The Oklahoma Breakdown with Ikard and Lehman

Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman break down the keys to victory for OU Football vs. UTEP on September 4, 2026.

Oklahoma Sooners defense vs. UTEP Miners offense

0:53 Shut down Tavorus Jones and the UTEP run game

5:22 Contain QB EJ Colson

9:13 Guillory, Bowen and other OU corners need to be ready to defend the deep ball

Oklahoma Sooners offense vs. UTEP Miners defense

15:46 Sooners must run the ball if UTEP wants to play 3 safety defense

20:47 OU's RB's must make guys miss and produce explosive runs

25:11 Mateer and the Sooners wide receivers must attack the intermediate area of the field

29:38 OU's center and running backs must handle interior blitzes in obvious passing situations

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Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman give what they are watching for from the Sooners offense and defense in Oklahoma vs. UTEP. It's important that OU Football looks sharp in their season opener before heading to Ann Arbor to take on Michigan in week 2. They are joined by UTEP's play-by-play voice Jon Teicher to learn more about the Miners. They preview the best games of week 1 of college football: Clemson vs. LSU, Wisconsin vs. Notre Dame & Louisville vs. Ole Miss. Ikard and Lehman give their "Winners & Losers of the Week": LSU, South Carolina and others are using Kalshi to hedge against bonus payments to coaches, there are some 2:30 kickoffs that will be brutally hot including Oklahoma State vs. Tuls and Texas State vs. Texas, Aaron Donald has come out of retirement to play for the Los Angeles Rams & UCLA fired AD Martin Jarmond right before Bob Chesney coaches his first game for the Bruins

1:58 OU's defense vs. UTEP's offense

16:07 OU's offense vs. UTEP's defense

42:42 Jon Teicher talks UTEP

59:31 CFB Week 1 Previews: Clemson vs. LSU, Wisconsin vs. Notre Dame & Louisville vs. Ole Miss

1:25:37 Winners & Losers: Kalshi, hot 2:30 kickoffs, Aaron Donald & UCLA athletics

Official site: https://okbreakdown.com/episodes/ou-utep-preview-w-jon-teicher-cfb-week-1-previews-clemson-vs-lsu-wisconsin-vs-notre-dame

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJvTcBjA_Vs

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Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman break down the depth chart that Oklahoma football released for their Week 1 matchup against UTEP on September 4, 2026.

0:44 Sooners offensive depth chart

17:21 Sooners defensive depth chart

Official Site: https://okbreakdown.com/episodes/in-the-weeds-ou-football-depth-chart-breakdown

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Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman discuss their bold predictions for the Oklahoma Sooners in the 2026 college football season. Lehman predicts that OU's defense will have more sacks than they had last season (45), Tate Sandell will break the OU record for longest made field goal (60 yards) and John Mateer will throw for 25 touchdowns and only 6 interceptions. Ikard predicts that PJ Adebawore will lead the Sooners in sacks, OU will double the number of rushing touchdowns it had last season & Courtland Guillory will lead the SEC in interceptions. They are joined by Josh Pate (@JoshPateCFB) to discuss Pate's SEC record predictions inlcuding him having OU finishing 9-3 but still making the College Football Playoff, him ranking John Mateer as the 3rd best QB in the SEC, his CFP bracket predictions and why he switched his national champion pick from Notre Dame to Miami.

3:18 Bold predictions for Oklahoma football in 206

41:22 Pate on OU football in 2026

45:17 Pate on John Mateer

47:47 Pate on the Sooners defense

50:29 Pate on predicting OU to go 9-3 and make the CFP

56:38 Pate shares an interesting Matt Campbell story

58:29 Pate on the possibility of an SEC team winning the national title

1:07:51 Pate on the Texas Longhorns in 2026

1:15:22 Pate on the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2026

1:23:25 Pate on switching his national champion pick from Notre Dame to Miami

Official site: https://okbreakdown.com/episodes/josh-pate-bold-predictions-for-ou-football-in-2026

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Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman discuss OU football naming 9 captains for the 2026 college football season: Peyton Bowen, Taylor Wein, Kip Lewis, David Stone, John Mateer, Michael Fasusi, Owen Heinecke, Eddy Pierre-Louis and Jake Maikkula. They are joined by Brooks Austin (@TheFilmGuyNetwork) to discuss Sooners QB John Mateer, Ben Arbuckle's offense, expectations for Oklahoma in 2026, SEC quarterbacks and the best teams in CFB heading into the season. Ikard and Lehman give their “Winners & Losers of the Week”: PGA Tour announced a fantastic new format to determine the Tour Championship that includes bracket style match play, Lane Kiffin and LSU were significantly impacted when the Big Ten and SEC announced a ban on players that have signed an NFL contract returning to college football, Week 0 has intriguing matchups with NC State vs. Virginia, North Carolina vs. TCU and San Jose State vs. USC & the Cleveland Browns named Deshaun Watson their starting quarterback.

1:58 OU names 9 captains for 2026 season

23:54 Brooks Austin interview

1:02:59 Winners & Losers: R Mason Thomas, Texas Longhorns drama, Keelon Russell & Ahmad Hardy

Official site: https://okbreakdown.com/episodes/brooks-austin-ou-football-names-9-captains-sec-big-ten-ban-nfl-players-from-returning-to-cfb

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