U40: What do OU football, easter candy and Dianna Russini have in common?

Oklahoma Sooners Unofficial 40

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Sports, Football

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🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

We are deep into spring football coming off another media scrum last night on Owen Field. Brent Venables breaks down the roster at most key positions as the Sooners are battling through some bumps and bruises. But what about positions such as safety? Is there enough depth? George has all the latest on the Owen Heinecke eligibility situation and it might be time to start pondering some what-if's about his situation. The spring game is coming and the Sooners will be hosting a huge recruiting weekend. And are the Sooners developing a type at running back? It seems they have their eyes on very specific body types moving forward. George talks women's hoops portal and we debate whether Iowa State's Audi Crooks is the player Jennie Baranczyck is really after from Ames. Some men's hoops and some baseball round us out. Come for the football talk, stay for the Easter candy and Dianna Russini talk on this episode of the Unofficial 40. 0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial 40! A lot of different stuff going on … we’ll get to football later 24:00 - FOOTBALL! FOOTBALL! FOOTBALL! Oklahoma is determined to run the ball 31:00 - Depth at safety? Still concerned after hearing from Brent Venables? 35:00 - Positive reviews of Cole Sullivan picking up LB 37:00 - Update on LB Owen Heinecke’s injunction request 55:00 - Big recruiting prescence ahead for Spring Game weekend 1:03:00 - Note on Sooners 2028 RB recruiting efforts 1:15:00 - Audi Crooks … is that real? 1:18:00 - Men’s hoops Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	News team, assemble!
0:11.0	It's back and bigger than ever.
0:17.0	It's the unofficial 40 from Soonerscoop.com.
0:28.2	Now, here's the entire Soonerscoop crew, Carrie, Josh, Eddie, and George.
0:32.3	Oh, right, welcome back.
0:37.4	It is another edition of the Unofficial 40 podcast right here on Soonerscoop.com coming to you live from a historic campus corner
0:40.9	just across from the University of Oklahoma. And we welcome in the whole crew. We're back to
0:47.5	football business. The basketball is over. I know everyone enjoyed a lot of the crown.
0:54.1	Didn't end quite well as the OU letter of the, what's the guy's name?
0:58.1	Huff.
0:59.5	Cuff.
1:00.5	Just go nuts.
1:01.2	What, 34 points or something like that?
1:03.2	It seemed like all of them came in overtime, but kind of.
1:06.6	He had six threes in the first half.
1:08.5	Yeah, it was insane.
1:10.4	But yeah, now we're into the transfer portal era of college basketball, not college football.
1:17.1	And, oh, you seeing some guys leave?
1:20.1	Great name, by the way, too.
1:21.6	Honor Huff.
1:22.5	Honor Huff.
1:23.6	That was his name.
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