meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Oklahoma Sooners Unofficial 40

U40: Can OU's defense be fixed this season?

Oklahoma Sooners Unofficial 40

SoonerScoop.com

Sports, Football

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2018

⏱️ 77 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Lincoln Riley and Ruffin McNeill had a chance to meet with the media and finally address the Mike Stoops firing. It's been a three-ring circus the last few days in Oklahoma as Mike Stoops even called into local radio to defend himself. We talk about the madness that's been as well as moving forward with Ruffin McNeill and Bob Diaco. Can this defense be fixed? What are our expectations? We also talk with Josh and Bob about how this change is going to affect recruiting. The full rundown follows below: OPEN - The circus came to town this week after Mike Stoops was fired 0:03:00 - Lincoln Riley speaks about the firing 0:05:35 - Does disappointment await this OU defense regardless who is coaching? 0:08:10 - How big will the changes be with Ruffin McNeill in charge? 0:11:00 - Does Mike Stoops keep his job if OU pulled out a win in the Cotton Bowl? 0:14:30 - Every defensive coach has been responsible for this mess 0:17:50 - Kerry Cooks and the secondary position moving forward 0:20:40 - The defensive line has struggled 0:24:15 - Our expectations for the defense moving forward 0:26:20 - Some kudos for the offense and Carey kids triggered over Kennedy Brooks and Trey Sermon 0:29:15 - We address the rumors on Mike Stoops and make sure we're all clear on the facts 0:43:48 - Caleb Kelly is struggling at linebacker 0:45:50 - The defensive problems identified 0:52:20 - Safety play has been a problem for a while now and ideas for Lincoln Riley to punish people 0:58:00 - How is this affecting recruiting? 1:06:35 - Is there a chance Ruffin might not be the play caller? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

News team, assemble!

0:05.0

Asssemble! It's back and bigger than ever. It's the unofficial 40 from Sooner Scoop.com

0:20.0

presented by the Choctaw Casino One Resort in Durant.

0:25.0

Now here's the entire sooner scoop crew, Carrie, Josh, Eddie, and Bob.

0:40.0

All right, we are back. It is the unofficial 40 presented to you

0:43.7

by the Choctaw Casino in Durant.

0:46.0

What to remind you guys, Choctaw Casino and Durant

0:48.7

could not be, would not be possible

0:50.8

to do this podcast each and every weekend our follow-up

0:53.2

podcast the Escridge Lexis postgame podcast which go to iTunes subscribe if you're

0:58.9

not on either one that way you'll get this much faster if you're on your IOS device, Sound Cloud, Stitcher if you're

1:05.8

on Android or Google Play Store.

1:08.6

So make sure you go and subscribe to both the, the, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh,

1:11.8

uh, Pocolomosun sooner is unofficial 40 for this

1:14.5

podcast brought to you by chak da casinos and also the Oklahoma

1:17.8

sooner's post game podcast that's brought to you by Eskridge Lexis appreciate

1:22.0

everybody over 20,000 downloads of our

1:25.6

postgame podcast over the weekend so that was outstanding the most we've ever

1:29.7

had there so you guys are really listening to that and getting it and subscribing it but

1:34.0

Choktoc casinos over in Durrant want you guys to go check them out to buy week hey

1:39.7

if you're looking for something to do this weekend, go over to Durant.

1:43.4

Easy trip from Oklahoma City, even easier trip up from Dallas if you're listening from there.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from SoonerScoop.com, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of SoonerScoop.com and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.