in the middle of the field and it was puzzling to see Caleb Kelly out there once on 3rd & 18 (39:15). There were a handful of guys who played really well including many on the defensive line (44:40). We get to the poor safety play including Bookie's rough game, although there were some positive takeaways (47:10). Although OU gave up more than 700 yards we don't feel as badly about this performance as other recent games (52:00). Is it possible that we're being too hard on the OU defense? And we talk about Michigan's defense if it played in the Big 12 (54:10). We get to your "3 Word Reviews" (59:20). A Texas rematch is up next and Lee's already watched back some of the last OU-Texas game (1:08:20). Tackling some listener questions/comments on OU's propensity for giving up big plays on 3rd & long, plus a look at the OU vs. Ohio State potential Playoff debate (1:12:50). Finally, if UGA beats Alabama in the SEC Championship does that mean both UGA and Bama makes the Playoff (1:23:30)? | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9

In the opening take, Lee explains there was never a doubt that OU was going to beat West Virginia Friday night. Then Grant joins to randomly get excited about Minnesota Golden Gopher football and also deflect from the fact he picked against OU to win (4:05). For the first time in weeks we begin the show with the OU offense after the Sooners performed at an elite level once again (6:35). Lincoln Riley put the ball in Kyler's hands on 4th down and the game on the line deep in the 4th quarter, and the guys argue over the one Austin Seibert punt of the night (9:10). OU's offense kept their composure all night and came up with big play after big play (15:45). Marquise Brown was awesome against WVU and Lee thinks this game felt different than usual for the OU offense (19:30). Moving over to the defense where Grant thought that unit played one of its best games in weeks and the cornerbacks stood out (32:30). OU's going to need to find a way to improve pass coverage in the middle of the field and it was puzzling to see Caleb Kelly out there once on 3rd & 18 (39:15). There were a handful of guys who played really well including many on the defensive line (44:40). We get to the poor safety play including Bookie's rough game, although there were some positive takeaways (47:10). Although OU gave up more than 700 yards we don't feel as badly about this performance as other recent games (52:00). Is it possible that we're being too hard on the OU defense? And we talk about Michigan's defense if it played in the Big 12 (54:10). We get to your "3 Word Reviews" (59:20). A Texas rematch is up next and Lee's already watched back some of the last OU-Texas game (1:08:20). Tackling some listener questions/comments on OU's propensity for giving up big plays on 3rd & long, plus a look at the OU vs. Ohio State potential Playoff debate (1:12:50). Finally, if UGA beats Alabama in the SEC Championship does that mean both UGA and Bama makes the Playoff (1:23:30)? | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9