SoonerScoop podcast: Recapping OU's final Big 12 media days
The SoonerScoop gang is back from Big 12 media days, and the Unofficial 40 podcast makes its return.
It was the final media days for Sooners as part of the Big 12 conference. Obviously, OU will be headed to the SEC for the 2024 installment.
SoonerScoop’s George Stoia, Eddie Radosevich and Bob Przybylo were at AT&T Stadium to talk with OU head coach Brent Venables, and OU’s four player representatives – quarterback Dillon Gabriel, wide receiver Drake Stoops, defensive lineman Jonah Laulu and linebacker Danny Stutsman.
Big 12 recap
*Competitive depth was the buzz word of the afternoon. What is Venables talking about?
*The pressure, the need for OU to succeed in 2023 to pave the way to 2024?
*Is Stutsman ready to be the leader of the defense?
*How much more comfortable is Gabriel in his second year at OU?
*What’s the biggest difference in Laulu, who has gained 30 pounds since the end of last season?
*Stoops is hoping to play football long beyond just this season?
Top 10
- 1Breaking
AP Poll
Big shakeup in Top 25
- 2
UCLA Hot Board
Top candidates to replace Foster
- 3Hot
Coaches Poll
Massive Top 25 movement
- 4
Virginia Tech Hot Board
Intriguing names to watch
- 5Trending
ESPN Top 25
Rankings see big shake up
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OU’s big recruiting week
It was a nice week for the Sooners, with commitments from Los Alamitos (Calif.) High tight end Davon Mitchell and Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy defensive lineman Jayden Jackson.
Recruiting editor Josh McCuistion takes time out of his vacation to break it all down.
*How huge it was for OU to land Mitchell and have Mitchell reclassify to the 2024 class?
*When did the Sooners start making their surge for Jackson? What role does David Stone play in it all?
*It shouldn’t stop here. Why OU fans should be very excited about the next seven days?
SEC! SEC! It Just Means More
Publisher Carey Murdock lets everybody know the gang is headed to Nashville next week for SEC media days. Murdock, Radosevich and Stoia will get their first taste of what SEC insanity can look like.
Joe Castiglione 1-on-1
Stoia talked with OU athletic director Joe Castiglione at length Thursday morning and recaps some of the biggest news and notes that came from the conversation.
All that and much more in this edition of the Unofficial 40 from SoonerScoop.
