U40: Ben Arbuckle is the new OC, and he kept the whole staff?

U40: Ben Arbuckle is the new OC, and he kept the whole staff?

Author: SoonerScoop.com December 4, 2024 Duration: 2:02:11
It's a massive podcast with so much to cover over the last few days. Ben Arbuckle was hired as Oklahoma's new offensive coordinator and then Brent Venables announced that all of Seth Littrell's assistant coaches would be retained. Are we really buying that? Or is this just a united front for signing day? And who will be OU's quarterback in 2025? Is it better to sign Washington State's John Mateer in the portal for instant chemistry? Or should the Sooners try and stick behind Jackson Arnold, mend those fences and rely on his ceiling and potential to lead the offense into 2025? Much more on Arbuckle but we take a look at signing day as well and portal season which comes next. Will the Sooners lose Michael Fasusi or Cortez Mills on signing day? Texas and Nebraska are pulling at them. We also talk some hoops after OU wins the Battle 4 Atlantis and Joe Castiglione declares his vision for the future of the football program in the age of revenue sharing. It's a packed episode on this week's SchwabMeat.com Unofficial 40. * Order over $75 of Schwab Meat Co. products on https://www.schwabmeat.com and use the promo code SOONERSCOOP to receive FREE shipping! THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial40!   4:52 - Oklahoma hires Wazzu’s Ben Arbuckle but that wasn’t the headline on Monday  17:45 - Sooners QB in 2025 26:30 - Insight into the Ben Arbuckle hire 50:45 - Portal Opens Tuesday, Dec. 9/NFL decisions ahead 58:10 - National Signing Day on Wednesday is a bit different; sign of the times 1:10:00 - What’s the latest on 5-star OT commit Michael Fasusi  1:13:00 - 4-star WR Cortez Mills in or out?  1:20:00 - Joe Castiglione announces OU’s plan for rev share 1:30:00- Hoops Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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U40: Sooners pick up first defender for 2026. Looking at 2025 offense [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:15:49
Recruiting is officially heating up after Oklahoma football picked up a commitment from Niko Jandreau, a safety from Chandler, Arizona. It's an exciting pickup because he also has another brother who is also highly regar…
U40: Why is recruiting so quiet? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:25:30
It's a stressful time in the office as the Thunder are down 0-1 and George's marriage may be riding on the outcome of tonight's game. We talk with Josh about what the commitment of Jared Curtis to Georgia means for OU's…
U40: Arbuckle should be allowed to pick his own QB [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:30:11
George was under the weather today so we had an OG podcast with Carey, Josh and Eddie. It's been a busy week so we kind of used this podcast to clean up our thoughts on everything that's been going on lately. David Stone…
U40: The portal is being good to Oklahoma [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:08
With the announcement that Jake Maikkalu and Jaydn Ott signed with Oklahoma football the day before the portal officially opened, OU made a big statement that they are willing to do what it takes to get back on track. We…
U40: The height of spring arrives with the Crimson... Combine??? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:24:24
The Unofficial 40 is back and we're ready for another magical time of the year as OU puts on their spring finale, the Masters is underway and we're on the verge of recruiting awesomeness with high school spring football…
U40: Biggest positives taken away from 4 football viewings [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:51:05
The gang is back in the studio together on the heels of another football practice viewing. The linebacker group appears to be stacking some depth at the position even with the losses of Danny Stutsman to the NFL and Jare…
U40: We are back out at spring practices and women's hoops rules [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:42:02
Josh is back from his cruise and in his absence, OU lost a running back battle to Texas A&M for Jonathan Hatton. Where does OU stand at the running back position? Could they be looking to the portal for their next big br…
U40: Porter to Villanova? Full NCAA preview and football stuff too [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:26:40
We literally brought in everyone for this one today. Bob even joins us for a full NCAA Tournament preview segment today. But first, Carey, Josh, Eddie and George talk a little bit about the new hire of Taylor Redd as the…