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Recruiting Insider Updates | How Will Oklahoma Sooners DOMINATE UTEP? Bold Predictions | · Sooner or Later Sports

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  Speaker 1: Recruiting updates. We also got some visitors to the game.
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  Speaker 1: And where does Oklahoma stand on some of the biggest prospects?
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  Speaker 1: We'll talk about all that and more on the Sooner
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  Speaker 1: or Later Sports Show. Also, the CK and Jay Show.
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  Speaker 1: I am your boy, Jay. Thanks for pulling up here
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  Speaker 1: us five anyway and gift it. So we got Colin
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  Speaker 1: Kennedy in. We're going to talk about a few things
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  Speaker 1: to go into this weekend. We're going to talk about
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  Speaker 1: 2027 recruiting as well as it's Oklahoma done with their
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  Speaker 1: 27 totals. We're also going to talk about UTEP. And
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  Speaker 1: then I'm also throw out some really, really, really bold predictions.
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  Speaker 1: So brace yourself. And Colin Kennedy is going to give
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  Speaker 1: us his thoughts on Oklahoma heading into this matchup. Shout
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  Speaker 1: further ado, let's jump right into the show. All right,
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  Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen, y'all know we had to bring you back.
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  Speaker 1: We got the CK and J show. Colin Kennedy here.
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  Speaker 1: The national guy, the goat out there, the guy I
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  Speaker 1: am trying my hardest to be as cool as in
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  Speaker 1: these streets. Out there in the West Coast. What's going on,
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  Speaker 1: my man?
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  Speaker 2: Don't start. You know, we're all the way out here
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  Speaker 2: in Phoenix, Arizona. And even though we're far away, some
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  Speaker 2: things don't change when Jay picks up the phone and says, hey,
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  Speaker 2: get in the game.
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  Speaker 3: Here I come. I'm back on the stream.
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  Speaker 2: And even though I'm in a new job covering new
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  Speaker 2: programs and players, obviously one thing remains the same. Oklahoma,
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  Speaker 2: forever part of what I am. And so excited to
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  Speaker 2: kind of get some final thoughts before we kick it
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  Speaker 2: off here in the 2026 season, my friend.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: That's the beauty of it is even though you are
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  Speaker 1: now out west, that is recruiting grounds for the Sooners.
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  Speaker 1: So it's not like you're not going to be talking
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  Speaker 1: about the players. So we'll talk about some 27s, what
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  Speaker 1: you've seen with players now that high school ball has started.
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  Speaker 1: We're definitely going to get some. some Oklahoma UTEP takes
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  Speaker 1: and some regular season takes for the Sooners and how
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  Speaker 1: you feel about them. So we'll definitely do all of that.
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  Speaker 1: So thank you everybody for of course, pulling up, check
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  Speaker 1: out Colin's work over there at two, four, seven, still
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  Speaker 1: killing it in the recruiting game. Let's start off with
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  Speaker 1: that high school ball. Colin, we are where football has
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  Speaker 1: started in the, at the, at the high school level,
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  Speaker 1: which feels good. Been watching tape. I saw a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of a crew Jones and a little bit of
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  Speaker 1: a Bodie Sparrow out there in Utah. Let's start out
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  Speaker 1: there in that state. Yeah, man. I think Oklahoma has
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  Speaker 1: done something special, haven't they?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, man.
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  Speaker 2: It was really cool getting out there to the state
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  Speaker 2: of Utah. Spent four days in the Salt Lake City
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  Speaker 2: area and got to see a lot of prospects out
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  Speaker 2: there across several different classes. I mean, the state of
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  Speaker 2: Utah right now is not getting enough credit nationally for
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  Speaker 2: the amount of talent that's coming through there. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: in twenty twenty eight. I would argue that 28 cycle
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  Speaker 2: is as good as the state has.
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  Speaker 3: Had in a very long time.
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  Speaker 2: And my trip out there certainly reiterated that. I'll talk
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  Speaker 2: about that more in a second, but for now, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you talk about the 27s. I flew in on Thursday
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  Speaker 2: of last week and hopped in the rental car as
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  Speaker 2: soon as I landed and drove out to see Bodie
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  Speaker 2: Sparrow and I was excited, right?
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  Speaker 3: It was kind of ironic too.
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  Speaker 2: That my first quote unquote road trip for this job
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  Speaker 2: was to in part see an Oklahoma commit.
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  Speaker 3: I was like, this is kind of a full circle moment.
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  Speaker 2: And then you, you know, you see Bodie Sparrow moving
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  Speaker 2: around and I got to say, man, I was, I
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  Speaker 2: was pretty impressed. I don't, I think he would tell
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  Speaker 2: you he didn't have his best game. And even then
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  Speaker 2: I thought he had some moments of pretty special stuff.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, the, The natural and fluid athlete that he
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  Speaker 2: is really stood out. Had some plays on offense. Had
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  Speaker 2: a big return on special teams. Made some plays on
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  Speaker 2: the defensive end. Almost had a pick or two. And
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  Speaker 2: Bodie Sparrow just, I mean, you're watching him move around.
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  Speaker 2: And again, just how smooth he operates on the gridiron.
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  Speaker 2: It's like, yeah, this is why Oklahoma was so adamant
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  Speaker 2: that It had to go out and get them. And
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  Speaker 2: I'll tell you this, like, I was talking to a
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  Speaker 2: BYU commit while I was out there, and they were like, yeah, man,
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  Speaker 2: there was a guy that you're going to see that
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  Speaker 2: we wanted real bad, and you're probably seeing firsthand why
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  Speaker 2: that's the case.
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  Speaker 3: And it's like, yeah, I think Oklahoma to.
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  Speaker 2: Get Bodie Sparrow, we all know how massive that was
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  Speaker 2: at the time, considering the need and safety and things
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  Speaker 2: of that nature. Yes. Seeing that guy play in person,
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  Speaker 2: Jay was like, yeah, this guy's going to do some
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  Speaker 2: really good stuff in a Sooner uniform.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it feels like it's poetry, man. When you watch
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  Speaker 1: him play, he can play both sides of the ball, catch,
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  Speaker 1: he defends, high points it. He's an insane athlete. Like,
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  Speaker 1: you would have wished you had gone three for three
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  Speaker 1: out of the state, but you understand you can't win
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  Speaker 1: them all. I mean, you can't be too greedy in
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  Speaker 1: some capacities, but... Crew Jones is the one that still
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  Speaker 1: intrigues me. Depending on where you look, I think ESPN
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  Speaker 1: still has him ranked really high. Everybody else is kind
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  Speaker 1: of like middle.
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  Speaker 3: Of the road or lower.
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  Speaker 1: But watching him play, man, he has a level of
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  Speaker 1: aggressiveness that I'm like, oh, he fits Miguel Chavis and
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  Speaker 1: what him and BV wants to do on that line.
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  Speaker 1: What are we getting out of this kid? How excited
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  Speaker 1: should everybody be with him going forward?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think with Crew, right?
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  Speaker 2: The whole thing I think has been centered around, he's
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  Speaker 2: a consensus four-star prospect. He's obviously highly regarded. I think
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  Speaker 2: everyone's kind of waiting to see, is this more of
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  Speaker 2: a high floor player or a high ceiling player?
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  Speaker 3: And there's nothing wrong with being on either side of
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  Speaker 3: that spectrum.
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  Speaker 2: But for Crew Jones, I went into seeing him in
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  Speaker 2: this new role that I have and Obviously, having covered
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  Speaker 2: him as a recruit on the Oklahoma side, now in
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  Speaker 2: terms of the national sphere, I was like, I want
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  Speaker 2: to look at this through the lens of what do
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  Speaker 2: I see? Where is this guy at right now? And
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  Speaker 2: what could it look like a few years down the line?
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  Speaker 2: And for me, that all kind of centered around, is
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  Speaker 2: he going to go in and dominate at the prep level?
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  Speaker 2: Because that's where I think that Crew Jones is going
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  Speaker 2: to have his bread and butter, right? And I think
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  Speaker 2: that's why he... has become so highly regarded. And for
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  Speaker 2: those unaware, Orem is loaded. He just transferred there. And
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  Speaker 2: the Tigers played modern day out of the state of California.
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  Speaker 3: Everyone knows modern day.
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  Speaker 2: And that's a challenge. That's a matchup where you're like,
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  Speaker 2: all right, we're going to see what a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people on this field are made of today. Because while
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  Speaker 2: modern day is certainly, you know, one of the best
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  Speaker 2: programs in all of high school football. Orem's squad in
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  Speaker 2: certain areas of the field is as good as anybody
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  Speaker 2: that I have seen. And I think when you look
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  Speaker 2: at that defensive line, that front seven, they were really good.
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  Speaker 2: And I think a lot of that had in part
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  Speaker 2: to do with Crew Jones. He had some really good
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  Speaker 2: moments in the run game. That's what I was really
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  Speaker 2: keen on. I wanted to see how he supported the
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  Speaker 2: run stuff. Obviously, it was getting after the quarterback. I
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  Speaker 2: don't remember the final stats, but I know he got
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  Speaker 2: to the quarterback at least a time or two. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I was impressed with Crew. It was cool to see
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  Speaker 2: him in person as well because that's a guy that
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  Speaker 2: I'm a big fan of. I had my hopes set high.
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  Speaker 2: I was like, man, make me look right. And crew didn't,
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  Speaker 2: he was supposed to do. I think he continues to
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  Speaker 2: kind of be that force at the prep level.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Crew is one that I've been excited about because
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  Speaker 1: it feels like the way that him and Jake Crell
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  Speaker 1: approach the game, my running joke is that's like it
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  Speaker 1: could potentially be Oklahoma's Bosa brothers. They have a similar game,
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  Speaker 1: a similar style. They're both very physical in the way
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  Speaker 1: they approach. They try to run a dude over, and
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  Speaker 1: they also have the finesse to go with it. That
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  Speaker 1: was the Bosa brothers at Ohio State. I'm like, man,
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  Speaker 1: they're like brothers from another mother, and they do it.
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  Speaker 1: Oklahoma may have put together something special in that recruitment,
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  Speaker 1: especially because I expect Jake Crow to see some run
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  Speaker 1: this season, possibly even UTEP. We'll talk about that in
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  Speaker 1: a moment. But out there at West, who else out
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  Speaker 1: there have you gotten a chance to see from the
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  Speaker 1: Oklahoma class or even heard about while you've been out
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  Speaker 1: there on the West side?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so at Orem, Orem has guys. I mean, Maui
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  Speaker 2: Tanata is our number one offensive tackle in the country.
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  Speaker 2: He has an Oklahoma offer. Oklahoma's not necessarily towards the
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  Speaker 2: top for him, but seeing him and the younger brother
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  Speaker 2: of Spencer Fano, who was drafted, Orem's loaded. But Orem
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  Speaker 2: with Fano and Tanata, they have three players in the
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  Speaker 2: 24-7 sports top 32 right now for 2028. And first
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  Speaker 2: of all, that's crazy. Second of all, the third guy
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  Speaker 2: is Major Stokes. And Major Stokes has Oklahoma, I would say,
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  Speaker 2: roughly in his top four right now in Stokes is
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  Speaker 2: at 32 in the country for us, maybe 31.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's 32.
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  Speaker 2: And, yeah, obviously I was excited to see Crew Jones,
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  Speaker 2: but for Crew to be opposite of somebody like Major Stokes,
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  Speaker 2: that Orem defensive line, they have an edge rusher linebacker
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  Speaker 2: in 2027, Jag Ione, if I remember correctly, who's committed
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  Speaker 2: to BYU and is like, would probably be the guy
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  Speaker 2: opposite of Crew as like the stand-up edge.
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  Speaker 3: But Major Stokes is that guy. That good.
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  Speaker 1: He's that talented.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Well, and it's like, you know, what blew me away
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  Speaker 2: with Major Stokes too is testing numbers and the data
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  Speaker 2: and the measurements, like all of that checks out.
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  Speaker 3: The tape, the highlight reel is great.
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  Speaker 2: You woke up in the late third quarter and he's
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  Speaker 2: playing like shade one tech.
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  Speaker 3: You know, over the shoulder of the center. And it's like,
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  Speaker 3: what is this edge rusher doing?
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  Speaker 2: Just embracing like, yeah, I'll basically be the shade nose tackle.
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  Speaker 3: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 2: And his dad is the head coach at Orem. His
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  Speaker 2: mom is Tia Stokes, which some might know that name.
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  Speaker 2: Tia's a famous Instagram influencer. And Major is just, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he's a dude. He's going to be visiting Oklahoma this season.
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  Speaker 2: And he basically said that Miguel Chavis is like one
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  Speaker 2: of his favorite coaches that he's met to this point.
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  Speaker 2: He had a lot of love for Michigan, USC, Miami, Oklahoma.
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  Speaker 2: But he talked about how Chavis and the OU staff,
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  Speaker 2: whenever they started to press on state of Utah prospects,
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  Speaker 2: that he felt like he was a part of that,
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  Speaker 2: and he's always appreciated the relationship since. I believe if
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  Speaker 2: you go and check Major Stokes' Twitter account right now,
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  Speaker 2: some of his most recent retweets are from McGill Chavis
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  Speaker 2: talking about Utah players. Yeah, look, I think Michigan's got
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  Speaker 2: a lot of momentum there. I think Michigan's going to
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  Speaker 2: be hard to beat. Obviously, Miami's really pressing, and USC,
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  Speaker 2: I do think, is a really interesting presence because Luke Wafel,
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  Speaker 2: who I know people probably watched that USC game. Luke
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  Speaker 2: is a freshman and is already considered, you know, one
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  Speaker 2: of the more promising young defenders.
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  Speaker 3: In college football.
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  Speaker 2: But Oklahoma, relationally, is making some noise and the Sooners
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  Speaker 2: will get him on campus. Major Stokes is one of
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  Speaker 2: my favorite prospects in 2028 outside of like.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Mally Tenato, who I talked about earlier.
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  Speaker 2: And so watching those guys, especially Stokes, along with Crew
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  Speaker 2: Jones on the defensive front, that was pretty cool to see.
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  Speaker 1: That's good stuff. That's good stuff. We're going to have
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  Speaker 1: to see if you get to check out Taven Epps
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  Speaker 1: and some of the others out in that direction. Do
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  Speaker 1: you think Oklahoma's done with the 2027 class?
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  Speaker 3: We'll see. I know who you're hinting at, right?
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  Speaker 2: Because there is someone out there who isn't in my region,
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  Speaker 2: for the record.
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  Speaker 1: Fair, fair. But I'm thinking even more, even outside of
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  Speaker 1: who I'm talking about, Gideon Gash, who I'm hinting at,
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  Speaker 1: but a few others. I feel like Oklahoma's possibly looking
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  Speaker 1: at taking... closer to 30 this class instead of staying
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  Speaker 1: at 27. It feels like they want this one to
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  Speaker 1: be a bigger class as a reset as they kind
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  Speaker 1: of right-size the talent based upon some of these older
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  Speaker 1: players they have that may not end up working out long-term.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that there's any reason for Oklahoma to
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  Speaker 2: be done in 2027 right now.
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  Speaker 3: I think that That comes with taking calculated shots, certainly.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think you need to be going willy-nilly, but
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  Speaker 2: I mean, just this past cycle, we saw some of
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  Speaker 2: the fireworks that were created into November and December.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, Jaden Petit, Jonathan Hatton Jr.
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  Speaker 2: guys like that were late ads, and those were obviously
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  Speaker 2: long-time priority targets, but there were also a few recruits
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  Speaker 2: here and there that They had evaluated or monitored. I
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  Speaker 2: don't think that this Oklahoma staff in front office is
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  Speaker 2: afraid of pivoting and creating newer plans towards the back
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  Speaker 2: end of the cycle.
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  Speaker 3: If they see a fit.
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  Speaker 2: I think that that is entirely centered around Gideon Gash.
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  Speaker 2: We can go ahead and address it. I mean, he
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  Speaker 2: obviously put out there that He's listening to Oklahoma still,
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  Speaker 2: but he's maintaining his pledge to Texas Tech.
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  Speaker 3: I know it seems crazy.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think it's that wild because I know how
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  Speaker 2: badly Oklahoma wanted him.
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  Speaker 3: That was very high up on the wish list.
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  Speaker 2: And I know him not getting to campus after that
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  Speaker 2: Texas Tech official visit where he ended up committing and
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  Speaker 2: all of that stuff. I mean, OU was really looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to making some noise there. And with Gash, we'll see.
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  Speaker 2: I would tell you right now, just obviously I've been
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  Speaker 2: doing a whole lot of other stuff, so I haven't
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  Speaker 2: been able to kick the can too much. But just
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  Speaker 2: based on from some of the whispers that I've heard,
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  Speaker 2: I certainly think that Oklahoma can make things interesting.
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  Speaker 3: This is what I would tell you, though.
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  Speaker 2: The problem that arises is, are you just going to
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  Speaker 2: stumble your way into a Jalen Brewster situation, right? Where,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Brewster was listening to other programs for a
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  Speaker 2: long time. He ends up moving to Georgia, the state
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  Speaker 2: of Georgia. And everyone's like, oh, man, what does that
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  Speaker 2: mean for Texas Tech? And he shuts it down like
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  Speaker 2: a matter of days later. So, like, I don't know, man.
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  Speaker 2: Texas Tech is kind of, I'll say this, Texas Tech
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  Speaker 2: never really sweats in these situations.
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  Speaker 1: No, they got a checkbook that they can just, because
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  Speaker 1: that's how they feel like they should win is by
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  Speaker 1: just writing a check. Similar to A & M, similar to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, UTA, right? All three of them feel like,
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  Speaker 1: just write a check and calm all this down.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think Texas Tech is all that worried about it.
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  Speaker 2: I think because of that and the obvious dynamics, I
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  Speaker 2: think there's a long ways to go there. But there's
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  Speaker 2: no denying that that's one of Oklahoma's favorites in 2027.
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  Speaker 2: And if they feel like they still got a shot,
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  Speaker 2: if they can get them on campus this fall, anything
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  Speaker 2: goes at that point.
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  Speaker 3: So I am very curious to see what comes about
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  Speaker 3: from all this. But You know, Oklahoma and Gideon Gash
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  Speaker 3: have been in contact for months regardless.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that that relationship has ever really gone
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  Speaker 2: away to a certain degree.
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  Speaker 3: And so I think we just.
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  Speaker 2: Got to see some steps, some sort of substance now
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  Speaker 2: is what this all is going to boil down.
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  Speaker 3: To with him. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: No, I'm with you there. I'm really curious. I guess
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  Speaker 1: the thing I'm trying to figure out too is what
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  Speaker 1: other positions– would they really go after with such a
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  Speaker 1: big class? Got a whole bunch of offensive linemen, got
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  Speaker 1: a good amount of defensive linemen as well, safeties, corners.
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  Speaker 1: It feels like everything, if anything, maybe another tight end,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm wondering if they're like, nah, we'll do Seneca
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  Speaker 1: Driver and we're good because he's probably a three-year guy minimum, well,
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  Speaker 1: maybe a maximum three-year guy. He's that talented. He could
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  Speaker 1: be gone, but that room is still super young. That
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  Speaker 1: you're not sweating it as much. Yeah. I've been curious
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  Speaker 1: if they end up going to the third. If they
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  Speaker 1: go do some Lady Vows. Kind of like you mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: the Jaden Petit type situation or whatnot. Or if they
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  Speaker 1: find themselves another Taylor Wine and say they're going to
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  Speaker 1: go ahead and go for a Lady Vow that everyone
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  Speaker 1: overlooked and said, you know what? We'll give you a shot.
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  Speaker 1: Let's see what you can do.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: It boils down to like Gideon Gash is kind of
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: this cycle's petite in that he obviously commits elsewhere and
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: he's a priority target.
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: For the longest time.
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: And we'll see if that end result aligns with what
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: happened with petite last cycle with Oklahoma chipping away and
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: eventually getting that flip finalized. I don't know that that
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: will 100% be.
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: The case with Gideon. Gash.
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: But, you know, you can never rule out two things.
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: You can never rule out a late eval. You can
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: never rule out some sort of surprise scenario. Maybe kind
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: of like a Jonathan Hatton Jr.
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: Last year, right? Where all that kind of came together.
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: I mean, he had been committed to A & M and.
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: That whole situation, but suddenly Oklahoma was kind of back
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: in the mix because they maintained contact and some things
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: took place with his A & M pledge.
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: So that would be where my mind would go.
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: But, you know, to your point, it's like, I don't
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: know that somebody like a Ben Kolar makes a ton
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: of sense for.
• 20:29
  Speaker 3: Them right now.
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: Like, especially because he's, he made that decision when he
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: had an easy green light to go to Oklahoma and
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: And then in 2028, like, I think that they're going
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: to be in a really good position for a couple
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: of tight ends, right? So we'll see. That would be
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: what I'm curious about. But to the point earlier, that's
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: where you got to start thinking through the lens of
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: is these three different potential approaches to maybe add to
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: that class.
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I could totally see that. That makes sense. Lake
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: Vowles is what, like, I'm thinking about him like Peyton Bowen.
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: Well, right.
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: He's kind of the Peyton Bowen piece as well, because,
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: you know, Peyton Bowen's when you chase and you get
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: him to pseudo flip on signing day. Whatever that was,
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: whatever that was. The good thing is he's here and
• 21:23
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• 21:26
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• 21:30
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  Speaker 1: here to talk. We've got to talk OU ball now.
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: We've got to talk about this UTEP game. Of course,
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: we'll talk some bold predictions and stuff here at the end.
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: But to me, the main thing here, Colin, is football's here, man.
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: We're about to actually see some college football Friday. And
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: I needed to get your thoughts. The depth chart dropped.
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: people had some feelings about said depth chart. When you
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: saw it, did anything jump out to you initially as
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: I get it pulled up?
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: I would say it's funny because my sister called me
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: whenever the depth chart was released and had really through
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: some things.
• 23:40
  Speaker 3: Yeah. And so I, I feel like I've already done
• 23:42
  Speaker 3: this podcast episode.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: So, uh, I mean, I think you have to start
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: with the offensive line, especially with what we know now
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: going into this game. There's the shuffling, but the not shuffling,
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: because it sounds like the health concerns could get sorted
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: very soon. Certainly don't want to speak out of turn,
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: but my big thing going into this specific game is,
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: I mean, when you talk about the depth chart, I
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: just need to see.
• 24:16
  Speaker 3: what some of these offensive linemen look like.
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: I am very curious about Noah Best in live game
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: action for the first time.
• 24:27
  Speaker 3: Is the amount of hype that was received going to
• 24:30
  Speaker 3: play out on that field? Yeah. Like, is that going
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: to be matched?
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: I'm also very curious about Heath Ozida going into Friday. Like,
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: Heath is a guy that I don't know that we're
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: talking about enough because... played a pretty sizable role in 24. That,
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: to a degree, tapered off a little bit in 25.
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: And now, I mean, with 26, I know he was
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: banged up a bit last year as well. Like, he
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: knows how to show me what you got going into
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: this season. This feels like a prove-it year for him.
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: And with guys like Noah.
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: Best and.
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: Obviously, the interior of that offensive line could look a
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: lot different whenever things get settled with Ryan Foggia.
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: I look at the offensive line to start.
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: I want to see some of these guys along the
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: line of scrimmage make the most of this type of
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: opportunity on Friday.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: The line is very intriguing with Ryan Foggia there as
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: your starting center, but now we know that he ended
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: up getting injured. on Monday's practice, but it sounds like
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: it's not serious, so that means the expectation is, because
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: he was at practice on Wednesday morning, or Tuesday night,
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: he was at practice, they said he's a full participant,
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: but limited in the contact stuff, so I guess the
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: MRI came back, he's good, and he should be able
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: to play, but they're not going to, because it doesn't
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: make any sense to play him against UTEP, I mean,
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: this is UTEP, I mean, no shade to them. And
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: I try to be as nice as possible with this.
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: But Colin, they have like 93 career starts combined on
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: the entire roster. And that's FBS starts. Well, we had
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: like 360, right? Like they're very new. Their line has
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: one career start and three appearances combined. like it's a
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: lot of newness there where Oklahoma it's returning and BV
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: said it best when he explained it 70 players in
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: the two deep are third fourth and fifth year guys
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: and all of them have been here a minimum of
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: two years yeah the experience should help you to go
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: out there and just quote unquote dominate you should no
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: this this.
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: Is probably going to get a little bit ugly uh
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: let's just call it like it is i mean it's
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: gonna be a little bit of a little bit of
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: a stinker and i i feel bad right because i
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: think utep is being put in a tough spot here
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: yeah um especially with like kind of the friday setup
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: and everything it's just no it's a weird it's a
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: weird opener to be honest it's like i wish there
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: was more to grab onto you know what i mean
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: it's like I can make something out of nothing. I mean,
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: it felt like last year, the Temple game, I was like,
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: keep an eye on this, keep an eye on that.
• 27:41
  Speaker 3: This one, I got.
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: Nothing for you, except for the fact that, like you mentioned,
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: I mean, Caleb Nita, he's another one where I'm like,
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: show me something, dude.
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: Show me something. Because Western Kentucky was not a full.
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: Season starter, right? I believe it was nine games played,
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: something to that effect. And maybe it was six. When
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: Oklahoma took Caleb Nita, my initial thought was, okay, is
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: this anything more than a depth add? I mean, honest question.
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: Because that's what it felt like at the time, right?
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: Now we know, as time has gone on, there really
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: is potential here. for him to stabilize this type of
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: situation and maybe kind of showcase what he could be
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: in spots over the course of the season.
• 28:42
  Speaker 3: But he's got to go out and do that.
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: And he needs to make it look really good against
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: a team like UTEP, right? And that's what I would
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: say that I'm looking forward to in this game. Besides
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: like freshmen, some transfers, some of those guys in the
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: back end of the depth chart you want to see,
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: I need to see some certain individuals on this.
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: Team dominate against a team like UTEP. Because this just
• 29:07
  Speaker 3: hit me too.
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: I remember doing radio in Austin last year. And some
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: Texas people were getting my thoughts on the Longhorns back
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: when they were struggling before going into the Red River game.
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: And that UTEP game that Texas played last year, I
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: watched the tape. It wasn't pretty at times. There were
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: some big names on that squad who were not at
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: their best against the UTEP.
• 29:39
  Speaker 3: Minors.
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: That cannot be the case for Oklahoma on Friday because
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: any indicator of that being the case, all of a
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: sudden I think we're going to actually have something to
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: talk about from this matchup.
• 29:54
  Speaker 3: You don't love that, but it's a part of why
• 29:56
  Speaker 3: we're playing this game on Friday.
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: It's not a conversation you want to have if that
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: is the case at all. And that's when disappointment settles in. But, no,
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: you're right. And I went back and looked. I watched it.
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: I did remember watching that UTEP game. One thing I
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: did realize, though, is Malachi Nelson ain't there no more.
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: He's at Syracuse, which this is his fourth team in whatever.
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: That class of quarterbacks, man, we thought that was going
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: to be the one.
• 30:25
  Speaker 3: Buddy. That was a, man, tough scene.
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: Tough scene for us all. That was not what we
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: thought we was going to get. But he'd have moved around.
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: Skyler Learfield, he's gone. The other quarterback's gone. So they
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: got a new QB. All the offensive players they had
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: in that game versus Texas, gone. I think four defenders
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: are back. They have a fifth one that could come back.
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: He had a TRO. So he's coming back for the
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: five-for-five type situation. We'll see what that looks like, right?
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: And I know, too, last year's UTEP defensive line specifically
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: was an aspect of that squad that gave some people
• 31:11
  Speaker 2: some fits. I'd be lying to you if I knew
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: exactly what their defensive front is looking like going into
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: this game, but I can't imagine it looks great.
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: It does not. Like, I think their biggest guy is
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: like 277-ish, maybe.
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: They're missing a lot of players, unfortunately, because they had
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: a lot of turnover. And that's the biggest issue in
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: the G5, G6 is they players get poached all the time.
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: And so what they do is they'll go to the FCS,
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: they'll go to D2, pull guys up. to have Bill
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: fit off their roster, and then they'll face us, which
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: they play us, they'll play Michigan, they play New Mexico.
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: They got kind of a challenging schedule set up. But
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: I do... I'm wondering how vanilla they're going to play.
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: Is the thing I'm curious about.
• 32:09
  Speaker 3: I don't... I don't know for sure. I think.
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: I don't think Scotty Walden's the kind of guy to
• 32:18
  Speaker 2: go into this type of game and have his squad
• 32:24
  Speaker 2: play on their heels, right? I do think that there's
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: going to be that message of effort. Now, can they
• 32:34
  Speaker 2: match what's required from an ability standpoint? I don't think
• 32:40
  Speaker 2: it will be particularly close.
• 32:43
  Speaker 3: But... Let me pose you.
• 32:47
  Speaker 2: This question because I'm sure you probably haven't had this discussion.
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: Give me a name or two who you would like
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: to see actually have an impactful performance beyond an obvious
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: name on this team. And or maybe give me a
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: name or two that like you're curious whether or not
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: they play up to the expectation level or maybe it
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: doesn't look as good as it's supposed to against you two.
• 33:16
  Speaker 1: I got for both questions. I have one person on
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: the offensive side of the ball that I want to
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: have a big breakout game. And I'm hoping that they
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: do have this breakout game or a big enough game
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: where it doesn't feel like it's a disappointment. And that's
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: Elijah Thomas. We've been hearing about ET for a bit.
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: He's the one. And it appears that Parker Livingston is
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: probably not going to play in this game. They're going
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: to pull him out. And if that's the case, ET
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: is going to start. This is his opportunity. He's going
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: to be out there with Trail. He's going to be
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: out there with Satania. So one, there's really no excuse
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: of him not having an opportunity because the main guys
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: are out there still. So you may get forgotten about.
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: Then you got Hayden Hanson, the giant tight ends, right?
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: So there's a good chance you're forgotten about because you're
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: just the unknown dude. I need to see you give
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: us that. He is the one, if anything on offense,
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: he's the one I care the most about showing me something.
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: If I was to add a second, Manny Choice would
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: be right behind me. I say those are the guys.
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: And I think it's more of a thing for EJ.
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: You know, we haven't seen his recruits do it yet
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: at all. It's been transfers or players that have been
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: here that he's kind of helped develop, right? Like 23,
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: you saw some improvements, which was good. You get a
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: transfer in Joe Anthony was really good. Nick Anderson started
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: to break out. Jane Gibson, boom, same thing. Start to start. Okay.
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: But then he started recruiting his own players. We hear
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: from none of his dudes. And that is what everybody's asking. Well,
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: he can get transfers, which that still counts because you
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: still got to help, you know, groom them to get
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: them better. Satania's numbers jumped from Arkansas. So you saw
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: a massive improvement for him. But you want to see
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: his guy. So those two probably on offense are the
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: main ones I need to see. Give me a performance
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: that shuts up really the critics and everything. Defense, one
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: that I want to see pop off. funny enough i
• 35:13
  Speaker 1: want to see james nesta pop off because he's one
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: he's one in the depth chart that we are curious
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: if he's going to be ready to take over next
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: year with cole sullivan like sully i've seen him play
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: at michigan i know what he's about we've seen glimpses
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: ish of nesta You've heard good things, but we haven't
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: really seen him go out there as a guy that
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: could potentially be your lead. I want to see that
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: in this game. If you give me that, I'm good. Now,
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: one that don't pop, if he don't pop off in
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: this game, I'm concerned. That's two dudes, PJ and Danny.
• 35:57
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: I've been hearing all about y'all for like, since y'all
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: been here. I just, like, I don't expect you to...
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: Both get four sacks or anything absurd, or even two
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: sacks a pop. I want to see nonstop hurries, though.
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: You're going against two giants on their tackles are 6'8
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: and 6'9. No, 6'10 and 6'9. So they got 6'10,
• 36:19
  Speaker 1: 6'9 tackles, 3'07, and 3'24. They got some big dudes
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: on the tackle spot. But they're at UTEP for a reason.
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: They probably got stoned.
• 36:33
  Speaker 3: What's that foot speed looking like? You know what I mean?
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: Them stoned toes.
• 36:37
  Speaker 3: Can he get out and go? Yep.
• 36:39
  Speaker 1: Even with that, one of the other advantages you got,
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: the left tackle, I can't remember his name. I didn't
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: pull it up. But he went to Argyle. He's from Argyle, Texas.
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: Jason Witten's team. Your tight end coach should know. She
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: would tell you, hey, man, you know, we was glad
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: to have him. but this is how you beat him.
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: Cause this was, it was pretty easy to beat the kid.
• 36:58
  Speaker 3: This is what you do.
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: We should be able to do that. Not, not, you know, yeah,
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: we should have an advantage. I need to see both
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: of them with, I just need to see a whole
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: bunch of hurries. They get a whole bunch of hurries.
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: I'm happy. Like you don't even have to record a sack,
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: but I need to see you in the backfield causing problems. Granted,
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: I could see you tip seeing the size and power
• 37:21
  Speaker 1: advantage we have in saying, get rid of that ball. EJ,
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: hike to get rid of it because they're going to
• 37:30
  Speaker 1: be in your lap or rolling them out on boots
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: on a regular basis, just to get him away from
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: the pocket. That's most likely going to collapse instantly. I
• 37:40
  Speaker 1: could see that. You still should be able to keep
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: that dude in the hurry. You should be able to
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: get a good amount of hurries in this game.
• 37:48
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I will say, so I'll go inverse to the
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: questions and, Okay. Starting on the defensive side, I would
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: love to see Tristan Haynes have a good game. I'd
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: love to see Tristan Haynes because, like you mentioned, I
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: think UTEP is going to try to get the ball
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: out quick. It's my understanding they brought a portal quarterback
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: who is more of a veteran and has something in
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: the passing game. I wouldn't be surprised if they're going
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: quick game to try to counter the pass rush.
• 38:26
  Speaker 3: Through that, I would love to see Tristan Haynes make
• 38:29
  Speaker 3: some plays on.
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: The ball because the spring game, I would love to
• 38:34
  Speaker 2: see him kind of follow up the spring game performance,
• 38:37
  Speaker 2: some of the buzz that he garnered in fall camp.
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: If Haynes can make some noise in this game, I
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: feel even better about that cornerback room. The two at
• 38:49
  Speaker 2: the top are obvious. Jacoby is Jacoby. But if you
• 38:53
  Speaker 2: tell me that Tristan Haynes is starting to build this
• 38:56
  Speaker 2: momentum from spring on and makes kind of a statement
• 39:00
  Speaker 2: in week one, I'm excited.
• 39:03
  Speaker 3: And I'm excited for him, too, because that's.
• 39:06
  Speaker 2: A talent that it's like, this is kind of your
• 39:08
  Speaker 2: time to unlock that potential. So I'd love to see
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: Tristan Haynes have a great game. And then as far
• 39:14
  Speaker 2: as somebody who I need to see make some noise,
• 39:18
  Speaker 2: building off of your point, I really want to see
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: Wyatt Gilmore do something.
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's another good one. Tristan and Wyatt are two...
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: I've been circling for.
• 39:30
  Speaker 3: a bit.
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: Like you said, I watched Tristan at the spring game.
• 39:33
  Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, word?
• 39:35
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: Huh.
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: He was hitting people. And when I see a corner
• 39:41
  Speaker 1: that's a willing tackler, especially at his size, Feel good
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: about it because that means that he has bought into
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: the ethos of a Brent Venables defense. Like, we all
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: want to get our hands dirty, but you also want
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: to go out there and shut somebody down. Like, he's
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: not only finesse. He's written a hit. I mean, Cortland
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: is similar in that way too, so have appreciation for that. But, yeah,
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: that's a really good one. Tristan is definitely one that
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: I need him to pop off as well. But I'm
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: not– I don't feel like the clock has– the clock
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: has hit him as hard as it's hit some of
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: the others. Like, like I said, like nest is my
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: guy on the, the clock is there, dog. Come on.
• 40:25
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: But it wasn't his fault.
• 40:27
  Speaker 3: No. Tristan's Tristan's on the right track.
• 40:33
  Speaker 2: I think for me, I'm just curious about, is this season,
• 40:36
  Speaker 2: the season where he does take that next step?
• 40:39
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 40:39
  Speaker 2: It feels like he's laid the foundation to do so,
• 40:41
  Speaker 2: especially from the spring.
• 40:43
  Speaker 3: Through the summer.
• 40:45
  Speaker 2: So it would be really cool to see him go
• 40:46
  Speaker 2: out and make some plays in a game where he
• 40:48
  Speaker 2: might get some expanded time and reps and then potentially
• 40:51
  Speaker 2: earn more of that.
• 40:53
  Speaker 3: You get closer to the SEC schedule.
• 40:55
  Speaker 2: And obviously part of this is like, I would hope
• 40:59
  Speaker 2: you try to preserve some of the starters in this game.
• 41:02
  Speaker 3: So you see some other guys get out there and
• 41:04
  Speaker 3: do something.
• 41:05
  Speaker 2: And that's why I look at Wyatt Gilmore because it's like,
• 41:08
  Speaker 2: you talk about PJ and Danny.
• 41:10
  Speaker 3: Well, Gilmore is behind Taylor Wine on the depth chart.
• 41:13
  Speaker 2: If Taylor Wine is playing more than like a quarter
• 41:18
  Speaker 2: against UTEP, we got a problem, right? Yeah. So if
• 41:23
  Speaker 2: Wyatt Gilmore gets in there and gets a lot in
• 41:25
  Speaker 2: this game, show me something, right? Can you be the
• 41:30
  Speaker 2: guy that spells Taylor Wine and meet some former level
• 41:36
  Speaker 2: of play?
• 41:36
  Speaker 3: Because it felt like when R.
• 41:37
  Speaker 2: Mason Thomas went down, Taylor Wine met that. I don't
• 41:42
  Speaker 2: think Wyatt Gilmore needs to do that at all. But
• 41:46
  Speaker 2: they clearly need somebody to kind of be like the
• 41:49
  Speaker 2: Marvin Jones Jr.
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: Type.
• 41:50
  Speaker 3: You know what I mean?
• 41:52
  Speaker 2: Something to that effect. Danny, I think Danny has star potential. PJ,
• 41:58
  Speaker 2: I mean, we got to find out, right? Maybe one
• 42:02
  Speaker 2: of those guys becomes the Taylor line of this equation.
• 42:06
  Speaker 2: And maybe one of them is a Marvin Jones Jr.
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: But they had bodies last year. Not just a defensive tackle,
• 42:12
  Speaker 2: but a defensive end. It feels like those two on
• 42:15
  Speaker 2: one side are figuring out what they mean for each
• 42:18
  Speaker 2: other and for the season. We know what Taylor Lyon is.
• 42:21
  Speaker 2: So when he's out of the game and he's the alpha,
• 42:25
  Speaker 2: what is Wyatt Gilmore?
• 42:27
  Speaker 3: I need to see him do something in this matchup. Okay,
• 42:32
  Speaker 3: and then on the offensive side.
• 42:34
  Speaker 2: I would love to see Lloyd Avant come in and
• 42:39
  Speaker 2: do something.
• 42:40
  Speaker 3: Like, have a big game.
• 42:43
  Speaker 2: I love it because it would get us talking about
• 42:46
  Speaker 2: the whole run game narrative.
• 42:48
  Speaker 3: Right? It would get us to address the whole, like,
• 42:51
  Speaker 3: Colorado State. You know what I mean?
• 42:54
  Speaker 2: I thought that whole discussion point that's come from the
• 42:58
  Speaker 2: offseason was a little bit unfair.
• 42:59
  Speaker 3: Colorado State. Why would you take Colorado State running back?
• 43:02
  Speaker 3: We could address that. And also, I would love to
• 43:05
  Speaker 3: see Lloyd Avant have a big game because I feel.
• 43:07
  Speaker 2: Like he's going to do it in a different way.
• 43:09
  Speaker 2: compared to the other backs you have in that room.
• 43:12
  Speaker 2: Maybe he can showcase what he's capable of out of
• 43:15
  Speaker 2: the backfield. Maybe he can use his unique skill set
• 43:20
  Speaker 2: to be a little bit more shifty and create.
• 43:22
  Speaker 3: Some chunk plays. I don't know.
• 43:24
  Speaker 2: But I would love to see Lloyd Avant kind of
• 43:26
  Speaker 2: have his moment right out of the gate because he's
• 43:29
  Speaker 2: obviously right there towards the top of the depth chart.
• 43:32
  Speaker 2: I'm sure people are asking questions about that. And with
• 43:36
  Speaker 2: everything else I just mentioned, Lloyd going into this and
• 43:40
  Speaker 2: then making some noise would be really cool for me
• 43:43
  Speaker 2: to see. Yeah. And then the guy or the group
• 43:47
  Speaker 2: I will say that I need to see, like, don't
• 43:50
  Speaker 2: make me question something out of this game is the
• 43:52
  Speaker 2: offensive front, specifically the interior. If Keita Nita, Hito Zaida,
• 43:58
  Speaker 2: and a freshman in Noah Best, like, I feel good
• 44:01
  Speaker 2: about Imarion and EPL and Fasusi and all.
• 44:06
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Like, we're good.
• 44:06
  Speaker 1: Yeah, we tie with.
• 44:09
  Speaker 2: Those interior players who are probably going to be playing
• 44:11
  Speaker 2: a lot this season, if we're head-scratching in the UTEP game,
• 44:15
  Speaker 2: don't do that to me. You know what I mean?
• 44:18
  Speaker 2: So that's my outlook on the offensive side for the questions.
• 44:23
  Speaker 1: Oh, I like that because that's the thing that everybody's
• 44:26
  Speaker 1: going to talk about nonstop is what the run game
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: looks like. And to me, some of the bold takes
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: out here I got. Here we go. I expect this
• 44:36
  Speaker 1: game to look like 2022 Arkansas State, period. I'm sorry,
• 44:45
  Speaker 1: 2023 Arkansas State, because I think it should be better
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: than 2022 UTEP. We should make Scottie cry like we
• 44:53
  Speaker 1: did Butch Jones. There's almost no excuse. One, as everybody
• 44:59
  Speaker 1: has said it, I've heard most of the talking heads
• 45:03
  Speaker 1: have talked about this around Oklahoma. Gave it to Teddy,
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: heard some over at the 247, period. This is BV's
• 45:14
  Speaker 1: best roster that he's had since he's been here, top
• 45:17
  Speaker 1: to bottom. Like, end to end, this is the best.
• 45:20
  Speaker 1: He's maybe had a couple better players here and there,
• 45:23
  Speaker 1: but overall, this is the most complete roster he's ever had.
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: since he's been here, going into season five. You better
• 45:33
  Speaker 1: take advantage of this. Period. So game one, you go
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: up 21-0 in the first quarter very quickly. You go
• 45:45
  Speaker 1: in the half 35-0 or 42-0. Everyone feels comfortable. And
• 45:53
  Speaker 1: the reason that would be is, and I've talked about
• 45:56
  Speaker 1: this before, is.
• 45:59
  Speaker 1: We need explosive plays, Colin. You need plays where I
• 46:07
  Speaker 1: don't need you to just give me a nine yard run.
• 46:11
  Speaker 1: I need some 17s, 36s, 54s. I need some big plays,
• 46:19
  Speaker 1: not just runs, but passes. Explosive plays. We weren't doing
• 46:22
  Speaker 1: 20 plus plays very often. Coop mentioned it on the
• 46:26
  Speaker 1: live that You got Satania on big plays because you
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: threw it and he just outran everybody across the middle.
• 46:35
  Speaker 1: Like there wasn't air yards on passes. You weren't, besides
• 46:41
  Speaker 1: the busted play against LSU to take the lead with
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: four minutes left, you didn't have those. You need more
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: of those. Like the Michigan one probably was the other
• 46:50
  Speaker 1: closest one you got. But you need plays like that
• 46:54
  Speaker 1: where you're hitting a dude deep and he's just touchdown.
• 46:57
  Speaker 2: Or.
• 46:59
  Speaker 1: Someone gets a lucky angle and gets him at the two.
• 47:02
  Speaker 1: We need more of those. Less super close contested, more
• 47:07
  Speaker 1: taking advantage of the fact that the dude is fast
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: and you hit him before he hits the afterburners and
• 47:12
  Speaker 1: he runs right underneath it and gets a tutty. Combination
• 47:15
  Speaker 1: of that and running pass, we got to have that.
• 47:17
  Speaker 1: We need to see that. You see that? That makes
• 47:21
  Speaker 1: Michigan scared. The spread's already shifted. It's about to pick
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: them more a lot of places and still like a
• 47:28
  Speaker 1: minus one Michigan. But you go out there and you
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: show a bunch of explosive plays.
• 47:34
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 47:34
  Speaker 1: You're a two point favorite going into Michigan.
• 47:38
  Speaker 3: I agree.
• 47:39
  Speaker 2: And I think that that is a perfect segue to
• 47:43
  Speaker 2: turn the page to the big picture of the season.
• 47:46
  Speaker 2: I know you've probably covered every unturned stone before this
• 47:53
  Speaker 2: thing kicks off. But I challenged you before we started
• 47:57
  Speaker 2: this stream. I was like, Hey, give me some things
• 48:00
  Speaker 2: that you haven't said yet. Even if there's a little,
• 48:02
  Speaker 2: if there's a little craziness to them.
• 48:04
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 48:06
  Speaker 2: That we need to go ahead and address here on
• 48:08
  Speaker 2: the stream because it's.
• 48:09
  Speaker 3: A CKJ show.
• 48:10
  Speaker 2: Why not?
• 48:10
  Speaker 3: So exactly.
• 48:12
  Speaker 2: The audience is, is starving for new content at this
• 48:15
  Speaker 2: point because we still haven't kicked the ball off Jay.
• 48:18
  Speaker 3: So, Give me some bold.
• 48:20
  Speaker 2: Predictions, some hot takes on the Oklahoma Sooners going into
• 48:24
  Speaker 2: this 2026 season.
• 48:25
  Speaker 3: I don't know any of these, by the way.
• 48:28
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 48:28
  Speaker 3: But you said you got a couple in the chamber.
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: Hot take number one. This is one of the clips
• 48:32
  Speaker 1: I've been holding.
• 48:33
  Speaker 3: Here we go.
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: I said I didn't know if I wanted to release it,
• 48:38
  Speaker 1: but I'm going to release it. Thousand-yard rusher, Jonathan Hatton. Bold.
• 48:51
  Speaker 3: Bold.
• 48:52
  Speaker 1: The thought of a true freshman pulling an Adrian Peterson. Now,
• 48:58
  Speaker 1: Bob Stoops has raved about this kid, and he said
• 49:00
  Speaker 1: that he reminded him of AD. So now my expectation
• 49:04
  Speaker 1: is we get an AD performance. I want to see
• 49:06
  Speaker 1: him within the third game find a way that he
• 49:09
  Speaker 1: has to play in combination of whoever's playing. The fact
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: that you've got two backs, X-Rob and Hatton, who are
• 49:18
  Speaker 1: basically the same size, and roughly the same size of
• 49:21
  Speaker 1: a Jaden Bye at Florida, who we all know is
• 49:24
  Speaker 1: a really good running back as well. Bigger backs in
• 49:27
  Speaker 1: the conference. You got two of them. I want to see,
• 49:32
  Speaker 1: I want to see both of them get a K.
• 49:36
  Speaker 1: I want us to be so much of a power
• 49:37
  Speaker 1: run offense that people are like, I don't want to
• 49:40
  Speaker 1: play them. Because all they're going to do is run down,
• 49:42
  Speaker 1: I thought. I need that in my life. That's my
• 49:46
  Speaker 1: first big, super bold take there. Second one, I have
• 49:53
  Speaker 1: not put this out there for the people. I've kind
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: of kept this to myself. But I think it's time
• 50:00
  Speaker 1: to throw this out. You have not one, but two
• 50:04
  Speaker 1: dudes with 10 sacks in the season. David Stone, Taylor Wise.
• 50:10
  Speaker 3: Wow.
• 50:12
  Speaker 1: Both of them pull the season out with 10 sacks.
• 50:16
  Speaker 1: I expect this defensive line to wreck so much havoc
• 50:21
  Speaker 1: on folks, CK, that Jaden Jackson finishes with over five sacks.
• 50:30
  Speaker 1: Like we get past 40 sacks in the season. We
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: get close to 60 or 70 sacks. We're just back
• 50:38
  Speaker 1: there now. It's insane to even think that's possible, but
• 50:42
  Speaker 1: the tackles for loss number that we always get every year,
• 50:45
  Speaker 1: the BV stat is what I call it, because BV's
• 50:48
  Speaker 1: teams typically always are up there at the top. I
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: think we had 160 last year in the tackles for loss.
• 50:59
  Speaker 1: Let me verify.
• 51:00
  Speaker 2: 122.
• 51:00
  Speaker 1: I think we can get 140 tackles for loss this season.
• 51:01
  Speaker 1: 140 that's averaging over 10 per game and that's just
• 51:12
  Speaker 1: the regular season I think they can finish the season
• 51:17
  Speaker 1: with like over 160 averaging 10 per game which tells
• 51:22
  Speaker 1: you one thing they should be playing a national championship.
• 51:28
  Speaker 3: So will they.
• 51:31
  Speaker 1: The pieces are there.
• 51:33
  Speaker 2: Oh, I thought I was going to get him to
• 51:35
  Speaker 2: say it. Yeah.
• 51:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think they are. I think that Oklahoma– Oh!
• 51:39
  Speaker 1: I think they play in the natty. And I say
• 51:42
  Speaker 1: that because, of course, it's all barring injury, of course,
• 51:46
  Speaker 1: things lining up properly, but best roster BV's ever had.
• 51:53
  Speaker 1: You've got a defense that's third, fourth, fifth years, six years.
• 51:57
  Speaker 1: You've got veterans there. I mean, Cortland is your youngest–
• 52:01
  Speaker 1: That'll be starting, which is crazy to think. Cortland will
• 52:06
  Speaker 1: be the youngest to start. And your offense, Mateer's been
• 52:14
  Speaker 1: in the system for, this is his fourth season of
• 52:18
  Speaker 1: being in the system. If he plays like he did
• 52:22
  Speaker 1: against Michigan, but has a run game to help him,
• 52:25
  Speaker 1: he should be able to show out.
• 52:29
  Speaker 3: Hmm.
• 52:30
  Speaker 1: And he should be in New York.
• 52:34
  Speaker 3: Man, we're firing from the hip right now.
• 52:37
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 52:37
  Speaker 3: Told you, man.
• 52:39
  Speaker 1: I haven't put out all of these in public yet.
• 52:41
  Speaker 1: Those are all... They're now publicly out there and everybody
• 52:45
  Speaker 1: gets to see them.
• 52:47
  Speaker 3: So you're saying that Oklahoma's playing for the natty?
• 52:49
  Speaker 1: I think they should, yeah.
• 52:52
  Speaker 3: You're saying John should be in New York. You're saying two.
• 52:56
  Speaker 2: 10 sack performers on the defensive line, one of whom,
• 53:03
  Speaker 2: by the way, you're saying is going to be a
• 53:04
  Speaker 2: defensive tackle. Yeah. And you're saying a true freshman is
• 53:09
  Speaker 2: going for 1,000 yards. So this will be my last question.
• 53:15
  Speaker 2: If Oklahoma, by your book, is playing for the natty,
• 53:25
  Speaker 2: are you picking.
• 53:25
  Speaker 3: Oklahoma to win the national championship this year? I am. No.
• 53:37
  Speaker 3: Have you said this anywhere? There's no way. There's no
• 53:41
  Speaker 3: way you've said this anywhere.
• 53:43
  Speaker 2: No.
• 53:44
  Speaker 3: You're going to take OU to win it.
• 53:46
  Speaker 1: Taking OU to win it. I've been thinking about it
• 53:48
  Speaker 1: for a bit. I've been thinking about it through the summer.
• 53:50
  Speaker 1: I'm like, man, they're being overlooked fully, which is perfect.
• 53:56
  Speaker 1: They go to Georgia.
• 53:57
  Speaker 3: Georgia.
• 53:58
  Speaker 1: They should win in Michigan. I feel like the Michigan
• 54:01
  Speaker 1: game should be similar to Nebraska 2022. I think it
• 54:07
  Speaker 1: should be one where they should be able to overcome
• 54:09
  Speaker 1: there because Michigan's young on defense. Whittingham's just got there.
• 54:14
  Speaker 1: They should be able to do that. The biggest question
• 54:18
  Speaker 1: for them is Georgia. And I think they can keep
• 54:23
  Speaker 1: it close like Alabama did. Sneak out of there with
• 54:26
  Speaker 1: a win. I don't think this team can go undefeated
• 54:32
  Speaker 1: because that I won't proclaim until I see it. But
• 54:36
  Speaker 1: I think this team can go with no more than
• 54:40
  Speaker 1: two losses and push their way through the playoffs. I
• 54:45
  Speaker 1: feel like they're deep enough for it, which is really
• 54:49
  Speaker 1: crazy to even say. Colin's over there. He's shocked. Told you.
• 54:56
  Speaker 2: Wow.
• 54:56
  Speaker 1: You thought I was joking when I said I had
• 54:59
  Speaker 1: some stuff in the chamber before we talked. You got anything? No, yes.
• 55:04
  Speaker 1: This is how I'm feeling, Colin. Tell me where I'm crazy. So,
• 55:10
  Speaker 1: I mean, a lot of it's crazy.
• 55:11
  Speaker 3: I'm going to be honest with you. A lot of
• 55:12
  Speaker 3: it's crazy. But, you know, we're coming up here on
• 55:16
  Speaker 3: an hour. I know we want to get out of
• 55:18
  Speaker 3: here in an hour. Sometimes we go way too long.
• 55:22
  Speaker 2: But... I'll go quickly one by one. I don't think
• 55:27
  Speaker 2: the hat number is crazy. If I were to ask
• 55:30
  Speaker 2: you though, by what week of the season do you
• 55:34
  Speaker 2: say that he starts to go and earn that type
• 55:37
  Speaker 2: of mark? Cause he's going to have to be the
• 55:39
  Speaker 2: starter to go get a thousand yards. Hmm.
• 55:48
  Speaker 1: Halfway through the season. Okay.
• 55:52
  Speaker 3: Defensive lines.
• 55:54
  Speaker 2: You're saying somewhere 130, 140 tackles for loss. You're saying
• 56:00
  Speaker 2: 10 sacks, and you're saying it's for David Stone and for.
• 56:05
  Speaker 1: Taylor Wine.
• 56:10
  Speaker 3: So, why not Danny Okoye would be my question.
• 56:17
  Speaker 1: I believe that.
• 56:21
  Speaker 1: Okoye and PJ's rush ability is going to force quarterbacks
• 56:28
  Speaker 1: to run forward into the pocket more than what they've
• 56:33
  Speaker 1: had to do before, which opens it up easily for
• 56:37
  Speaker 1: Stone and Jaden Jackson to take advantage of it. And
• 56:40
  Speaker 1: I think that because of how hard it is to
• 56:45
  Speaker 1: move Jaden Jackson, He's going to push people that will
• 56:50
  Speaker 1: just make it to where Stone's going to fly right
• 56:52
  Speaker 1: in and get the sack. I just feel like their
• 56:54
  Speaker 1: tandem is going to make it. Because that was the
• 56:56
  Speaker 1: one thing that even Stone said about Jaden in high school, right?
• 56:59
  Speaker 1: Is that their tandem, a lot of his ability to
• 57:03
  Speaker 1: get really going was because Jaden was causing so many problems.
• 57:08
  Speaker 1: I think that that's what they take advantage of. And
• 57:10
  Speaker 1: that just helps Jaden Jackson look really good going into
• 57:13
  Speaker 1: next year.
• 57:18
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 57:21
  Speaker 2: On a scale of 1 to 10, how convicted are
• 57:24
  Speaker 2: you in the John Mateer to New York take?
• 57:28
  Speaker 1: 1 to 10, 8. 8? I'm pretty high on him making... 8?
• 57:35
  Speaker 1: If he didn't have thumb surgery, dude was guaranteed to
• 57:37
  Speaker 1: go to New York.
• 57:38
  Speaker 3: Wow.
• 57:40
  Speaker 1: And this is why.
• 57:42
  Speaker 2: Okay. Okay.
• 57:45
  Speaker 1: I don't hitch my wagon on people just because of
• 57:52
  Speaker 1: things they say that they do. I need to see
• 57:55
  Speaker 1: the actions as well, right? Okay. This offseason, all we've
• 58:00
  Speaker 1: been hearing about is the stuff he's been doing to
• 58:04
  Speaker 1: improve himself, right? But it ain't been from him. It's
• 58:10
  Speaker 1: been from the people he's worked with. Sam Bradford talking about, yeah,
• 58:14
  Speaker 1: I've spent time Watching film, I think I had more
• 58:17
  Speaker 1: fun than him only because it was just so much
• 58:19
  Speaker 1: fun talking ball and doing it. We worked together. Sam
• 58:24
  Speaker 1: telling the stories. The guy talking about the mechanics, the
• 58:31
  Speaker 1: scientist guy that worked with Josh Allen, he worked, him
• 58:34
  Speaker 1: working with, and him talking about how, yeah, you know,
• 58:37
  Speaker 1: we solved the improvements here. We were able to do
• 58:38
  Speaker 1: all the analytics, blah, blah, blah. All these other people
• 58:42
  Speaker 1: are talking about the stuff that John could have easily
• 58:44
  Speaker 1: just said, oh yeah, this is all the things that
• 58:46
  Speaker 1: I was doing. When you have everybody else around you
• 58:49
  Speaker 1: talking about how dope you are, I mean, like you, Colin,
• 58:52
  Speaker 1: I hear about you all the time from other people
• 58:56
  Speaker 1: about Colin Kennedy. So they know I know how great
• 58:59
  Speaker 1: Colin is because I hear it from everybody else without
• 59:04
  Speaker 1: you having to say, I've done this. Like, oh, I
• 59:06
  Speaker 1: already knew that because this person said they've seen you
• 59:08
  Speaker 1: and it's like, they a the fact you're always there.
• 59:11
  Speaker 1: So my point is, all of this stuff I'm hearing about, John,
• 59:15
  Speaker 1: is from other people and improvements I'm hearing about is
• 59:17
  Speaker 1: from other people saying, even outside of Oklahoma, the coaching staff. Like,
• 59:23
  Speaker 1: coach staff don't gas their player up. But when you
• 59:25
  Speaker 1: have a whole bunch of third parties saying, oh yeah,
• 59:28
  Speaker 1: this is the stuff that we've seen and we've done.
• 59:32
  Speaker 1: Makes sense. I'm sold. I'm sold.
• 59:39
  Speaker 2: So, last but certainly not least, Oklahoma going and winning
• 59:46
  Speaker 2: the national championship. I'm going to ask a similar question
• 59:53
  Speaker 2: on a scale of 1 to 10. How convicted are
• 59:56
  Speaker 2: you in your pick of Oklahoma to win the title?
• 1:00:00
  Speaker 1: I'm a 5 there. And it's only because I got
• 1:00:04
  Speaker 1: to see it.
• 1:00:05
  Speaker 2: If you're a five, what is your biggest concern internally
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 2: or externally for this to not come together?
• 1:00:15
  Speaker 1: That the run game doesn't sustain itself all season long.
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 3: That's the number one question for you.
• 1:00:21
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 1:00:22
  Speaker 1: Yeah. If the run game sustains itself all season long,
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 1: cancel Christmas. Because that's exactly what you want out of
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 1: this team, dog. You want them to just run down
• 1:00:36
  Speaker 1: people's throats and the defense and run games travel. What
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 1: do you do? The defense is going to be it.
• 1:00:44
  Speaker 1: We saw the defense travel all year long. Run game
• 1:00:47
  Speaker 1: adds to that? Talk to me. Talk to me. Who's
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 1: stopping that?
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 3: Wow.
• 1:00:53
  Speaker 1: Who's stopping that?
• 1:00:54
  Speaker 3: I don't know. I don't know, man.
• 1:00:56
  Speaker 2: I mean, you've got, you've got in this scenario, a
• 1:00:59
  Speaker 2: thousand yard true freshman. You've got maybe one of the
• 1:01:03
  Speaker 2: most dominant defensive lines in the history of college football.
• 1:01:07
  Speaker 3: You've got a quarterback in New York.
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 2: And you've made a playoff run through who knows, who
• 1:01:14
  Speaker 2: knows what type of squads with that arsenal to go
• 1:01:18
  Speaker 2: in the title. So. I see no better way to
• 1:01:22
  Speaker 2: end it there, but, like, wow.
• 1:01:24
  Speaker 3: I had no idea that.
• 1:01:26
  Speaker 1: You asked me for both ones, and I told you.
• 1:01:29
  Speaker 1: Now the clip, I'm empty now.
• 1:01:31
  Speaker 3: We out.
• 1:01:32
  Speaker 2: I can't wait for the Homer comments to start rolling through.
• 1:01:36
  Speaker 2: It's going to be great for you.
• 1:01:38
  Speaker 1: It's going to be amazing, and I'm so here for it. So,
• 1:01:41
  Speaker 1: Colin Kennedy, 247 National Recruiting Analyst, and the GOAT. Thank
• 1:01:50
  Speaker 1: you so much, my man, as always. We had to
• 1:01:52
  Speaker 1: get one of these in before the season started. I'm
• 1:01:55
  Speaker 1: going to get your bold predictions after the UTEP game.
• 1:01:58
  Speaker 1: I'm going to let you marinate on the things that
• 1:02:00
  Speaker 1: I gave you. I want the bold stuff before the
• 1:02:04
  Speaker 1: Michigan game.
• 1:02:06
  Speaker 2: I can't even come close to what just happened, so don't.
• 1:02:10
  Speaker 3: Get your hopes up. But it's been great to be back.
• 1:02:15
  Speaker 3: And we'll be talking a lot.
• 1:02:17
  Speaker 2: I mean, I'm sure I'll be back on the show
• 1:02:18
  Speaker 2: whenever big recruiting weekends come up for the Sooners.
• 1:02:22
  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
• 1:02:24
  Speaker 2: I put on the board who's visiting for the Friday game.
• 1:02:27
  Speaker 2: So if you're out there wondering who recruit-wise is going
• 1:02:29
  Speaker 2: to be there, go check that out.
• 1:02:31
  Speaker 3: I'm sure we'll talk a lot more recruiting and ball,
• 1:02:33
  Speaker 3: but in the meantime, it was great to be back,
• 1:02:36
  Speaker 3: my friend.
• 1:02:37
  Speaker 1: Yeah, we're just glad to have you. So thank you all,
• 1:02:40
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