YOU LIKE WHAT I DID THERE. ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY WELCOME INTO THE SHOW TONIGHT I’M BRYAN KEATING ALONGSIDE HANNAH HOOVER. IT IS TIME FOR CRASHING THE BOARDS. OUR FAVORITE TIME OF THE NIGHT ON A COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME WEEK. ARE YOU FINALLY READY AND RELIEVED AND JUST KIND OF CHOMPING AT THE BIT? CHOMPING AT THE BIT IS RIGHT. READY TO SEE SOME LIVE GAME GOING ON VERSUS JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS OR PRACTICE OR SOMETHING EXCITING? ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE TALKED AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN ABOUT THE SEASON AND THE BUILDUP, SO I CAN’T WAIT TILL FRIDAY NIGHT, WHICH LET’S START RIGHT THERE ON FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA AT HOME AGAINST THE TEMPLE OWLS. THERE YOU GO. AND IT’S THE FIRST TIME EVER OKLAHOMA WILL OPEN THE SEASON ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AT MEMORIAL STADIUM. THEY’VE HAD SOME FRIDAY OPENERS SPRINKLED IN THERE, BUT THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN ON THE ROAD. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THEY’VE PLAYED A LOT OF NEBRASKA GAMES ON BLACK FRIDAY. SO BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT. AND I THINK VERY FUN. I THINK IT’S VERY EXCITING. WE’LL USE A HUGE FAVORITE, A 40 POINT FAVORITE. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OKLAHOMA AND TEMPLE? WE’RE FINALLY TALKING ABOUT A GAME. AND I GUESS THE BIG QUESTION IS REALLY WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE FROM OKLAHOMA AS THEY THE GAMES ARE GOING TO GET MORE DIFFICULT? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IN THIS FIRST FIRST OUTING? YOU WANT TO SEE A UNIFIED TEAM AND A CONFIDENT QUARTERBACK. I THINK EASING INTO, YOU KNOW, SEC. THE SEC EASING AND EASING INTO THAT PLAY IS HELPFUL. I THINK IT’S ALL ABOUT LEARNING THE DNA OF THIS TEAM, SPECIFICALLY BRETT MIDDLEBERG HAS TALKED ABOUT IT THIS WEEK. MAYBE LAST WEEK ACTUALLY, OF LEARNING THE DNA OF THE OTHER SEC TEAMS. BUT IT’S ALSO ABOUT LEARNING THE DNA OF THEIR OWN TEAM. THEY’VE GOT A NEW QUARTERBACK WHO IS GETTING HIS FIRST START. NOW, YOU’VE MENTIONED IT AT MEMORIAL. YEAH, HE’S BEEN IN A BOWL GAME BUT NOT HE HADN’T PLAYED A GAME AT MEMORIAL. AND SO THAT’S WHERE HE STARTED. HE’S PLAYED SOME BUT HE HADN’T STARTED THE GAME. MY BAD. BUT BUT YOU KNOW WE GET TO SEE THAT THIS WEEK. AND WE’VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME. SO IT’S EXCITING TO JUST SEE WHO THIS TEAM IS LEARNING THEIR DNA AND GETTING TO GET A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF WHAT THEY MIGHT BE WHEN THEY PLAY TENNESSEE. I THINK I THINK THAT’S RIGHT. AND I ALWAYS LOOK AT THESE FIRST GAMES HOW PREPARED ARE YOU OUT OF CAMP? ARE YOUR GUYS READY TO PLAY? DO YOU LINE UP IN THE RIGHT PLACE? ARE THERE TOO MANY PENALTIES? ARE YOU READY TO GO? DID YOU REALLY TAKE AND UTILIZE ALL OF TRAINING CAMP THAT YOU COULD HAVE? AND SO I DON’T DO A LOT OF COACH SPEAK UP HERE, BUT MY COACH SPEAK WOULD BE PLAY CLEAN AND DOMINATE. I DON’T WANT THIS TO BE I DON’T WANT IT TO BE A SECOND QUARTER GAME WHERE IT’S 2117. AND I DON’T EXPECT THAT I’M JUST PLAY CLEAN AND DOMINATE. YOU ARE MUCH BETTER THAN THE TEAM YOU ARE PLAYING. YOU HAVE MUCH BETTER FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND THE TEAM YOU ARE PLAYING, AND IT WON’T GET EASIER THAN IT WILL AGAINST THIS TEAM. IT’S THE EASIEST GAME THEY GOT ON THEIR SCHEDULE, SO PLAY CLEAN AND DOMINATE. BUT JUST LIKE YOU, I CAN’T WAIT TO WATCH JACKSON ARNOLD PLAY AND I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE OKLAHOMA BECAUSE YOU GOT TO RAMP UP IN A HURRY, RIGHT? IT’S FOR THE FIRST TIME, I THINK, IN A WHILE THEY DON’T HAVE A MARQUEE NONCONFERENCE GAME. A LOT OF YEARS THEY’VE PLAYED NEBRASKA HERE RECENTLY. THEY HAD THE GAMES AGAINST OHIO STATE. THEY PLAYED TENNESSEE IN THE NONCONFERENCE. THEY DON’T HAVE A MARQUEE NON-CONFERENCE GAME. SO CAN YOU GET READY FOR SEPTEMBER 21ST WHEN YOU PLAY TENNESSEE? BECAUSE THE GAMES AT THE END OF THE SEASON ARE OBVIOUSLY MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN THE GAME THEY HAVE ON FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT LOOK, I CAN’T WAIT FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL. AND I THINK THE WHOLE JACKSON ARNOLD CONVERSATION IS THE ONE THAT YOU GOT TO HAVE RIGHT? WE JUST DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE KID. RIGHT? HE’S GOT ALL THE HYPE AND ALL THE THINGS AND EVERYBODY SAYS ALL THE RIGHT THINGS AND THE RAH RAH, BUT I JUST WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND SEE HIM PLAY HIS NERVES NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY. HE’LL BE NERVOUS. FIRST HOME GAME TENNESSEE TEMPLE IS NOT TENNESSEE. JUST GO OUT THERE AND PLAY WELL AND DOMINATE. THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO SEE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. THAT HAPPENS FRIDAY NIGHT AT MEMORIAL STADIUM. LET’S GET INTO OKLAHOMA STATE. WHO PLAYS THEN ON SATURDAY AGAINST SOUTH DAKOTA STATE. AND FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, REALLY THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, EVEN MIKE GUNDY HAS KIND OF GOTTEN INTO GAME PREP AND HE’S TALKED ABOUT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE AND THEY’RE REALLY GOOD. AND THEY’RE THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN FCS. AND THEY’VE WON 29 GAMES IN A ROW. SO THEY BETTER BE PREPARED AS WELL. BUT HERE IS THE HEAD COACH TALKING JACKRABBITS. THIS TEAM HAS REALLY COME ON OVER THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS. AND PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW THE HEAD COACH HAS NEVER LOST A GAME. AND THEY WON A BUNCH OF GAMES IN A ROW. AND THE POINT BEING IS THAT THIS IS A REALLY GOOD GAME FOR US. AND AS I SAID, MONTHS AGO, ESSENTIALLY WE’RE PLAYING A HIGH LEVEL NONCONFERENCE SCHEDULE AND THIS TEAM CAN COMPETE WITH THE POWER FOUR SCHOOLS, WHICH THEY’VE PROVEN TO DO THAT. YEAH, I THINK MIKE IS RIGHT. I’M NOT THE GREATEST EXPERT ON SOUTH DAKOTA STATE. IT’S NOT LIKE I’VE SEEN A LOT OF SOUTH DAKOTA STATE FOOTBALL. I WATCHED A LOT OF THEIR TAPE AS THEY WENT THROUGH THE PLAYOFFS LAST SEASON AND WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT THEY ARE A REAL FOOTBALL TEAM. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE FROM THE COWBOYS? WELL, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ALI GORDON. WE KNOW HE’S GOING TO GET A LOT OF CARRIES. BUT I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BIG THREE TARGETS. I THINK THIS GAME IS GOING TO GIVE US A LOOK AT THE WIDE RECEIVERS AS WELL. YOU GOT BRENNAN PRESSLEY, RASHAD OWENS. YOU ALSO HAVE DEJON STRIBLING. AND HE WAS OUT LAST SEASON WITH AN INJURY. AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN’T REALLY GET TO SEE WHAT HE COULD DO. BUT THIS IS A REALLY IT’S NOT EVEN A DYNAMIC DUO. IT’S REALLY A DYNAMIC TRIO AT THIS POINT WITH THOSE THREE GUYS AND JUST REALLY BALANCES OUT THEIR OFFENSE. I THINK OVERALL, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE OLLIE GORDON IS THE MARK MAN. YOU KNOW HE’S GOING TO GET THE BALL A LOT. BUT YOU KNOW IT DEFINITELY HELPS OUT TO HAVE MORE OF A BALANCED OFFENSE. AND THEY HAVE SUCH A GREAT OFFENSIVE LINE WITH ALL THOSE VETERAN GUYS RETURNING. SO I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, I REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT THESE BIG THREE TARGETS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO AGAINST SOUTH DAKOTA STATE. I THINK THEY’RE LOADED AT THAT POSITION. THEY’RE GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD. BRENNAN PRESSLEY’S CAUGHT A MILLION PASSES THERE. HE’S CLIMBING THE LIST OF ALL TIME RECEIVERS AT OKLAHOMA STATE WITH THE NUMBER OF RECEPTIONS. RASHAD OWENS IS JUST A PHYSICAL PRESENCE. AND JOHN STRIBLING I WE DIDN’T SEE HIM PLAY A REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HIM. THEY OUGHT TO BE EXCITED BECAUSE THE GLIMPSES THAT WE SAW LAST SEASON, HE IS AN EXCELLENT ATHLETE DOWNFIELD TARGET. SO THEY’RE GOING TO BE LOADED THERE ALONG WITH ALI GORDON. YOU KNOW THE PRESEASON WE’LL CALL THIS THE PRESEASON HASN’T ALWAYS BEEN WHEN OKLAHOMA STATE HAS PLAYED THEIR BEST FOOTBALL. AND THAT GOES BACK A NUMBER OF SEASONS. THEY LOSE TO SOUTH ALABAMA LAST SEASON THEY STRUGGLED WITH CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THEY THEY’VE LOST GAMES EARLY IN THE SEASON THAT THEY SHOULD NOT. SO BE MATURE AND ACT LIKE THE VETERAN TEAM THAT YOU ARE. ACT LIKE A TEAM THAT HAS 21 OF 22 STARTERS RETURNING. ACT LIKE THE TEAM THAT HAS ONE OF THE LEADING HEISMAN CANDIDATES ON IT. ACT LIKE A TEAM WHOSE QUARTERBACK IS PLAYING HIS SEVENTH YEAR OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL. BE MATURE. BE VETERAN. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE. WE COULD TALK TO THEY’RE THEY’RE A GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM. YEAH. THEY ARE NOT AS GOOD AS THE TEAM THAT THEY ARE PLAYING AT. BOONE PICKENS STADIUM. OSU HAS THE BETTER PLAYERS, MORE VETERAN PLAYERS, BETTER ATHLETES GO OUT THERE AND PLAY LIKE THAT. IS YOU DON’T WAIT FOR THEM TO DO SOMETHING AGAIN. THEY’RE BETTER THAN THE TEAM. THEY’RE PLAYING. EVEN THOUGH SOUTH DAKOTA STATE IS A GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM, BE MATURE, BE VETERAN, GO WIN. DON’T LET THIS GAME BE A FOURTH QUARTER GAME THAT CAN LINGER BECAUSE MIKE’S RIGHT THERE. NONCONFERENCE IS TOUGH. IT’S NOT JUST SOUTH DAKOTA STATE IN A WEEK. THEY HAVE ARKANSAS COMING TO TOWN. SO IT’S VERY DIFFICULT VERY FAST SHOW UP BE THE BETTER TEAM THAT YOU ARE ON SATURDAY AND DO IT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE FOOTBALL GAME I LOOK, I CAN’T WAIT. THIS IS GOING TO BE A, I THINK, A FUN SEASON, A NEW AND INTERESTING SEASON WITH THE SEC. SO MANY BIG 12 AND ALL THE CHANGES IN OKLAHOMA WITH THE NEW QUARTERBACK AND OSU TRYING TO PICTURE THE PLAYOFF PICTURE IS DIFFERENT. I CAN’T WAIT. COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS H