AND YOU’RE UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST FIRST ALERT FORECAST. HI EVERYBODY. WELCOME INTO THE SHOW. TONIGHT I AM BRYAN KEATING ALONGSIDE HANNAH HOOVER. IT IS TIME FOR CRASHING THE BOARDS I CAN’T WAIT. LET’S DO IT. WE HAD, UH, BIG WEEKS THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS IN LAS VEGAS FOR BIG 12. I’VE BEEN ON THE ROAD A LOT, BUT THAT’S OKAY. WE’RE GEARING UP FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL. RIGHT? SO WE HAD THE BIG 12 IN VEGAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. THIS LAST WEEK, WE WERE IN DALLAS FOR SEC MEDIA DAYS, WHICH I THINK WAS VERY INTERESTING. WE’LL GET INTO ALL OF THAT OVER THE NEXT 15 MINUTES OR SO. UM, PUT UP THIS THOUGH, GUYS, BECAUSE THIS I THINK WAS INTERESTING COMING OUT OF SEC MEDIA DAYS. THE SEC MEDIA PRESEASON POLL AND THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS, I THINK NO SURPRISE AT ONE TEXAS. NOT REALLY SURPRISED WITH ALABAMA THERE, BUT IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU DON’T SEE THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA IN THE TOP SEVEN OF THE PRESEASON POLL. AND THAT IS A WEE BIT JARRING TO SEE. UM, YOU GOT TO GO TO THE SECOND PAGE HERE FOR OKLAHOMA PRESEASON NUMBER EIGHT IN THE SEC. WE’RE USED TO SEEING THEM IN THE TOP TEN OF ALL OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL. AND NOW THEY ARE EIGHTH IN THE PRESEASON IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE. SO I’LL LEAVE THIS TO YOU FIRST BEFORE WE GET INTO YOU KNOW, WHAT WE KIND OF FIGURED OUT ABOUT OU AND TEXAS IN FOR SEC MEDIA DAYS. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OKLAHOMA BEING PICKED? IT IS WEIRD. IT’S WEIRD. OKLAHOMA IS ALWAYS IN THE TOP, HOWEVER MANY. RIGHT. AND THIS YEAR THAT’S NOT THE CASE. SO I’M JUST GOING TO START IT WITH THIS. BUCKLE UP, BUCKLE UP. EASY FOR ME TO SAY. OKLAHOMA. UH, ONLY BECAUSE THE SOONERS ARE SCHEDULED TO PLAY EVERY TEAM THAT’S RANKED HIGHER THAN THEM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GEORGIA. THIS SEASON. SO ALL THESE TEAMS ARE OBVIOUSLY REALLY GOOD. AND THEY WERE PICKED HIGH FOR A REASON. IT’S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE SOONERS DO THIS YEAR, BUT I MEAN, I’M EXCITED. I’M EXCITED TO SEE THE SOONERS IN 2024. I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE. AND IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE I WOULD GUESS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF MY ENTIRE LIFE, OKLAHOMA HAS NEVER BEEN BEEN PICKED EIGHTH IN A CONFERENCE THAT THEY’VE BEEN IN AS LOW AS THAT. AND SO IT IS JARRING TO SEE. AND IT’S STRANGE, BUT THE REASON THAT THEY ARE PICKED THAT WAY IS WHO IS. OH, YOU. WHAT? WHO IS THIS TEAM? WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE GOOD AT? I THINK THEY’RE GOING TO BE GOOD ON DEFENSE. WE DON’T KNOW OFFENSIVELY BECAUSE I GOT A BRAND NEW QUARTERBACK. AND SO YOU’RE COMING INTO A NEW LEAGUE WHO IS OKLAHOMA AND AND WE DON’T KNOW. AND SO I CAN’T WAIT TILL YOU PLAY THE GAMES. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING AROUND BEING AT SEC MEDIA DAYS WITH NEW SCHOOLS AND NEW UNIVERSITIES AND COACHES AND MEDIA AND THE WHOLE THING. IT WAS NEW. AND THAT MEANS, OF COURSE, IT’S NEW FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. OKAY, LET’S GET INTO OU NOW AND HEAR FROM BRANT VENABLES, BECAUSE THE QUESTION THAT YOU KNEW WOULD COME UP AND IT CAME UP OVER AND OVER AND OVER ON REPEAT. ARE YOU SEC READY? BRANT ROWLETT? I REALLY DON’T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT, OTHER THAN WE’RE EXCITED FOR THE CHALLENGE AS AS COMPETITORS, AS A FOOTBALL PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, OKLAHOMA, YOU KNOW, ISN’T INTIMIDATED AS A AS A FOOTBALL PROGRAM. WE WE’RE RUNNING TOWARDS THE SEC. I THINK THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING. WE’RE WE’VE LOOKED FORWARD FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP TO BE A PART OF AN AMAZING CONFERENCE, THE BEST CONFERENCE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. HOW READY WE ARE. WE’RE EXCITED FOR THE CHALLENGE. SO I WILL THROW THIS TO YOU FIRST. HOW READY DO YOU IMAGINE OKLAHOMA IS AFTER BEING AROUND? YOU KNOW, ALL THESE SCHOOLS OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO, RIGHT? I GUESS THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS THERE’S SO MANY UNKNOWNS WITH THE NEW QUARTERBACK. YEAH, OBVIOUSLY THAT’S THE LEADER OF YOUR TEAM. AND SO I DON’T WANT TO TAKE THE BOWL GAME AS ALL THAT WE’RE LOOKING AT. BECAUSE THAT’S NOT FAIR I MEAN IT’S ONE GAME RIGHT. THAT WAS HIS ONLY START JACKSON ARNOLD SO I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY I’M GOING TO PUT UP ON THE BOARD MORE MINUTES. THAT’S WHAT WE NEED TO SEE. WE JUST NEED TO SEE MORE OF JACKSON ARNOLD IN THESE FIRST THREE GAMES. LET’S GET HIS FEET WET. WET WITH THE FIRST THREE IN THE SEC AND THEN MOVING INTO TENNESSEE, WHICH I KNOW WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT WITH JOSH HEUPEL AND ALL THE FUN THERE. BUT YEAH, THEY’VE GOT SOME GREAT LEADERSHIP. THEY HAVE DANNY STUTZMAN, THEY HAVE BILLY BOWMAN JR. THOSE ARE THE DEFENSIVE GUYS. AND I THINK THIS TEAM COULD POSSIBLY BE DEFENSIVELY DOMINANT IN THE SEC THIS YEAR. WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. BUT THERE’S POTENTIAL. YEAH I THINK THEY’RE GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD DEFENSIVELY. I THINK THEY HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD ATHLETES GOOD PLAYERS. BRANT KNOWS PLENTY OF DEFENSE ZACH ALI COMING IN TO TO RUN THAT DEFENSE. YOU KNOW UNDER BRANT AND ALL. THEY THINK OFFENSIVELY IT’S WHERE ALL THE QUESTIONS ARE. AND IF JACKSON ARNOLD IS GREAT HE’S GOING TO BE REALLY REALLY REALLY GOOD. WE JUST DON’T KNOW. SO THAT’S THAT’S THE REASON IS WE DON’T KNOW. IT DID ENTERTAIN ME A LOT. AND LOOK I’VE BEEN AROUND OU FOOTBALL MOST OF MY LIFE. IT ENTERTAINED ME ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I GOT, EVEN WHEN TALKING TO OTHER MEDIA MEMBERS. SO YOU CAN BE OKAY IN THE SEC IS ARE YOU GOING TO BE OKAY? HERE’S THE DEAL. OKLAHOMA’S GOING TO BE JUST FINE. I DON’T HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT THIS TEAM. AND HOW READY THEY ARE TO COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, AND THAT WOULD BE THE SAME IF THEY PLAYED IN THE SEC OR THE BIG 12. WE JUST DON’T KNOW BECAUSE OF JACKSON ARNOLD. BUT THE SEC BETTER BE READY FOR OKLAHOMA AS WELL BECAUSE THE SEC IS BETTER BECAUSE OU IS IN IT. THIS IS THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. THEY’VE BEEN PLAYING BIG TIME FOOTBALL FOR 100 YEARS AT OU. SO IT ENTERTAINED ME TO SOME DEGREE JUST IS ARE YOU GOING TO SURVIVE? ARE THEY GOOD? ARE THEY GOING TO NEED TO KNOCK DOWN THE MEMORIAL STADIUM NOW THAT THEY FINALLY CAN PLAY FOOTBALL? YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS HILARIOUS AND AND THAT WAS THE WHOLE AND THE WHOLE ATTITUDE BEING AROUND ANYBODY THAT IS. OH YOU GOT TO THEY’RE NOT GOING TO TEAR DOWN THE STADIUM. THEY ARE GOING TO PLAY THE GAMES. I THOUGHT YOU HEARD BRANT TO SOME DEGREE SAY THAT IN THE SOUNDBITE. DEFINITELY. HE JUST GOT TIRED OF IT AND I’M SURE HE’S BEEN THAT WAY. HOW DO I ANSWER IT? THIS IS OKLAHOMA. WE’RE GOING TO BE FINE. YOU COVERED VANDERBILT AND YOU’RE ASKING ME IF OU IS GOING TO BE FINE? YES, OU IS GOING TO BE FINE IN THE SEC. YOU’LL BE FINE IN THE SEC. THIS TEAM, I DON’T KNOW, BUT ON DOWN THE LINE THEIR RECRUITING LIKE ONE OF THE TOP FIVE. THEY’RE GOING TO BE FINE. BUT IT DID ENTERTAIN ME. SO ARE NOT NEW TO FOOTBALL. THEY’RE NOT NEW TO THE SEC. THEY’RE NEW TO THE SEC. THEY’VE BEEN PLAYING BIG TIME FOOTBALL FOR 100 YEARS. AND I SUSPECT THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER 100 YEARS OR HOWEVER LONG WE PLAY THIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL. UM, THE TEAM, YOU KNOW, THEIR BLOOD RIVAL NOW WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, WHO WAS PICKED NUMBER TWO. UM, IN THE PRESEASON BY THE SEC MEDIA, THEY WERE IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF A SEASON AGO. AND SO STEVE SARKISIAN WAS ASKED ABOUT TEXAS AND THE SEC AND WHAT’S NEXT. ROLL IT. THERE’S AN IDEA OF OBSESSION GOING ON IN OUR LOCKER ROOM RIGHT NOW. THEY GOT A TASTE OF WHAT IT CAN TASTE LIKE OF BEING A BIG 12 CHAMPION, PLAYING IN A COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF, AND WE FELL SHORT. AND THIS IDEA OBSESSION, THE OBSESSION THAT OUR PLAYERS HAVE IS ONE THAT REALLY CAME FROM FROM THEM. THEY COULDN’T WAIT TO GET BACK TO WORK SO THAT IS THE HEAD COACH OF THE LONGHORNS, WHICH I THINK, YOU KNOW, UNIVERSALLY BEING AT MEDIA DAYS. UM, TEXAS GOT A LOT MORE RESPECT THAN OKLAHOMA. I THINK, AT LEAST IN THE SHORT TERM, FOR GOOD REASON. THEY OUGHT TO BE VERY GOOD WITH A VETERAN QUARTERBACK AFTER BEING IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF TEXAS NOW THAT THEY’RE GOING TO THE SEC? DEFINITELY. WELL, THEY’RE THE TALK OF THE TOWN IN DALLAS ANYWAYS BECAUSE THEY’RE NEW RIGHT. THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK. BUT THEY HAVE A LITTLE EASIER OF A TRACK RECORD TO TALK ABOUT AT LEAST MORE RECENT. YEAH. YES. SAFER PICK. AND YOU GET WHY MEDIA MEMBERS VOTED FOR TEXAS. RIGHT. A LOT HIGHER THAN OU BECAUSE THEY’RE SAFER. THEY HAVE QUINN EWERS AND HE’S GOING TO BE A FINALIST FOR THE HEISMAN TROPHY. LIKELY OUT LIKELY. I WOULD SAY THERE’S A PRETTY GOOD SHOT OF THAT HAPPENING. AND SO THAT’S THEIR LEADER OF THE TEAM. AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THEY WERE IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF LAST YEAR. THEY WERE UP AGAINST KALEN DEBOER WASHINGTON TEAM. TRUE. AND HE’S NOW AT ALABAMA. AND SO THEY’RE ALL RIGHT. THEY’RE NECK AND NECK. YOU GOT GEORGIA TEXAS ALABAMA. AND IT MAKES SENSE WHY TEXAS WOULD BE SO FAR UP ON THE LIST TO ME ON PAPER. NOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ACTUAL GAMES AND YOU KNOW THERE’S A LOT OF RECEIVERS, A LOT OF PLAYERS WE DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT ON THIS NEW TEXAS TEAM. BUT, UM, WE’LL SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IN THE SEC. YEAH. THE TRANSFER PORTAL HAS MADE EVERYTHING A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO PROGNOSTICATE, BUT THEY GOT BIG TIME QUARTERBACK AND IT APPEARS THAT STEVE SARKISIAN IS AN EXCELLENT FOOTBALL COACH THAT’S GOT IT GOING. AND I THINK WE MADE FUN OF THIS FOR A LONG TIME. AND I’LL JUST PUT IT BECAUSE SAM EHLINGER SAID THIS AND IT’S FAIR. WE’RE BACK. BUT I ACTUALLY THINK TEXAS IS KIND OF BACK. AND THAT AND THAT DOESN’T MEAN JUST BEING IN THE PLAYOFF. I THINK THEY ARE BACK. I THINK THEY ARE ROLLING. THAT’S THE ONE THING ABOUT OU MOVING INTO THE SEC NOW IS THAT TEXAS? THEY WERE SUCH A MESS FOR A LONG TIME. YEAH, BUT I THINK THEY HAVE IT FIGURED OUT AND SO OKLAHOMA IS GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE TO JOIN THEM ON THAT LIST. BUT AGAIN, TEXAS IS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD. THEY WERE REALLY GOOD LAST YEAR. YOU KNOW WHO WON THE GAME AT THE COTTON BOWL? OKLAHOMA WON THE GAME AT THE COTTON BOWL. SO LET’S NOT FORGET THAT. LET’S NOT. THAT’S RIGHT. AND SO WHERE ANYONE CAN WIN RIGHT. BUT THIS IS THE BEAUTY OF IT MAN. WE’RE HERE ON JULY 21ST. WE’RE TALKING BIG TIME COLLEGE FOOTBALL ON OU TEXAS AND SEC MEDIA DAYS IN THE BOOK