U40: More from OU's big recruiting weekend, latest on staff hires

Oklahoma Sooners Unofficial 40

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🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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The Sooners are hitting the recruiting trail and making a mad dash to make big impressions. And it looks like they are. Coaches are all over the country making visits to homes and high schools. And even though Brent Venables doesn't have an official defensive coordinator, it's not slowing him or his staff down from making good impressions on defensive talent. But the surprise so far is what Ben Arbuckle and the offensive staff have been doing on the recruiting trail. After a very successful junior day, the Sooners picked up a commitment from 4-star WR Daniel Odom. Are they close on another big time pass rusher? We also delve into OU's build of a personnel department with a General Manager. The process is underway. What to expect? We've got that too. We've got some hoops talk and of course some updates on George's wedding. And it appears betrayal is in the air as one key member of the Scoop staff has already said he won't be coming. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the U40! 8:00 - What’s the latest on Oklahoma 2026 QB recruiting 20:00 - 4-star WR Daniel Odom commits + wrapping up Junior Day 21:50 - 4-star DE Kevin Ford ready to commit? 29:24 - 4-star safety Kaiden Hall impressed with visit 34:20 - Football staff on the recruiting trail 42:00 - First impressions of Ben Arbuckle as a recruiter 46:00 - No Jim Knowles. Who does Brent Venables hire? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.3	It's the unofficial 40 from Soonerscoop.com.
0:50.8	Now, here's the entire Soonerscoop crew, Carrie, Josh, Eddie, and George?
0:59.9	Oh, right, welcome back. It is another edition of the Unofficial 40 Podcast right here on
1:05.7	Soonerscoop.com. And we've got Josh, we've got Eddie, we've got George, we got myself, Carrie Murdoch here.
1:12.1	And first things first, oh, you play a little basketball game last night in College Station.
1:17.6	And to be honest, guys, I was kind of encouraged by what I saw.
1:21.4	Other than, you know, Jeremiah Fears, I kind of liked a lot of what I saw last night.
1:29.0	I like Dayton Forsyth.
1:30.7	I like Jalen Moore being aggressive from the beginning of the game.
1:34.0	I didn't like the rebounding.
1:36.5	But I felt like it was a team that actually had some direction.
1:41.1	Yeah, I think at times it did. But then it just, you know, I think the problem
1:47.1	with OUPS right now is, there's a couple things. One, Jeremiah Fears has to be better. And I've said
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