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That SEC Football Podcast

Who Wins National Championship First: Oklahoma or Texas? Dari Nowkhah In Studio

That SEC Football Podcast

Michael Bratton/SEC Mike

Football, News, Leisure, Sports News, Sports, Games

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Dari Nowkhah of ESPN and the SEC Network joins That SEC Podcast to talk all things SEC sports, the Oklahoma Sooners joining (and thriving) the SEC, the journey of becoming an ESPN employ and one of the key voices of the SEC Network Growing up in Oklahoma (1:30), Oklahoma perfect fit for SEC (3:00), how Dari learned OU was joining the SEC (7:00), almost becoming the face of the Longhorn Network (9:30), covering Oklahoma-Georgia Rose Bowl (13:25), 14 years of radio with Mel Kiper Jr (17:00), Saturdays in the fall at SEC Network (19:15), covering 2021 Alabama-LSU national title game (24:00), thoughts on Josh Heupel-OU breakup (26:45), Oklahoma & Alabama building a rivalry? (31:45), should Bedlam return? (34:45), favorite Red River Shootout memories (37:45), hate for Texas (40:15), who wins national championship first, Oklahoma or Texas? (42:00), how impressive has GM Jim Nagy has been? (43:30), Dari son’s Hayden and Hayden’s Hope (46:25) If you are interested in learning more about Hayden’s Hope, you can learn more at this website: www.cota.org/haydenshope Advertising inquiries: thatsecpodcast@gmail.com Interested in helping us grow the channel? Become an Official Cousin by signing up for a membership to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aQL-yFS2ZoSkUBeMfYesA/join We have t-shirts for sale! Check out our merchandise store featuring shirts, hoodies, stickers, coffee mugs, pillows, phone cases and more: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/thatsecpodcast?ref_id=19055 All show music comes via Nashville band Crimson Calamity; check out their work by clicking the link below: https://open.spotify.com/artist/29HGeJEcYHBJlyt4xIcLBw?si=GJoEOr0YSoeqWkrjhCc0Ug

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0:00.0

You know, try to take bias out.

0:03.0

Yeah, sure.

0:03.4

Oh, yeah.

0:04.4

Who wins a national championship in football first, Oklahoma or Texas, you think?

0:11.5

Because I think you can make an argument for either one, truly.

0:16.9

I think you could too.

0:18.5

I think you could too.

0:19.9

Even this year.

0:23.9

Boy, that's tough.

0:26.9

That is really, really good.

0:54.3

It's a pleasure. It's a pleasure. Dari Noca, ESPN, SEC Network, first time meeting you, sent me on a wild goose chase. But it was worth it, man, to get it here. I don't know, man. I don't know why I thought I was at one hotel and then you're texting me, hey, I'm here. And I'm like, I don't know.

0:56.7

Then you said you're at 4th Street and I'm looking around.

1:15.0

I go, I'm like, that's 7th and that's 8th. We got a problem because I'm nowhere near it. Thanks for coming to get me, man. I appreciate it. Yeah, no problem. We're VIP treatment for a VIP. So we really appreciate you taking the time. And I'm sure most of the people that know about you know that you're from Oklahoma, right?

1:16.6

You're an Oklahoma grad from Tulsa.

1:17.0

Yeah.

1:24.4

Can you kind of share just, you know, you're growing up and love for Oklahoma football or all the sports in general? Yeah, absolutely.

1:25.4

I mean, I grew up like most of us in this business, just kind of, you know, I didn't really watch cartoons. I watched sports. I watched reruns of old games and, you know, old school sports center. That's pretty much it. I mean, as a kid, I didn't, like, I wasn't much of an athlete, you know, small and still small. And I loved every sport, though.

1:45.7

Loved every, you know, we would play pickup basketball and football in random yards.

1:50.5

And I played baseball through high school, but not like for my high school team, more of a rec league team.

1:56.8

But I loved it.

1:57.8

I loved the competitiveness of it.

1:59.4

I loved just kind of seeing how seasons

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