U40: Josh from the Navy All-American practices, OU DC rumors swirl

U40: Josh from the Navy All-American practices, OU DC rumors swirl

Author: SoonerScoop.com January 9, 2025 Duration: 1:15:10
Josh took off to San Antonio for a day of Navy All-American bowl practices where he caught up with OU commitments Ryan Fodje and Trystan Haynes. Find out from Josh how guys performed and some of the takeaways from talking to players after practice. We recap the latest from the portal as R Mason Thomas is back and the Sooners land a couple of nice defensive additions from the portal. Which goes to speak how players are viewing the defense without a defensive coordinator. And on that subject, what about the rumors that are surfacing about Ohio State DC Jim Knowles having potential interest in coming to Norman. We talk about it, after Eddie forces Carey and George to stop being coy. We talk a little bit of hoops as the Sooners need to rebound from an embarrassing loss at Alabama. And we end it with some CFP talk. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! Josh is in the beautiful city of San Antonio, Texas for the Navy All-American game practice 20:00 - R Mason Thomas leads the pack of returning players to the program in 2025 28:30 - Marvin Jones Jr. (Florida State), Kendall Daniels (Okla State) joining the program  38:00 - What’s going on with the DC search?  50:00 - Hoops updates; Conference play has begun 58:00 - CFP Playoffs  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Duration: 1:24:48
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Duration: 1:38:45
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