LATEST FIRST ALERT FORECAST. HEY EVERYBODY, WELCOME INTO THE SHOW TONIGHT I AM BRIAN KEATING ALONGSIDE HANNAH HOOVER, AND IT’S TIME FOR CRASH THE BOARDS. LET’S DO IT. YOU READY FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL? I’M SO READY FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL. IT’S SO CLOSE. IT IS. YOU KNOW, WE’RE GONNA HAVE GAMES IN A LITTLE OVER A MONTH. THE NFL TRAINING CAMPS HAVE KIND OF LIKE YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF GIVE IT A LITTLE TASTE. A LITTLE CARROT OUT THERE IN FRONT. OH, YOU KNOW, A SHOE WILL BEGIN PRACTICE ON WEDNESDAY. SO, I MEAN, WE ARE GETTING CLOSE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE GAMES I CAN’T I CAN’T WAIT FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL. SO LET’S LET’S GET INTO THE BIGGEST QUESTION MARKS FOR OSU. OSU. WE’LL DO TEXAS. WE’LL THROW THEM IN THERE AS WELL ON THEIR WAY TO THE SEC. EXACTLY. WE WILL START WITH OKLAHOMA WHO GETS OBVIOUSLY THE QUESTION. EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW GOING TO THE SEC. ARE YOU SEC READY. ROLL IT. 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, SO THAT WAS BRANT VENABLES. IT WAS ABOUT A WEEK AGO AT SEC MEDIA DAYS WERE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION, BUT I THINK IT’S CERTAINLY RELEVANT TONIGHT AS WE GET INTO THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS FOR OKLAHOMA. SO WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST QUESTION MARK AS WE HIT THE GET READY FOR THE SEASON? WELL, THEY’VE LOST THEIR ENTIRE OFFENSIVE LINE, BUT THAT DOESN’T REALLY CONCERN ME AS MUCH. WHAT CONCERNS ME IS, WELL, JACKSON ARNOLD, BECAUSE THERE’S JUST SOME QUESTION MARKS SURROUNDING HIM. HE’S SO NEW. HE’S, YOU KNOW, THE NEW GUY ON THE TEAM. HE’S QB1 NOW, AND WE JUST DON’T HAVE A TON OF TAPE TO LOOK AT HIM. BUT I WILL SAY, I TALKED TO HIS HEAD COACH FROM DENTON GUYER. YOU DID THIS WEEK. AND HE HAD ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE JACKSON ARNOLD. HE SAID IF HE COULD PIN IT, IT WOULD BE THAT HE’S ELECTRIC AS A PLAYER. HE HAS THAT COMPETITIVE EDGE IN HIM. AND SO I THINK THAT’S A PRETTY GOOD SOURCE RIGHT THERE. WE OBVIOUSLY DON’T KNOW WHAT HE’S GOING TO BE LIKE IN THE SEC. BUT MY QUESTION IS HOW ELECTRIC IS JACKSON ARNOLD THIS YEAR IN 2024 WITH THE NEW OFFENSIVE LINE? THEY HAVE A TON OF TARGETS AT RECEIVER. SO THAT’S NOT A PROBLEM. BUT IT’S JUST HOW WELL DO THEY GEL. WHAT DOES HE LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR. SO HERE’S THE DEAL ABOUT PLAYING QUARTERBACK AT OKLAHOMA. AND I’M ON THE SAME PAGE WITH YOU I THINK THAT’S THE BIGGEST QUESTION MARK AT OKLAHOMA. AS WE WE HEAD TO I DON’T CARE WHAT LEAGUE THEY’RE PLAYING, I DON’T CARE IF THEY’RE PLAYING THE SEC OR IF THEY’RE PLAYING THE BIG 12. THEY PAC 12 REINVENTS ITSELF. I DON’T CARE BECAUSE, UM, THE STANDARD AT OKLAHOMA, IF YOU’RE A QUARTERBACK IS CAN YOU BE HEISMAN GOOD. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS A RIDICULOUS STANDARD TO HAVE TO LIVE UP TO. BUT THAT IS THE STANDARD. IF YOU PLAY QUARTERBACK AT OU, THAT GOES BACK TO FOR FOREVER, BUT CERTAINLY SINCE 2000, WHEN YOU LOOK AT JASON WHITE AND SAM BRADFORD AND INTO THE HEISMAN TROPHY WINNING QUARTERBACKS BAKER MAYFIELD, KYLER MURRAY, UH, JALEN HURTS WAS A HEISMAN CONTENDER. JOSH HEUPEL WAS A HEISMAN. CAN HE BE HEISMAN GOOD AND IF THE ANSWER IS YES AGAIN I DON’T CARE WHAT LEAGUE THEY’RE PLAYING IN, THEY CAN BE PLAYING IN THE SEC AND PLAY ANYBODY IN THE COUNTRY. AND IF HE’S HEISMAN GOOD, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN EVERY SINGLE SATURDAY. BUT IF HE’S JUST GOOD, WHICH AGAIN I GET IT. IT’S A RIDICULOUS STANDARD TO HAVE TO LIVE UP TO. BUT IF HE’S JUST GOOD THEN I THINK OU’S IN FOR A FOUR LOSS. FIVE LOSS KIND OF A SEASON. I THINK THE MARGINS ARE SLIMMER IN THE SEC AND IT’S NOT LIKE, OOH, THE LAST THREE YEARS HAS BEEN SETTING THE WORLD ON FIRE. THEY DIDN’T PLAY FOR THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP IN ANY OF THE LAST THREE YEARS. SO CAN JACKSON ARNOLD. AND THAT’S WITH A PRETTY GOOD DYLAN GABRIEL BY THE WAY. YEAH HE WAS. HE WAS VERY GOOD. NOW THEY THEY’VE BUILT THEIR DEFENSE I THINK DEFENSIVELY THEY WILL BE SOLID. BUT AT QUARTERBACK IT’S FOR ME IT’S CLEARLY THE BIGGEST QUESTION. WE HAVEN’T SEEN IT. IT’S GREAT IN HIGH SCHOOL HIS HIGH SCHOOL COACH CAN SAY ALL THESE THINGS. BRANT CAN SAY ALL THESE THINGS. GREAT PROGRAM. BUT IT’S NOT THE SEC. AND HE SHOWED UP AT SEC MEDIA DAYS. THAT WAS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THING TO ME IS JUST HE ACTED LIKE A VETERAN. HE ACTED LIKE HE’D BEEN THERE. WHAT WILL HE BE ON THAT FIRST SATURDAY IN THE SEC? WHEN JOSH HEUPEL’S TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS COME TO TOWN? I DON’T KNOW WHAT WILL HE LOOK LIKE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AGAINST TEXAS? I DON’T KNOW, I CAN’T WAIT TO FIND OUT, BUT I CAN’T WAIT TO FIND OUT. AND WE ARE GETTING READY TO FIND OUT. LET’S MOVE TO OKLAHOMA STATE BECAUSE THE COWBOYS LOOK, THEY’RE IN A NEW LEAGUE AS WELL. THEY’RE ONE OF THE FAVORITES THOUGH OKLAHOMA IS NOT ONE OF THE FAVORITES. OSU IS ONE OF THE FAVORITES. SO HERE’S THE HEAD COACH MIKE GUNDY TALKING ABOUT THE NEW BIG 12 AND WHERE THE POKES FIT INTO IT. THIS YEAR WE HAVE FEWER PORTAL TRANSFERS AT SEMESTER, MORE RETURNING STARTERS. SO COACHES HAVE A BETTER DIRECTION IN AND HOW TO GET THERE. NOW IT’S JUST A MATTER OF US KIND OF GETTING OUT OF THE WAY AND ALLOWING THE MATURITY AND THE LEADERSHIP WE HAVE OF OUR TEAM TO TAKE OVER. AND SO MIKE IS REFERENCING, I THINK, GOING BACK TO EVEN LAST SEASON WHERE THEY HAD A TON OF TURNOVER AND IT TOOK THEM A LARGE PORTION OF THE EARLY PART OF THE SEASON TO EVEN FIGURE OUT WHO THE HECK WAS GOING TO PLAY QUARTERBACK. AND ONCE THEY DID THAT, THEY SETTLED IN THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE 21 OF 22 STARTERS RETURNING. NOT A LOT OF TRANSFER PORTAL, NOT A LOT OF TURNOVER. THE STABILITY GOT TO BE GOOD FOR OSU. IT’S GOT TO BE GOOD. THEY HAVE LIKE YOU SAID THEY’VE GOT A LOT OF RETURNING PLAYERS OLLIE GORDON WE ALL KNOW HOW GOOD HE IS. HE IN SOME WAY IS THE MARKED MAN ON THE TEAM. ALL OF THESE DEFENSES NOW KNOW WHAT THEY’RE GETTING IN OLLIE GORDON BECAUSE HE SHOWCASED IT. GAME AFTER GAME AFTER GAME AFTER GAME THREE. THAT IS. AND SO WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR BOWMAN ALAN BOWMAN. HE HAD 14 INTERCEPTIONS LAST YEAR. SO FOR ME THE QUESTION IS CAN THEY CUT BACK ON TURNOVERS. CAN THEY NOT. CAN ALAN BOWMAN SHOW UP AND NOT TURN OVER THE BALL SO MUCH. OBVIOUSLY HE’S VERY EXPERIENCED. THIS IS HIS SEVENTH YEAR IN COLLEGE, BUT HE’S HAD AN INTERESTING JOURNEY HIMSELF. SO I THINK I’M GOING TO STICK WITH THE QUARTERBACK WHEN IT COMES TO QUESTIONS ON OU QUESTIONS FOR OSU. THAT’S MY QUESTION FOR THE OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS IS WHAT IS ALAN BOWMAN LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR? I THINK ALAN BOWMAN, HE’S PLAYED ABOUT 100 YEARS OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL. NOW THIS IS I JOKE THIS IS SEVENTH YEAR OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL. HE STARTED AT TECH WENT TO MICHIGAN. NOW HE’S A SECOND YEAR AT OSU. GOOD FOR HIM. HE’S STILL LOOK HE JOKES ABOUT IT HIMSELF. YEAH. UM, THEY’RE GOING TO BE IN A LOT OF CLOSE GAMES. IT MIKE’S TEAMS ARE ALWAYS IN CLOSE GAMES. AND I THINK THE BIGGEST QUESTION THEY’RE GOING TO BE GOOD. THE BIGGEST QUESTION IF BOWMAN GETS HURT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THINGS GET REAL WONKY. TWO YEARS AGO, SPENCER SANDERS GOT HURT AND IT WENT SOUTH REALLY, REALLY FAST. BUT I I’M GOING TO ASSUME BOWMAN IS GOING TO BE HEALTHY. UM, CAN YOU JUST NOT BE THE CARDIAC COWBOYS LIKE LIKE, CAN WE CAN YOU BE GOOD ENOUGH TO BLOW A FEW PEOPLE OUT? DOES IT HAVE TO GO DOWN TO THE FINAL TWO MINUTES OF EVERY SINGLE GAME? CAN WE JUST NOT BE THE CARDIAC COWBOYS? BECAUSE, UM, OSU FANS, THEY’VE GOT HEART PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW, WATCHING MIKE’S TEAMS PLAY. BUT IT’S IT’S TRUE. THEY OUGHT TO BE VERY GOOD. I DON’T THINK THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS OTHER THAN IT’S JUST GOING TO BE A NEW LEAGUE. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE NEW PEOPLE IN. UM, ARE YOU BETTER THAN UTAH? I DON’T KNOW, I GET WE’RE GOING TO FIND OUT. CAN YOU GO ON THE ROAD? CAN YOU, CAN YOU GO ON THE ROAD AND WIN IN MANHATTAN, KANSAS? I DON’T KNOW, WE’RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT, BUT THEY ARE ONE OF THE FAVORITES IN THE BIG 12 FOR A REASON. UM, I WOULD PICK THEM TO GET TO THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, BUT YOU PLAY CLOSE GAMES, YOU’RE GOING TO LOSE SOME OF THOSE CLOSE GAMES SO THEY CAN JUST KIND OF GET THAT OUT WHERE YOU’RE NOT PLAYING A ONE POSSESSION GAME IN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES. IT’S EVERY SATURDAY. I THINK THEY GOT A CHANCE TO WIN A WHOLE BUNCH. I KNOW WE’RE GOING A LITTLE BIT HEAVY HERE. UM, I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT TEXAS EVEN IF IT’S QUICKLY AND HERE’S STEVE SARKISIAN ON THE LONGHORNS BEING ONE OF THE FAVORITES NOT ONLY TO WIN THE SEC, BUT TO GET TO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF AND WIN. WHEN YOU GET THERE, 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 OF OBSESSION, THE OBSESSION THAT OUR PLAYERS HAVE, IS ONE THAT REALLY CAME FROM THEM. THEY COULDN’T WAIT TO GET BACK TO WORK. LOOK, HE SAID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS AND I THINK STEVE SARKISIAN IS A HECK OF A FOOTBALL COACH. TEXAS WAS IN THE PLAYOFF LAST YEAR. THEY WON THE BIG 12 LAST YEAR. UM, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE TEXAS LONGHORNS? HE TALKS ABOUT THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF AND MICHAEL PENIX JR WASHINGTON PICKED APART THEIR DEFENSE SPECIFICALLY, UH, IN PASSING. AND SO WITH THAT SAID, I THINK THAT THERE’S SOME QUESTIONS ON DEFENSE. THEY’VE ADDED SOME NEW PLAYERS. UH, BUT YEAH, THEY WERE RANKED NUMBER. 116 ON THE BACK END IN THE PAST DEFENSE. SO IF THAT CAN BE CLEANED UP, OBVIOUSLY THEY’RE NUMBER TWO. AND UH, WE’LL SEE WHAT THEY DO AGAINST A TEAM LIKE ALABAMA WHO HAS THE SAME HEAD COACH AS WASHINGTON. KALEN DEBOER. TEXAS OUGHT TO BE REALLY OFFENSIVELY. THEY’RE GOING TO BE ELECTRIC. THEY ARE GOING TO BE ELECTRIC QUINN EWERS. QUINN EWERS IS GOING TO BE BIG. HE’S ONE OF THE FAVORITES TO WIN THE HEISMAN. HERE’S MY BIGGEST QUESTION FOR TEXAS. CAN YOU DO IT TWO YEARS IN A ROW. BECAUSE WE SAW THIS A FEW YEARS AGO. WE MAKE FUN OF IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN BECAUSE IT’S GREAT. YOU KNOW, THAT WE’RE BACK. YOU KNOW, I LOVE THAT WHEN, UH, SAM EHLINGER DID THAT AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR THEY KIND OF FELL FLAT ON THEIR FACE. UM, CAN TEXAS DO IT TWO YEARS IN A ROW? CAN TEXAS DO? IS TEXAS BACK TO BACK? I DON’T KNOW, THEY HAVEN’T WON TEN GAMES IN BACK TO BACK SEASONS SINCE COLT MCCOY WAS PLAYING QUARTERBACK FOR TEXAS. CAN YOU DO IT AGAIN? I LIKE THAT STAT. UM, AND WE’LL FIND OUT. IT’S A DIFFERENT LEAGUE OFFENSIVELY. THEY OUGHT TO BE AWESOME. BUT YOU’RE RIGHT DEFENSIVELY. CAN YOU DO IT BACK TO BACK. THINGS JUST SEEM TO GO WRONG AT TEXAS BECAUSE THEY GO WRONG AT TE