Merry Christmas and welcome to Oklahoma football Portal Season!

Merry Christmas and welcome to Oklahoma football Portal Season!

Author: SoonerScoop.com December 24, 2025 Duration: 1:14:21
The last Unofficial 40 before Christmas. So Merry Christmas everybody! It's almost that other magical time of the year, Portal Season. The guys get together and talk about exactly what is happening inside the Switzer Center as players are starting to announce their intentions to the enter the portal which opens Jan. 2. Where are the Sooners looking to fill their biggest needs? What coaches will be around to coach these guys in the spring? We've also got some John Mateer talk for you as we're still hashing over his role in this offense and as the leader of the OU offense. The linebacker position is one of those positions we're all keeping a close eye on. And the front office is working hard to bring back some players you might have just expected to either move on or enter the NFL draft. Eddie brings in a little hoops love and Josh is getting ready for a trip to a magical place for a high school All-American game. Everyone be safe and hopefully you'll get to spend quality time with your loved ones. And once again, Merry Christmas from the entire Unofficial 40 and SoonerScoop crew! THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial 40! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and the Portal SZN cometh  38:00 - John Mateer … what happens?  51:00 - Ben Arbuckle had a good gameplan vs. Alabama 55:00 - TE and LB are probably big Portal needs 1:04:00 - OU fans will want to watch HS All-American games Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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OU football returns with Michael Hawkins at the helm [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:31:32
Oklahoma football comes off their bye week without their starting quarterback as John Mateer had surgery last week. But that doesn't mean we're not excited to see what Michael Hawkins Jr., can do in his absence. Let's fa…
U40: Sooners hit the road for a test of their mental toughness [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:56
The gang is back together after the biggest Oklahoma football win in a very long time. Eddie and George are getting ready to take off to Philadelphia to cover the Sooners taking on Temple. How does this team respond afte…
U40: It's a big one. Here comes Michigan. We break it down. [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:47:49
This is the one we've all been waiting for. Michigan is headed to town and Brent Venables gets another chance to put Oklahoma back on the national map. We're breaking it all down. Who is starting on the offensive line. W…
U40: What is Ben Arbuckle's playcalling going to look like [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:31
It's game week and all the media duties are over. We've talked to Brent Venables, Ben Arbuckle and all the team captains for Team 131. We don't know exactly what this is going to look like Saturday but we're interested t…
U40: Al Eschbach drops by unannounced so we made him pod with us [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:34:11
It started out like just another Unofficial 40 podcast in studio. And then after 30 minutes, Al Eschbach just decided to drop by the studios unannounced. So we did what we always do when people come into the studio durin…
U40: We look at key positions at this point in fall camp [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:36:18
Bill Bedenbaugh spoke this week about his offensive line and Carey, Josh, Eddie and George are here to give it all a hard look. Bedenbaugh has to find the right mix of experience versus talent on the offensive line if he…
U40: Tons of camp access and stuff to talk about before the opener [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:33:46
It's been a great preseason for the Scoop crew to get out and watch portions of practice thanks to Brent Venables' media friendliness this August. Carey and Josh get to weigh in on what they've been seeing and hearing fr…