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PODCAST

West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast

Lee and Grant Benson

Opinion and analysis of Oklahoma Sooners football from the viewpoints of a former local media member and an OU fan living outside The Sooner State. Two new episodes per week during football season previewing and recapping each game.

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01:37:06

Ep. 169 - All the Ingredients For a Breakout Game vs....

West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast ·

2020/10/22

No opening take today, but the guys jump right into asking the question: will Rhamondre Stevenson, Trejan Bridges, and Ronnie Perkins play vs. TCU (2:35)? If all three of those players are available to play, which would have the biggest impact in the game (8:10)? How often will Chris Murray play? And it sounds like Lincoln Riley's starting to get more of a full roster at practice (13:15). Grant's really excited about the defensive line and that's the thing he likes the most about OU through four

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02:34:08

Ep. 168 - Sooners Finally Beat Texas After Blowing...

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2020/10/15

In the opening take, Lee tells you what he was thinking throughout Saturday's crazy win over Texas. Then Grant joins to briefly talk about his appearance on another OU football podcast (5:50). Lee thought re-watching that game was exhausting. Grant defends re-watching old OU games (7:00). We get into the game. Horrible start for OU, but then out of nowhere the Sooners got a takeaway. OU really shut down the Texas run game (10:25). The OL and the running backs played their best game, particularly

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02:09:56

Ep. 167 - Are the Sooners a Bad Football Team?

West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast ·

2020/10/08

In the opening take, Grant tries to put into perspective this 1-2 start to the season for the OU football team. Then Lee joins to explain why his thoughts on this team hasn't changed at all from this time last week (6:15). Grant doesn't have a doom and gloom outlook right now and he references a few other down OU seasons that may be similar to 2020 (9:05). What should the expectations be for this OU team (12:00)? The guys really don't think the offensive line is playing that bad, and we don't think

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01:56:56

Ep. 166 - How Much Do You Care About That K-State...

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2020/10/01

In the opening take, Lee presents his mea culpa for his horrible predictions last week and also wonders about the general interest of college football across the nation. Then Grant joins to take his licks about his Deuce Vaughn takes from last week (7:00). It doesn't take much time into getting into how stupid and dumb that K-State game was (8:10). Lee wants Grant to react a little bit about opening take (11:00). OU's lost a lot of these types of games since 2009 (14:55). What's the deal with OU's

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01:47:56

Ep. 165 - K-State Doesn't Look Good... But That...

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2020/09/24

In the opening take, Lee laments everything that Houston's football team has had to go through since the beginning of September. Then Lee talks a little bit about the possibility of Saturday's game against K-State getting postponed before bringing Grant in for his thoughts (4:30). Just how short-handed was K-State in its season opener against Arkansas State (12:05)? We may have gotten a little ahead of ourselves last episode inferring that other programs may not take contact tracing as seriously as

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02:21:44

Ep. 164 - Missouri State Wrap, Contact Tracing...

West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast ·

2020/09/17

In the opening take, Grant has some advice for us as we look ahead to the remainder of the 2020 college football season. Then Lee joins to ask Grant for his hot takes, and we start with Spencer Rattler talk (4:40). Lee comes in with a hot take about Marvin Mims, which leads Grant to go into his full fledged defense of Charleston Rambo (17:20). Okay now let's talk about Mims (24:05). Rattler sounds like he's matured quite a bit since he arrived in Norman (28:20). If you're going to criticize any part

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02:14:37

Ep. 163 - We're Back For a Mega Pod. Let's Talk OU...

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2020/09/10

In the opening take, Lee feels bad for all the college football players who won't be playing this fall. Then Grant joins to discuss our excitement level for the upcoming college football season (7:10). We go over what will be different about the show moving forward (12:40). OU released its first depth chart earlier today and begin at the top with Spencer Rattler (15:10). Our discussion shifts from Rattler to the H-Back position where we believe the Sooners are loaded (32:45). Charleston Rambo and

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01:01:44

Ep. 162 - Let's Watch the 2013 OU-Notre Dame Game...

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2020/04/10

We continue our viewing of the 2013 OU-Notre Dame game beginning with the Irish starting the 3rd quarter with a bang and Grant talking about weddings during game days. Grant saw Kerry Cooks on the Notre Dame sidelines and Brady details his experience watching the OU-Georgia Rose Bowl. Also discussed are the squib kick and Jake Fromme (4:30). For some reason we talk about Dak Prescott and then Sam Bradford. Yep, we're all over the place (13:15). Blake Bell has to leave the game with a minor injury,

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01:10:20

Ep. 162 - Let's Watch the 2013 OU-Notre Dame Game...

West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast ·

2020/04/09

In the opening take, Lee gives some advice to a prominent ESPN personality. Then, Grant joins the show along with Brady Trantham of "The Franchise" and many OU and OKC Thunder podcasts to talk about how we are ripping him off with this podcast (6:10). Landry Jones comes up, so does the 2012 OU-Notre Dame game, which leads to James Harden being mentioned (10:00). We begin watching the 2013 OU-Notre Dame, which includes some early big plays by the defense (13:45). OU's offense comes out on the field

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01:09:51

Ep. 161 - Grading Preseason Predictions and Terrible...

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2020/03/27

No opening take for this episode because we are continuing on from the last episode. Back in August we made a bunch of preseason predictions after Florida played Miami. This leads Grant to making a very early hot take (1:35). We jump into all of our preseason OU predictions beginning with the running backs and then realizing we both whiffed on a freshman WR (4:05). Grant went outside the box for OU's leading tackler, and he was pretty close (6:55). Lee is obsessed with the theory that OU "goosed"

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01:11:57

Ep. 160 - "Spring Football", Caleb Williams, and Some TV

West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast ·

2020/03/25

In the opening take, Lee admits he's found a new appreciation for the sports world. Then Grant joins to briefly discuss this weird, new world we are living in (4:15). Robert Barnes and Jamal Morris have moved to linebacker. We talk mostly about Barnes, and then hear from Alex Grinch (8:40). Lincoln Riley says Theo Howard could be available for the 2020 season (15:00). At least Riley won't have to pretend all spring that OU has a real QB competition, which leads us to talk more in depth about Spencer

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01:38:06

Ep. 159 - New Coaches, Recruiting Rants, & Biggest...

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2020/02/26

In the opening take, Grant's feeling much better after taking a lot of time off from the podcast and he's ready to figure out how OU can finally win the national championship yet again. Then Lee joins to talk briefly about OU's spring practice schedule and the possibility of another night spring game (6:00). Ruffin McNeill is no longer with the program and that's probably for the best (8:20). Jay Boulware is off to Texas and the guys have somewhat differing views of what happened (11:20). DeMarco

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01:15:11

Ep. 158 - Rattler vs. Mordecai & the Disastrous 2017...

West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast ·

2020/01/17

In the opening take, Lee thinks LSU's time at the top will be short. Plus he talks about another year of Lincoln Riley NFL rumors. Then Grant joins to give some his thoughts on Lee's opening take and Dak Prescott. For some reason we talk about Prescott for longer than we should (8:00). Time to talk about Spencer Rattler vs. Tanner Mordecai from many different angles (13:00). Some brief thoughts on Brock Vandagriff decommitting (28:00). Some more defensive players are in the transfer portal so Grant

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01:03:58

Ep. 157 - Peach Bowl "What Ifs" and Reflecting on...

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2020/01/15

In the opening take, Grant is glad we took an extended "cool down period" before recording the latest episode and he's finally figured out LSU's Joe Burrow. Then Lee joins in time for Grant to call the Peach Bowl his least favorite OU game of all time and we try to pinpoint why we just really hate the LSU football program right now (6:00). Lee re-watched the Peach Bowl up until the game wasn't competitive anymore and took a lot of notes (16:00). There was one play very early in the game that showed

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01:20:41

Ep. 156 - Here's How The Sooners Beat LSU

West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast ·

2019/12/27

In the opening take, Lee admits he was wrong about Clyde Edwards-Helaire's impact on the LSU offense. Then the guys jump in to the massive Peach Bowl preview with Grant's thoughts on losing DTY (6:50) and Clyde Edwards-Helaire's injury (11:20). Everything you could want to know about LSU's offense taking on OU's defense (15:00). OU's offense vs. LSU's defense beginning with Patrick Queen's comments from Thursday (36:00). The guys tell you what they *want* to see happen in the Peach Bowl (54:10)

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01:07:27

Ep. 155 - The Sooners' Slim Chances Are Somehow Even...

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2019/12/21

In the opening take, Lee knew OU didn't have a great chance to beat LSU at the start -- and somehow now the Sooners' chances are even worse. Then Lee jumps into the news of LSU's starting running back getting hurt this week (5:50). Next, we toss it to Grant who gives his thoughts on the news that three players will be suspended for the Peach Bowl. Grant also thinks losing Clyde Edwards-Helaire would be a massive blow for LSU (7:35). Lee responds to Grant's comments. Touching on Kenneth Murray's role

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01:39:53

Ep. 154 - Can We Take Anything From That Early...

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2019/12/18

In the opening take, Lee wants to make sure everybody is on the same page before we begin this episode of "West of Everest". Then Grant joins to give his thoughts on some of the rumors and gossip that have gone around message boards and OU websites of the past 48 hours (4:55). Grant didn't pay attention to any of the Heisman stuff this weekend because the show is just boring at this point and there wasn't much of a reason to watch if you like OU football (14:35). Should we care that some people

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01:51:59

Ep. 153 - OU's Back in the Playoff After Another...

West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast ·

2019/12/08

No opening take today because the guys spent all their time late Saturday and early Sunday rewatching OU's second win over Baylor this season. Lee takes a bow for his thoughts on the Playoff Rankings over the past 4-5 weeks. And the guys briefly talk about how this is already a successful season for the Sooners (3:15). Punch up the OU-Baylor game and follow along as we go through the whole game in detail (9:25). Our first mention of Kenneth Murray, who played the best game of his OU career (14:00)

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01:01:06

Ep. 152 - One Final Chance to Impress the Playoff...

West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast ·

2019/12/05

In the opening take, Grant lays the case OU vs Utah. Then Lee jumps in to explain that he's not too concerned about CeeDee Lamb's body language (7:15). Riley talked a little bit about the GT Counter play that we all love (9:35). Lee plays audio from Alex Grinch as he explains what he's seen from his defense over the last few weeks (10:50). The All-Big 12 Awards came out Wednesday, and Grant thinks there were a bunch of questionable selections (15:55). The guys separately give their thoughts on the

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01:38:56

Ep. 151 - OU Wins Bedlam With True Complementary...

West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast ·

2019/12/03

In the opening take, Lee thinks Lincoln Riley's done a remarkable job over the past 10 quarters of OU football. Then Grant joins to briefly talk about his trip to Las Vegas (5:35). The guys jump right into their Bedlam reactions beginning in chronological order with the Sooners' opening drive of the game (7:10). OU converted a 3rd & 12 by completing a pass to a split out wide Rhamondre Stevenson (14:30). Parnell Motley straight up took the ball away from Dillon Stoner, and he was assisted by Brendan

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