U40: Coaches luncheon, offensive hopium and NIL changes

U40: Coaches luncheon, offensive hopium and NIL changes

Author: SoonerScoop.com July 25, 2025 Duration: 1:22:58
It's a busy day as Josh is back from vacation and Carey and Eddie spent the afternoon at the OU coaches luncheon where Brent Venables, Ben Arbuckle and Todd Bates talked some OU football to raise money for Fostering Futures. Ben Arbuckle got to talk about his receivers and the offensive line while there was plenty of praise for some key defenders by Brent Venables and Todd Bates. We also had some breaking news mid-pod as Donald Trump announced an executive order for NIL. And Josh was back from vacation to catch us up on the latest in recruiting. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Football is kind of here 8:00 - Coaches Luncheon on Thursday where we heard from OU HC Brent Venables, OC Ben Arbuckle and DT coach Todd Bates 13:00 - Arbuckle talks OU offensive line  25:00 - Could OU be better than they were last year defensively? 35:00 - WR talk  41:00 - NIL talk specific with OU/House Settlement 1:00:00 - Recruiting. Con’t good news for 4-star WR Davian Groce?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Duration: 1:17:32
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Duration: 1:25:52
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