U40: OU President Harroz joins us as we podcast from the North Oval tailgate

U40: OU President Harroz joins us as we podcast from the North Oval tailgate

Author: SoonerScoop.com August 31, 2025 Duration: 57:29
It was a big day at the University of Oklahoma as the university unveiled their new tailgating initiative at the North Oval. SoonerScoop was invited to see it for ourselves and to record a podcast for the fans in attendance. OU President Joe Harroz dropped by and discussed the new tailgating area and we got to chat about the search for a new athletic director, Brent Venables giving up $1 million for revenue sharing/NIL, the west side stadium expansion and what is the deal with this Randall Stephenson guy? We also made Gabe Ikard sit down and talk about his impressions of the new tailgating area and we talked a little bit of football as well. The Oklahoma Breakdown co-host also talked with Carey about maybe doing a crossover episode in the North Oval for the Michigan game. Anyone interested? George and Carey are back together! We edited this down and left out a lot of the Illinois State commentary but you will get our thoughts on Jackson Arnold's first game at Auburn last night. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome to the brand new North Oval tailgating scene. Our thoughts. 11:33 - Talking Jackson Arnold's debut with Auburn 21:32 - OU President Joe Harroz joins us on the Unofficial 40 40:11 - The Oklahoma Breakdown's Gabe Ikard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Duration: 1:29:50
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Duration: 1:04:55
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Duration: 1:23:02
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U40: OU Athletic Director Joe Castiglione joins the show [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:31:59
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U40: Previewing the ChampUBBQ and recruiting camps [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:28:49
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Duration: 1:19:52
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