Carey Murdock catches up with Toby Rowland, the voice of the Sooners for the second straight year before the season starts. The topics wind all over the place as usual with Toby and Carey, but we hit on our shared experiences of Bob Stoops' resignation and Lincoln Riley's ascension. We also talk about how and when Toby found out about the Stoops news. We talk about impressions of Lincoln Riley and the ins and outs of calling games for the Sooner Sports Radio Network. We also talk about some of Toby's most memorable moments calling OU games. 0.04:00 Toby gushes about the Unofficial 40 Podcast 0.07:00 Toby blames the podcast for building up his expectations about the 2017 recruiting class 0.08:12 We let Toby promote OU's official podcast to promote harmony 0.10:14 Toby's biggest disappointment, the lunar eclipse 0.14:36 Toby talks about the moment he found out Bob Stoops was retiring 0.24:00 Toby's idea for a 30 for 30 on Bob Stoops' retirement 0.28:26 The difficulty of staying around at one school or a long time 0.30:43 First impressions of Lincoln Riley 0.32:40 Lincoln vs. Bob in media settings 0.38:49 How Bob Stoops made us better at our jobs 0:39:34 Toby recruiting Bob to be his future color analyst? 0:41:59 How much does Toby go to practice? 0:43:40 What is Toby doing while he's calling a game? 0:46:15 The future of Merv Johnson as the color analyst and Teddy Lehman's role 0:49:50 Can there be innovation in broadcasting games on the radio? 0:54:45 What about being able to mic up coaches for halftime speeches? 0:57:40 Toby's thoughts on being critical during a broadcast 1:03:00 Calling last year's Texas Tech game 1:08:46 Anticipation of calling a game at Ohio State this year 1:11:04 The game Toby's most proud of calling for OU football up to this point 1:14:13 National champions were all over the place this year but Toby didn't get one 1:16:10 Could Toby go back to sitting in a pressbox at OU games after calling play-by-play Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices