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Oklahoma Sooners Unofficial 40

U40: OU President Harroz joins us as we podcast from the North Oval tailgate

Oklahoma Sooners Unofficial 40

SoonerScoop.com

Sports, Football

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

It was a big day at the University of Oklahoma as the university unveiled their new tailgating initiative at the North Oval. SoonerScoop was invited to see it for ourselves and to record a podcast for the fans in attendance. OU President Joe Harroz dropped by and discussed the new tailgating area and we got to chat about the search for a new athletic director, Brent Venables giving up $1 million for revenue sharing/NIL, the west side stadium expansion and what is the deal with this Randall Stephenson guy? We also made Gabe Ikard sit down and talk about his impressions of the new tailgating area and we talked a little bit of football as well. The Oklahoma Breakdown co-host also talked with Carey about maybe doing a crossover episode in the North Oval for the Michigan game. Anyone interested? George and Carey are back together! We edited this down and left out a lot of the Illinois State commentary but you will get our thoughts on Jackson Arnold's first game at Auburn last night. THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome to the brand new North Oval tailgating scene. Our thoughts. 11:33 - Talking Jackson Arnold's debut with Auburn 21:32 - OU President Joe Harroz joins us on the Unofficial 40 40:11 - The Oklahoma Breakdown's Gabe Ikard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Really proud of the leadership in this football team.

0:02.7

Really a player-led, a group of guys, a lot of guys heavily invested,

0:08.3

and I feel like they have a lot to prove.

0:11.7

And I'm really excited about watching them come together on both sides of the ball.

0:18.6

That part has been really cool to see.

0:22.1

And sometimes you've got to nurture that more than others. And this has been a really natural, you know, a group of guys

0:30.3

that have come together. And so I think the people in the locker room matter, and I think

0:34.2

we've got a lot of great young men, they're excited about competing and give us an opportunity to have a great year.

0:42.3

News team.

0:48.7

Asimba!

0:58.7

It's back and bigger than ever.

1:02.7

It's the unofficial 40 from Soonerscoop.com.

1:10.3

Now, here's the entire Soonerscoop crew, Kerry, Josh, Eddie, and George?

1:24.2

Oh, right, welcome back. It is the unofficial reporting podcast right here on Soonerscoop.com on a very, very special day because we are here at the North Oval, where the new tailgating scene is taking root.

1:28.4

And, boy, it is awesome out here. Eddie is with us. George is with Carrie with us cast of a thousand stopping by we're gonna have Joe Harris come out and

1:33.0

talk with this about an hour and a half from now so yeah you just heard that right

1:38.1

it's a two-hour podcast gentlemen two hours we're gonna be out here on the North

1:42.2

Oval as I said there it's a nice crowd crowd. I mean, it's a first start. And you know what, guys? I don't know how you feel coming in here today. I don't know. Eddie, you guys were, I was in here a little bit early. Eddie, you've had to battle some traffic, I think, going to pick up some supplies and things. Yeah, it wasn't too bad. I mean, it definitely feels like a game day around here.

2:01.0

Let's talk about the weather, though. First off, the weather is unbelievable right now. Hold off any kind of rain. Hold off the rain. I think there's going to be a couple of showers. I think there might be some showers, but we're good. Overall, it might be nice, actually, to get a couple of, you know, droplets of rain on you going into the game.

2:18.6

Also, I'm just happy to be here.

2:20.6

All right.

2:21.0

How long are you? It might be nice, actually, to get a couple of, you know, droplets of rain on you going into the game today.

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