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SoonerScoop podcast: Let's talk OU defensive coordinator

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Nov 30, 2024; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; Oklahoma Sooners head coach Brent Venables reacts to a play against the LSU Tigers during the first quarter at Tiger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images

Another week, and another challenge for OU football. We take a mini-break from tracking the transfer portal. And now? All eyes go toward the defensive coordinator spot.

What does being a defensive coordinator under Brent Venables really mean? Who might be some of the legitimate candidates?

Let’s break it all down with another edition of the Unofficial 40 podcast from SoonerScoop.

OU can feel pretty good right now, after adding some key pieces in the portal. Key defensive pieces despite the fact nobody knows who they’ll be answering to. At least not yet.

OU retained the best of the best on defense, one by one, as they all made their public announcements. Add the final guys and hire a defensive coordinator, and onto 2025 we will all go. As anticipated as it gets with the Sooners.

Murdock summary:

Josh took off to San Antonio for a day of Navy All-American bowl practices where he caught up with OU commitments Ryan Fodje and Trystan Haynes. Find out from Josh how guys performed and some of the takeaways from talking to players after practice. We recap the latest from the portal as R Mason Thomas is back and the Sooners land a couple of nice defensive additions from the portal. Which goes to speak how players are viewing the defense without a defensive coordinator. And on that subject, what about the rumors that are surfacing about Ohio State DC Jim Knowles having potential interest in coming to Norman. We talk about it, after Eddie forces Carey and George to stop being coy. We talk a little bit of hoops as the Sooners need to rebound from an embarrassing loss at Alabama. And we end it with some CFP talk.

All that and all the banter you’ve come to expect from the Unofficial 40 podcast from SoonerScoop.

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