U40: Is the decision on Maikkula's backup tearing apart the Scoop staff?

U40: Is the decision on Maikkula's backup tearing apart the Scoop staff?

Author: SoonerScoop.com August 20, 2026 Duration: 1:36:36
Another day over 100 degrees, but nothing stops the Unofficial 40. We are one week closer to kickoff, and at this point, any college football will do the trick. The guys hit the studio with plenty to discuss, and possibly an egregiously long discussion over who will be the Sooners' center with Jake Maikkula's timeframe uncertain. Josh and Parker have been hitting the recruiting trail hard while George plays with his new favorite football toy, and to be fair we are all a little jealous. Oklahoma's win total saw a slight bump and maybe the hype around the receiver room has something to do with it? Probably not. There is plenty to watch out for before camp closes, speaking of watch, Carey has turned George into a watch guy now...Eddie couldn't care less. Fill in the desire for football with SoonerScoop on this addition of the Unofficial 40 Podcast. 0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial40! In case you haven’t heard, football is basically back!  3:27 - George is officially a #numbers guy  11:00 - Courtland Guillory makes his first media appearance  18:00 - WR talk  28:04 - How much does the Jake Maikkula injury affect OU’s run game early?  46:00 - OU win total moves to 8.5?  1:01:00 - Biggest ?s as camp closes 1:08:00 - Recruiting  1:18:00 - Look ahead to the weekend/CFB Roundtable  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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U40: It's a national signing day celebration! No it's not. [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:24:49
There has been a lot of news floating around lately, so forgive some of us if we forgot it (used to be) is the biggest day of the year. National Signing Day! Actually no one remembered because most everyone signs in the…
U40: Getting to know the new power structure of OU athletics [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:17:32
There has been a massive change at the top of OU athletics as we were introduced to Roger Denny yesterday alongside President Joe Harroz and Chair of Athletics, Randall Stephenson. How will this affect fundraising? NIL?…
What can OU learn about Indiana's title and apply it to their roster? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:25:52
College football season is officially over now that Indiana has defeated Miami to win the National Championship. This is a good thing for everyone in college football right? So how did we get here? What did Indiana do th…
U40: Telling the stories of OU's portal victories [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:12:24
Josh was out at Navy All-American practices during today's show so Carey, Eddie and George took over the show. We're talking portal, portal, portal and giving some context on how some of OU's biggest grabs in the portal…
U40: The portal is swallowing up a lot of OU players. Any concerns? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:31:43
It's been a fast and furious day of Oklahoma football players entering the transfer portal. As we were recording the podcast today, we got the news that Mike Hawkins was entering the portal. And even more came after that…
Merry Christmas and welcome to Oklahoma football Portal Season! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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 Cen…
We're antsy for the start of College Football Playoff week [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:19:06
It's just Wednesday. The Sooners are still 9 days away from their first round matchup with Alabama in Norman. The All-SEC teams were announced yesterday and OU had 10 players represented. They also had the SEC Special Te…
It's National Signing Day on the Unofficial 40 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:17:23
Jim Nagy and Brent Venables put together their first full recruiting class together in the 2026 cycle. How do we feel the partnership is going after listening to both of them talk about the class on National Signing Day?…