U40: South Carolina may determine the future of OU's offense

U40: South Carolina may determine the future of OU's offense

Author: SoonerScoop.com October 17, 2024 Duration: 1:20:21
The Sooners are at a crossroads as South Carolina heads to town. The offense is full of mistakes and Brent Venables is finally talking about it. The future of the quarterback position may depend on Michael Hawkins Jr.'s performance against the Gamecocks. How do we see Saturday breaking down for the QBs? Brent Venables held his weekly press conference and Josh and Carey had a chance to weigh in on what was said. It wasn't all bad. The Sooners had a true freshman shine on the defensive side of the ball. And we breakdown the future of the offensive line and what things look like moving forward there. How about injured receivers. What's the latest on their return? Josh gives us a wrap on everything recruiting, including some visitors incoming. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial40! Things are hard right now offensively. It’s offensively offensive.  16:00 - Is there a QB controversy?  28:00 - Josh thoughts on BV’s presser; Brent’s involvement in helping the offense  35:00 - Frosh CB Eli Bowen has a role in this defense 43:00 - Perhaps some WRs return to the mix in coming weeks 47:00 - OL lessons from the past  50:00 - Josh went and saw 2025 OT commit Ryan Fodje 1:06:00 - Sooners hosting pair of big time visitors this weekend The Unofficial 40 is presented by SchwabMeat.com. Enter the code SOONERSCOOP and place an order of $75 or more and get free shipping on your next order. Schwab Meat. The official hot dog of Gamedays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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U40: Coaching moves, NFL Draft, winter workouts and Bedlam football [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:27:10
DeMarco Murray surprised us all by taking a job in the NFL and now the Sooners will begin the search for his replacement. Brent Venables has found his replacement for Jay Valai in Michigan's LaMar Morgan. What do we know…
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…