OU Names Roger Denny AD & Jerry Schmidt's New Role + 12 Team CFP in 2026, Dabo Sounds Off & Winners/Losers of the Weekend: OU Women's Basketball, OU Men's Basketball & New England Patriots & Seattle Seahawks Headed to Super Bowl LX

The Oklahoma Breakdown with Ikard and Lehman

Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman

Sports, Football, Basketball

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman discuss the University of Oklahoma hiring Roger Denny as the new Athletics Director and discuss Jerry Schmidt transitioning to a new role for OU football. They discuss the College Football Playoff staying at 12 teams for 2026 and Dabo Swinney sounding off on Pete Golding and Ole Miss for tampering. Ikard and Lehman give their "Winners & Losers of the Week": OU women's basketball beat South Carolina and Auburn, OU men's basketball lost a heartbreaker to Missouri, the New England Patriots beat the Denver Broncos 10-7 in the AFC Championship Game & the Seattle Seahawks beat the Los Angeles Rams 31-27 in the NFC Championship Game to advance to Super Bowl LX. 2:00 Teddy Lehman is very much ALIVE 7:16 OU hires Roger Denny as new athletics director 22:26 Jerry Schmidt's new role for OU football 39:46 CFP staying at 12 teams for 2026 49:54 Dabo Swinney sounds off on Pete Golding and Ole Miss for tampering 1:03:23 Winners & Losers: OU women's basketball, OU men's basketball, New England Patriots beat Denver Broncos & Seattle Seahawks beat Los Angeles Rams to advance to Super Bowl Official Site: https://okbreakdown.com/episodes/roger-denny-named-ous-ad-jerry-schmidts-new-role-dabo-sounds-off-patriots-seahawks-super-bowl YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0W8yPKA4rw ○Use promo code OB35 for 35% off Simple Modern's OKC Thunder NBA Champions Gift Set: ⁠https://www.simplemodern.com/products/nba-thunder-2025-champs-15⁠ ○ Upgrade your wallet today! Get 10% Off @Ridge with code OKBREAKDOWN at https://www.Ridge.com/OKBREAKDOWN #Ridgepod Part of “The Oklahoma Breakdown with Ikard and Lehman” podcast series. Follow The Oklahoma Breakdown on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OklahomaBreakdown/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ok_breakdown/ X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OK_Breakdown TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ok_breakdown Connect with Gabe Ikard: https://www.instagram.com/gabeikard/ https://twitter.com/GabeIkard Connect with Teddy Lehman: https://twitter.com/tedlehman11 #collegefootball #oufootball #secfootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.3	Oh, you hired a new AD, and Schmitty has assumed a new role.
1:09.4	We also talk about the 12-team playoffs sticking around for another season,
1:12.7	and Dabo sounding off.
1:14.5	And we give you our winners and losers the weekend where we talk OU Hoops and NFL playoffs.
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1:34.3	It's time for the Oklahoma Breakdown. Well, it's Friday, and we're getting torn up, down to the river in the back of fresh truck.
2:04.3	Remember I asked you, you said it was all right.
2:09.1	Go get you still by the real better night.
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