Well, let's dive right into it with Bill Bender of Sporting News. And before we do that, just want to

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All right, Bill, great to

have you on the show. And I want to start off with just the OU conversation. Is that gap between

the Sooners and the rest of the conference shrinking, or is this still OU's conference to lose?

I mean, Oklahoma and Texas is where the conversations have been all free season, and obviously,

you know, it's on Texas or somebody else to topple the Sooners off that crown.

You know, Oklahoma, obviously, with Jalen Hertz, going to be a very viral season one

way or the other, given his background at Alabama.

And if they can replace that offensive line they lost and find a few playmakers, they're

going to be fine.

Well, Bill, let's talk about Jalen Hertz.

He got the starting job.

Nobody was surprised by that at all.

Are you of the opinion, no, that Jalen Hertz is going to be the next Baker-Mayfield,

Kyler Murray,

and kind of complete that trio? Or do you think that this is a guy who is just not up to

snuff of those two other guys? Well, I don't think they better not look at it that way. I mean,

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