U40: The future of OU football's front office is being built now

U40: The future of OU football's front office is being built now

Author: SoonerScoop.com January 4, 2025 Duration: 1:37:18
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On this episode of the Unofficial 40, we are talking about the changes to Oklahoma football from a General Manager perspective. Chuck Lillie is leaving for a GM role with West Virginia and everyone wants to know what that means. We are diving into OU's plans for the future as the football program will develop a front office structure more similar to the NFL. What that means and who that affects are questions that still need to be answered. But we breakdown what we know and what that means for the future of OU football and college sports in general. With the outflow of players to the portal, we're also starting to get a feel for what the team is going to look like next season. A lot of unanswered questions there too at certain positions. But we feel pretty good about the overall strength of this roster as things stand today. One player we're still waiting on to declare his future is R Mason Thomas. He put out an interesting video today. And Michael Fasusi shined this week during Under Armour practices. Josh tells us what that means moving forward. And we have some general CFP discussion to round things out. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial40! Chuck Lillie departing for GM role with West Virginia  4:30 - What does restructuring of the football front office mean? Here’s an elementary understanding of what’s goin on behind the scenes  28:00 - Will 2025 be the most talented *defensive* roster?  37:00 - What’s going on with R. Mason Thomas? And Florida State’s Marvin Jones Jr./Oklahoma State’s Kendal Daniels visited Norman  45:00 - Michael Fasusi named MVP at Under Armour 1:03:00 - Thoughts on CFP  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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