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: Sooners pick up first defender for 2026. Looking at 2025 offense [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:15:49
Recruiting is officially heating up after Oklahoma football picked up a commitment from Niko Jandreau, a safety from Chandler, Arizona. It's an exciting pickup because he also has another brother who is also highly regar…
U40: Why is recruiting so quiet? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:25:30
It's a stressful time in the office as the Thunder are down 0-1 and George's marriage may be riding on the outcome of tonight's game. We talk with Josh about what the commitment of Jared Curtis to Georgia means for OU's…
U40: Arbuckle should be allowed to pick his own QB [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:30:11
George was under the weather today so we had an OG podcast with Carey, Josh and Eddie. It's been a busy week so we kind of used this podcast to clean up our thoughts on everything that's been going on lately. David Stone…
U40: The portal is being good to Oklahoma [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:08
With the announcement that Jake Maikkalu and Jaydn Ott signed with Oklahoma football the day before the portal officially opened, OU made a big statement that they are willing to do what it takes to get back on track. We…
U40: The height of spring arrives with the Crimson... Combine??? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:24:24
The Unofficial 40 is back and we're ready for another magical time of the year as OU puts on their spring finale, the Masters is underway and we're on the verge of recruiting awesomeness with high school spring football…
U40: Biggest positives taken away from 4 football viewings [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:51:05
The gang is back in the studio together on the heels of another football practice viewing. The linebacker group appears to be stacking some depth at the position even with the losses of Danny Stutsman to the NFL and Jare…
U40: We are back out at spring practices and women's hoops rules [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:42:02
Josh is back from his cruise and in his absence, OU lost a running back battle to Texas A&M for Jonathan Hatton. Where does OU stand at the running back position? Could they be looking to the portal for their next big br…
U40: Porter to Villanova? Full NCAA preview and football stuff too [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:26:40
We literally brought in everyone for this one today. Bob even joins us for a full NCAA Tournament preview segment today. But first, Carey, Josh, Eddie and George talk a little bit about the new hire of Taylor Redd as the…