Oklahoma Sooners Unofficial 40

It is literally the deadest week of the year for sports. Pro tip, always take vacation the week the ESPYs are on TV. But we've kind of had a lot of football thoughts running through our mind watching a lot of OU games being played on ESPNU the last few days. George dropped part 3 of the John Mateer series and it got us thinking... Is there a receiver OU should have tried harder to keep in the portal after watching some games closer to the end of the season? We also talk about Eddy Pierre-Louis being invited to SEC Media Days to represent the team. Is this a message that Brent Venables and the offensive staff feel confident in their offensive line and particularly the leadership that is developing in that room? Major League Baseball held their draft and Eddie says the Sooners came out big winners as far as players that will now return to OU next season. Someone takes us down a rabbit hole of most crushing OU losses. It's also the peak of the offseason so we wondered aloud, how much longer are malls gonna survive?
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Big 12 Media Days have started and it's a quick reminder that some weird stuff happens during talking season. The Texas Tech situation blew up once again with Brett Yormark handling things poorly in Frisco, Texas during the old conference's preseason event. Oh boy, Texas Tech... Carey, Eddie and George are here with Josh on vacation this week and we've kind of decided it's time. We're dipping our toes in preseason talk. Position talk, storyline talk in our own rambling way of getting going with the start of the season. George has a lot of scenarios about how the season could start and how acceptable that start would be for everyone. George is also getting ready to go on a little vacation to celebrate his first year of marriage to the lovely Erin. Eddie has a family wedding coming up as well. It's wedding season for sure. Just relax everybody, enjoy some football talk as we try and prepare ourselves mentally and physically for the start of preseason camp and SEC Media Days in less than two weeks.

THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW:
0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial40! It’s the calm before the storm

7:00 - Media Days have become useless but they do be funny #content

33:00 - Behind the scenes of George’s Mateer Part II story; Sam Bradford working with John Mateer a little this offseason

52:00 - What position are you most concerned about with depth?

1:15:00 - CFB Roundtable
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It was a bit rant-e today on the Unofficial 40 as Carey laid out his frustrations getting the audio dialed right in the new studios. So if you have any comments about wanting better audio, Carey has some comments for you. Carey also has some words with OU fans criticizing John Mateer for his play last year. Especially after George visited with Mateer during the Manning Passing Academy about what last season was like for him trying to play through the hand surgery. Tomorrow is possibly a big day for OU in recruiting as Uhila Wolfgramm is set to make his decision. Josh talks about the absolute roller coaster he has been on throughout his visits and decision. We're getting stir crazy going into July. Happy 4th of July everybody!!!

THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW:

0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial40! Let’s talk futbol 

14:00 - American football is near; John Mateer at Manning Passing Academy 

48:00 - Uhila Wolfgramm announcing on Thursday, July 2

53:00 - Sooners might be taking over the state of Utah
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Everyone is finally back together in the studio and we're here to talk some OU baseball national championship. Carey and Josh join Eddie and George to recap their thoughts on the magical run by this Sooner baseball team. There is also big news coming on the recruiting trail on Friday. Will there be any good news for the Sooners? George is also headed back out on the road to Louisiana where he will attend the Manning Passing Academy and meet up with his good friend John Mateer. How good is the Omaha Zoo? The fellas took a trip out to see it all.

THE RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW:

0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial 40! OU baseball is the 2026 National Champion. What?! 

50:00 - Big announcements ahead on the recruiting trail — Bode Sparrow & Uhlia Wolfgramm 

53:00 - George is headed to the Manning Passing Academy on Friday 

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We're back, back, back, back for a lot of baseball talk as Eddie and George are headed to Omaha to cover the Sooners in the Men's College World Series. George is going feature crazy on the baseball program right now and we talk about exactly who Brian Kimrey is and why he's given so much money to OU baseball. Carey, George and Eddie are all hate watching the NBA Finals and we couldn't get enough of the Spurs meltdown last night (sorry Spurs fans). Josh is here to recap everything that was in the last week with recruiting and we "sort of" have kickoff times for OU football in 2026. Is there a possible Friday night game out there?

The full rundown follows below:

0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial 40! Spurs meltdown, Eddie & George are headed to Omaha to cover OU baseball at the MCWS 

17:00 - George took a deep dive on OU baseball mega-donor Brian Kimrey 

32:00 - Sooners 2027 recruiting lost a pair of WR commits over the weekend 

39:00 - Texas Tech has been making some headlines

57:00 - OU kickoff windows released 
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